AES Valuation

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

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

  • 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 ($13.28) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($41.14)

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 Ratio9.2x
EarningsUS$1.03b
Market CapUS$9.78b

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 Average27.8x
TLN Talen Energy
16.9x-4.2%US$10.9b
VST Vistra
28.4x15.1%US$52.7b
CWEN.A Clearway Energy
25.3x23.0%US$5.5b
ORA Ormat Technologies
40.5x11.4%US$4.8b
AES AES
9.2x13.8%US$9.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AES is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.2x) compared to the peer average (27.8x).


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 9.2xIndustry Avg. 14.5xNo. 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 (9.2x) compared to the Global Renewable Energy industry average (14.4x).


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 Ratio9.2x
Fair PE Ratio24.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AES is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.8x).


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$13.28
US$21.21
+59.7%
13.5%US$25.00US$16.00n/a11
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$16.00n/a11
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
Nov ’23US$26.34
US$28.46
+8.1%
8.1%US$31.00US$22.00US$14.8513

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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