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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
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The AES Corporation (AES) Return on assets
The AES Corporation's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 3.34%, up 1.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (1.81%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.35% (fiscal 2017) to 3.67% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Utilities Diversified industry median of 2.67% and above the Utilities sector median of 2.68%.
Return on assets, annual
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| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1.81% | (1.83) |
| FY2024 | 3.64% | 3.04 |
| FY2023 | 0.60% | 2.13 |
| FY2022 | −1.53% | (0.32) |
| FY2021 | −1.21% | (1.34) |
| FY2020 | 0.13% | (0.79) |
| FY2019 | 0.92% | (2.75) |
| FY2018 | 3.67% | 7.02 |
| FY2017 | −3.35% | (0.24) |
| FY2016 | −3.11% | (3.92) |
Against its own ten years
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| AES The AES Corporation | 3.34% |
| AVA Avista Corporation compare | 2.93% |
| SRE Sempra compare | 2.72% |
| UTL Unitil Corporation compare | 2.61% |
| BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP compare | 0.28% |
| ELPC Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel Unsponsored ADR compare | 0.00% |
| Utilities Diversified industry median | 2.67% |
| Utilities sector median | 2.68% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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