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
5.89%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
0.36
Beneish M
−2.80
Dividend safety
16/100
Auditor change Impairment
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Insider Decisions trades per month

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Insider Ownership 0.53%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 10,680.00
Revenue 13,054.00
Net Income 1,047.00
Free Cash Flow (1,720.00)
Net Debt 29,734.00
Current Ratio 0.75 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 3.29 (above 2: weak)
P/E ratio 5.71
Fwd P/E 7.26
P/S ratio 0.82
P/B ratio 1.09
Past 5Y EPS Growth 78.26% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth (2.44%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 7.67%
Next Y revenue growth 8.93%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 4.53%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 11.93%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 32.14%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 7.81%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 68.60%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.34
Annual Dividend Rate 0.88
Annual Dividend Yield 5.89%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 0.70
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.18
2025 0.70
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.18
2024 0.69
0.17
0.17
0.17
0.17
2023 0.66
0.17
0.17
0.17
0.17
2022 0.63
0.16
0.16
0.16
0.16
2021 0.60
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
2020 0.57
0.14
0.14
0.14
0.14
2019 0.55
0.14
0.14
0.14
0.14
2018 0.52
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
2017 0.48
0.12
0.12
0.12
0.12
2016 0.44
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 2,191 2,040 2,247 2,383
Receivables 1,420 1,646 1,683 1,934
Inventory 712 593 612 618
Other 2,149 2,395 1,768 1,367
6,649 6,831 6,502 6,403
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 2,199 1,654 1,980 2,170
ST’ Debt 4,132 3,587 3,111 3,462
Other 974 917 616 826
9,731 8,571 8,492 8,578

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 0.83% 4.84% (1.02%)
Cash Flow 7.27% 9.34% 16.62%
Earnings 11.39% 81.26% 0.00%
Book Value 3.97% 14.04% 26.44%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 3,180 3,422 — — —
’25 2,926 2,855 3,351 3,101 12,233
’24 3,085 2,942 3,289 2,962 12,278
’23 3,239 3,027 3,434 2,968 12,668
’22 2,852 3,078 3,627 3,060 12,617
’21 2,635 2,700 3,036 2,770 11,141
’20 2,338 2,217 2,545 2,560 9,660
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,201 1,046 — — —
’25 545 976 1,297 1,488 4,306
’24 287 392 985 1,088 2,752
’23 625 562 1,122 725 3,034
’22 457 408 784 1,066 2,715
’21 253 351 775 523 1,902
’20 373 447 1,267 668 2,755
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (565) (597) — — —
’25 (709) (356) (511) (47) (1,623)
’24 (1,861) (1,293) (847) (639) (4,640)
’23 (926) (1,283) (777) (1,704) (4,690)
’22 (309) (485) (268) (774) (1,836)
’21 (179) (216) 240 (59) (214)
’20 (188) 46 854 143 855
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.68 0.60 — — —
’25 0.07 (0.15) 0.89 0.45 1.26
’24 0.60 0.27 0.71 0.79 2.36
’23 0.21 (0.06) 0.32 (0.14) 0.35
’22 0.16 (0.27) 0.59 (1.35) (0.82)
’21 (0.22) 0.04 0.48 (0.95) (0.61)
’20 0.22 (0.12) (0.50) 0.47 0.07
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 8.22 10.00 9.87 13.97 8.11 22.60 18.62 11.43 12.24 9.46

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 13.32 12.06 16.28 20.12 23.62 29.07 29.89 29.11 22.21 15.51
People
People Employees 21,000 19,000 10,500 — 8,200 8,450 9,100 9,600 9,100 8,336
Revenue/emp, $m 0.49 0.55 1.02 0.00 1.18 1.32 1.39 1.32 1.35 1.47
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 10,281 10,530 10,736 10,189 9,660 11,141 12,617 12,668 12,278 12,233
Gross margin, % 23.18 23.41 23.97 23.05 27.88 24.33 20.19 19.77 18.85 18.07
EBT 187 771 2,018 1,001 488 (1,064) (169) 104 894 75
EBT margin, % 1.82 7.32 18.80 9.82 5.05 (9.55) (1.34) 0.82 7.28 0.61
Net income (777) (777) 1,565 478 152 (951) (505) (182) 802 162
Depreciation 1,176 1,169 1,003 1,045 1,068 1,056 1,072 1,147 1,264 1,457
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 15.58 15.95 16.22 15.34 14.53 16.73 18.89 18.94 17.39 17.18
Earnings (1.72) (1.76) 1.82 0.46 0.07 (0.61) (0.82) 0.37 2.38 1.26
Cash flow 4.39 3.79 3.54 3.71 4.14 2.86 4.06 4.54 3.90 6.05
Capex (3.55) (3.30) (3.20) (3.62) (2.86) (3.18) (6.81) (11.55) (10.47) (8.33)
Free cash flow 0.84 0.50 0.34 0.09 1.29 (0.32) (2.75) (7.01) (6.57) (2.28)
Book value 8.64 7.34 8.47 7.88 7.10 6.86 6.74 8.95 10.91 12.79
Shares, m 660 660 662 664 665 666 668 669 706 712
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 0.00 0.00 7.95 44.22 293.75 0.00 0.00 53.72 5.38 11.38
P/S 0.75 0.68 0.89 1.30 1.62 1.45 1.49 1.02 0.74 0.83
P/B 1.35 1.48 1.71 2.53 3.31 4.34 5.12 2.51 1.18 1.12
EV/Sales 2.44 2.42 2.52 3.10 3.50 3.00 3.14 2.97 2.94 3.09
EV/FCF 45.47 77.98 121.71 518.39 39.52 (156.09) (21.59) (8.02) (7.77) (23.33)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 2,897 2,504 2,343 2,466 2,755 1,902 2,715 3,034 2,752 4,306
Capex (2,345) (2,177) (2,121) (2,405) (1,900) (2,116) (4,551) (7,724) (7,392) (5,929)
Free cash flow 552 327 222 61 855 (214) (1,836) (4,690) (4,640) (1,623)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 1,139 370 616 135 52 624 1,152 (3,082) (1,740) (1,990)
Total debt 19,454 19,965 19,295 20,173 19,881 18,699 23,498 26,878 29,018 29,897
Net debt 17,403 18,318 17,446 18,408 18,160 17,220 20,858 24,687 26,978 27,650
Shareholders’ equity 5,700 4,845 5,604 5,229 4,720 4,567 4,504 5,985 7,704 9,105
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA (3.11) (3.35) 3.67 0.92 0.13 (1.21) (1.53) 0.60 3.64 1.81
ROIC 0.51 2.08 5.87 2.89 1.88 (3.05) 0.01 0.21 1.61 0.32
ROE (19.04) (22.02) 23.03 5.59 0.92 (9.68) (14.77) 5.65 26.13 10.71
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

The AES Corporation vs peers in Utilities Diversified (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
SRE Sempra $53.6B 24.0× 17.8× −0.10% (below 0%: shrinking) +71.83% (above 0%: growing) +39.61% (above 0%: growing) 96.40% 27.76% Compare
BIP Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP $24.3B 60.4× 33.4× +19.40% (above 0%: growing) n/m +17.47% (above 0%: growing) 24.53% 22.77% Compare
AES The AES Corporation $10.7B 5.7× 7.3× +19.86% (above 0%: growing) n/m −67.70% (below 0%: shrinking) 20.22% 13.12%
ELPC Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel Unsponsored ADR $10.2B 20.0× — — +100.00% (above 0%: growing) — — — Compare
AVA Avista Corporation $3.0B 13.2× 16.3× +0.49% (above 0%: growing) +152.94% (above 0%: growing) +47.57% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 13.08% Compare
UTL Unitil Corporation $972.6M 17.1× 15.7× +14.04% (above 0%: growing) +4.00% (above 0%: growing) +505.00% (above 0%: growing) 61.71% 13.16% Compare
Median of peers $10.2B 20.0× 17.1× +7.26% +85.92% +43.59% 79.06% 17.97%

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AES metrics, ten years each

The AES Corporation (AES) key facts

  • The AES Corporation (AES) is an Utilities Diversified company in the Utilities sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • The AES Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $12.2 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2024.
  • As of October 16, 2026, AES traded at $14.95, a market capitalization of $10.7 billion.
  • The AES Corporation pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share, a yield of 5.89%, with a payout ratio of 33.6%.
  • Return on equity was 10.7% and debt-to-equity 3.29.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 0.36 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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