A share price of AES Corp [AES] is currently trading at $10.67, up 2.60%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The AES shares have gain 5.75% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -9.19%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
AES Corp [NYSE: AES] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 13, 2024, when HSBC Securities initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $17. On September 11, 2024, Jefferies initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $20 on the stock. Seaport Research Partners downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Mizuho initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $21 as its price target on April 18, 2024. UBS downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on October 06, 2023, and downed its price target to $13. In a note dated August 23, 2023, Barclays initiated an Overweight rating and provided a target price of $25 on this stock.
AES Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $9.88 and $22.21. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $21.5 within the next 12 months. AES Corp [NYSE: AES] shares were valued at $10.67 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 101.5% based on the average AES price forecast.
Analyzing the AES fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for AES Corp [NYSE:AES] were 12.28B which represents -4.22% decline. 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 10.45 points at the first support level, and at 10.23 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 10.86, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 11.05.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for AES Corp [NYSE:AES] is 0.85. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.80, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.16. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.62, the price to book ratio is 2.31 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 7.42.
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.
