AES Corp [AES] stock prices are up 2.91% to $13.43 at the moment. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The AES shares have gain 6.76% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -11.82%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Previously, Jefferies started tracking the stock with Buy rating on September 11, 2024, and set its price target to $20. On May 21, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral. Mizuho started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $21 on April 18, 2024. UBS downgraded its rating to a Neutral and reduced its price target to $13 on October 06, 2023. Barclays started tracking with a Overweight rating for this stock on August 23, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $25. In a note dated June 22, 2023, BofA Securities downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock and revised its target price from $24 to $23.
The stock price of AES Corp [AES] has been fluctuating between $12.53 and $22.21 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $21.5 within the next 12 months. AES Corp [NYSE: AES] shares were valued at $13.43 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 60.09% based on the average AES price forecast.
Analyzing the AES fundamentals
The AES Corp [NYSE:AES] reported sales of 12.28B for trailing twelve months, representing a drop of -4.22%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.19% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.17%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.0%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.08%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.32 and Total Capital is 0.06. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of8.95.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 12.98 points at the first support level, and at 12.53 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 13.91, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 14.40.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that AES Corp [NYSE:AES]’s Current Ratio is 0.85. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.80 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.16. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.78, the price to book ratio is 2.90 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 9.34.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Kohan Sherry, SVP & Chief Accounting Officer, that happened on Jun 06 ’24 when 15000.0 shares were sold. EVP and President, Renewables, Da Santos Bernerd completed a deal on May 20 ’24 to sell 66250.0 shares. Meanwhile, EVP & Chief HR Officer Mendoza Tish sold 66250.0 shares on May 20 ’24.
