At the time of writing, AES Corp [AES] stock is trading at $10.17, down -0.97%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The AES shares have gain 4.85% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.88%, 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 May 27, 2025, when Argus downgraded its rating to a Hold. Previously, Jefferies downgraded its rating to Underperform on May 20, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $9. On April 10, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold but maintained its price target of $10 on the stock. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to a Neutral and increased its price target to $13 on March 04, 2025. Seaport Research Partners downgraded its rating to a Sell. HSBC Securities started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on December 13, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $17.
For the past year, the stock price of AES Corp fluctuated between $9.46 and $21.12. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $12.33 within the next 12 months. AES Corp [NYSE: AES] shares were valued at $10.17 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 21.24% based on the average AES price forecast.
Analyzing the AES fundamentals
According to AES Corp [NYSE:AES], the company’s sales were 12.12B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -5.15% plunge. 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. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of8.82.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that AES Corp [NYSE:AES] has a current ratio of 0.84. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.78, while the Cash Ratio is 0.19. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.60, the price to book ratio is 2.09 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 5.55.
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.
