The AES Corporation

AES Utilities Utilities Diversified

The AES Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $12.2 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 19.9%, EPS grew 500.0%, free cash flow fell 67.7% and total debt rose 6.10%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

14.95 0.02 −0.13%
Market cap
$10.7B
P/E
5.7×
Fwd P/E
7.3×
Dividend yield
4.71%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
0.36
Beneish M
−2.80
Dividend safety
16/100

The AES Corporation (AES) Debt to equity

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The AES Corporation's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 3.3×, up 0.0× from fiscal 2025 (3.3×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.3× (fiscal 2015) to 5.2× (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Utilities Diversified industry median of 1.2× and above the Utilities sector median of 1.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 3.3× (12.82%)
FY2024 3.8× (16.13%)
FY2023 4.5× (13.92%)
FY2022 5.2× 27.42%
FY2021 4.1× (2.79%)
FY2020 4.2× 9.18%
FY2019 3.9× 12.05%
FY2018 3.4× (16.44%)
FY2017 4.1× 20.74%
FY2016 3.4× 4.88%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Jun 2026 3.3× (0.81%)
Mar 2026 3.3× 0.90%
Dec 2025 3.3× (10.50%)
Sep 2025 3.7× (6.88%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 3.3× High 5.2×
Ten-year median 3.9×
Current reading's percentile 18

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
SRE Sempra compare 0.9×
UTL Unitil Corporation compare 1.1×
AVA Avista Corporation compare 1.2×
BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP compare 1.9×
AES The AES Corporation 3.3×
ELPC Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel Unsponsored ADR compare —
Utilities Diversified industry median 1.2×
Utilities sector median 1.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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