The AES Corporation

NYSE:AES Stock Report

Market Cap: US$9.2b

AES Valuation

Is AES undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of AES when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: AES ($13) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($38.68)

Significantly Below Fair Value: AES is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for AES?

Key metric: As AES is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for AES. This is calculated by dividing AES's market cap by their current earnings.
What is AES's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio9x
EarningsUS$1.03b
Market CapUS$9.24b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does AES's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for AES vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average23.2x
TLN Talen Energy
9.1x-19.8%US$10.0b
VST Vistra
25.7x15.2%US$47.6b
CWEN.A Clearway Energy
23.6x19.7%US$5.1b
ORA Ormat Technologies
34.4x11.4%US$4.1b
AES AES
9x14.2%US$9.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AES is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9x) compared to the peer average (23.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AES's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the North American Renewable Energy Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AES 9.0xIndustry Avg. 15.2xNo. of Companies4PE01224364860+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AES is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9x) compared to the Global Renewable Energy industry average (15.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AES's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

AES PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio9x
Fair PE Ratio24.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AES is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.9x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst AES forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$13.00
US$18.56
+42.8%
20.1%US$25.00US$11.00n/a13
Dec ’25US$13.04
US$20.36
+56.1%
19.3%US$25.00US$11.00n/a12
Nov ’25US$14.71
US$21.76
+47.9%
12.2%US$25.00US$16.00n/a11
Oct ’25US$20.24
US$22.20
+9.7%
9.4%US$25.00US$18.00n/a10
Sep ’25US$17.13
US$22.44
+31.0%
9.2%US$25.00US$18.00n/a9
Aug ’25US$17.91
US$22.44
+25.3%
10.9%US$25.00US$16.00n/a9
Jul ’25US$17.44
US$22.56
+29.3%
10.9%US$25.00US$16.00n/a9
Jun ’25US$21.59
US$22.03
+2.0%
11.1%US$25.00US$16.00n/a10
May ’25US$18.17
US$21.44
+18.0%
10.7%US$25.00US$16.00n/a12
Apr ’25US$18.07
US$21.28
+17.7%
11.4%US$25.00US$16.00n/a12
Mar ’25US$15.47
US$21.44
+38.6%
11.2%US$25.00US$16.00n/a12
Feb ’25US$17.16
US$21.61
+25.9%
12.0%US$26.00US$16.00n/a12
Jan ’25US$19.25
US$21.57
+12.0%
13.3%US$26.00US$16.00n/a12
Dec ’24US$18.13
US$20.95
+15.6%
15.6%US$26.00US$16.00US$13.0411
Nov ’24US$14.85
US$21.09
+42.0%
24.4%US$30.00US$14.00US$14.7111
Oct ’24US$15.20
US$25.09
+65.1%
12.8%US$30.00US$20.00US$20.2411
Sep ’24US$17.89
US$27.64
+54.5%
11.2%US$32.00US$23.00US$17.1311
Aug ’24US$21.01
US$28.50
+35.6%
11.5%US$33.00US$23.00US$17.9110
Jul ’24US$20.73
US$28.70
+38.4%
11.7%US$33.00US$23.00US$17.4410
Jun ’24US$19.88
US$28.90
+45.4%
10.8%US$33.00US$23.00US$21.5910
May ’24US$23.16
US$29.90
+29.1%
8.5%US$33.00US$23.00US$18.1710
Apr ’24US$24.08
US$30.18
+25.3%
8.3%US$33.00US$23.00US$18.0711
Mar ’24US$24.63
US$30.42
+23.5%
8.0%US$33.00US$23.00US$15.4712
Feb ’24US$26.80
US$30.67
+14.4%
8.0%US$33.00US$23.00US$17.1612
Jan ’24US$28.76
US$29.92
+4.0%
10.4%US$33.00US$22.00US$19.2512
Dec ’23US$28.72
US$29.33
+2.1%
10.2%US$33.00US$22.00US$18.1312

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 02:00
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

The AES Corporation is covered by 25 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Gary HovisArgus Research Company
Nicholas CampanellaBarclays
Daniel FordBarclays