AES Corp [AES] stock is trading at $10.30, down -1.34%. 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 3.00% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.65%, 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 April 10, 2025, when Jefferies downgraded its rating to a Hold but kept the price target unchanged to $10 for it. Previously, BofA Securities upgraded its rating to Neutral on March 04, 2025, and elevated its price target to $13. On March 03, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Sell. HSBC Securities started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $17 on December 13, 2024. Jefferies started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on September 11, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $20. In a note dated May 21, 2024, Seaport Research Partners downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock.
AES Corp [AES] stock has fluctuated between $9.57 and $22.21 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $12.33 within the next 12 months. AES Corp [NYSE: AES] shares were valued at $10.30 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 19.71% based on the average AES price forecast.
Analyzing the AES fundamentals
AES Corp [NYSE:AES] reported sales of 12.12B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -5.15%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.18% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.15%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.05%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.1%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.36 and Total Capital is 0.05. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 8.82.
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 10.16 points at the first support level, and at 10.02 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 10.46, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 10.62.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, AES Corp’s Current Ratio is 0.84. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.78, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.19. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.61, the price to book ratio is 2.11 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 5.62.
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.
