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.

Revenue
+15.6%
EPS
−17.0%
Free cash flow
+39.9%
Total debt
+7.83%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

14.90 0.00 0.00%
Market cap
$10.6B
P/E
6.0×
Fwd P/E
7.3×
Dividend yield
4.72%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
0.36
Beneish M
−2.80
Dividend safety
16/100

The AES Corporation (AES) Operating margin

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The AES Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 7.35%, up 5.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (1.54%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −9.55% (fiscal 2021) to 20.2% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is below the Utilities Diversified industry median of 18.6% and below the Utilities sector median of 18.7%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 1.54% (5.74)
FY2024 7.28% 6.46
FY2023 0.82% 0.77
FY2022 0.05% 9.60
FY2021 −9.55% (16.69)
FY2020 7.14% (3.59)
FY2019 10.7% (9.44)
FY2018 20.2% 12.85
FY2017 7.32% 5.48
FY2016 1.84% (6.94)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 13.0% (0.08)
Jun 2026 13.1% 5.51
Mar 2026 7.61% 14.00
Dec 2025 −6.39% (17.10)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −9.55% High 20.2%
Ten-year median 7.14%
Current reading's percentile 72

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP compare 24.8%
AVA Avista Corporation compare 18.9%
UTL Unitil Corporation compare 18.6%
AES The AES Corporation 7.35%
SRE Sempra compare 0.00%
ELPC Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel Unsponsored ADR compare —
Utilities Diversified industry median 18.6%
Utilities sector median 18.7%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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