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) Free cash flow margin

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The AES Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was −13.2%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−13.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −37.8% (fiscal 2024) to 8.85% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is below the Utilities Diversified industry median of −7.63% and below the Utilities sector median of −11.7%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 −13.3% 24.52
FY2024 −37.8% (0.77)
FY2023 −37.0% (22.47)
FY2022 −14.6% (12.63)
FY2021 −1.92% (10.77)
FY2020 8.85% 8.25
FY2019 0.60% (1.47)
FY2018 2.07% (1.04)
FY2017 3.11% (2.26)
FY2016 5.37% 6.92

Against its own ten years

Low −37.8% High 8.85%
Ten-year median −1.55%
Current reading's percentile 36

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP compare −3.60%
AVA Avista Corporation compare −5.42%
UTL Unitil Corporation compare −7.63%
AES The AES Corporation −13.2%
SRE Sempra compare −38.7%
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Utilities Diversified industry median −7.63%
Utilities sector median −11.7%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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