Brokers Issue Forecasts for AES’s FY2025 Earnings (NYSE:AES)

The AES Co. (NYSE:AES) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research dropped their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of AES in a research note issued on Thursday, May 22nd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the utilities provider will post earnings of $2.13 per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of $2.16. The consensus estimate for AES’s current full-year earnings is $1.93 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for AES’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.72 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.47 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.54 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.72 EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $0.41 EPS.

A number of other brokerages also recently weighed in on AES. Jefferies Financial Group downgraded AES from a “hold” rating to an “underperform” rating and lowered their price target for the company from $10.00 to $9.00 in a report on Tuesday, May 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on AES from $16.00 to $14.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 24th. Barclays lowered their price target on AES from $17.00 to $12.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 27th. Seaport Res Ptn downgraded AES from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Monday, March 3rd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on AES from $108.00 to $112.00 in a report on Friday, May 2nd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, AES currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $24.22.

AES Price Performance

AES stock opened at $10.01 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21. AES has a 52-week low of $9.46 and a 52-week high of $22.21. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $11.10 and its two-hundred day moving average is $11.77. The company has a market capitalization of $7.13 billion, a PE ratio of 6.95, a P/E/G ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 0.94.

AES (NYSE:AES) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 1st. The utilities provider reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.37 by ($0.10). AES had a return on equity of 27.30% and a net margin of 8.34%. The business had revenue of $2.93 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.13 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.60 earnings per share. AES’s revenue for the quarter was down 5.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Trading of AES

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Hexagon Capital Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of AES by 33.5% in the first quarter. Hexagon Capital Partners LLC now owns 3,880 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $48,000 after buying an additional 974 shares during the period. Diversify Advisory Services LLC raised its position in shares of AES by 5.1% during the first quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC now owns 20,904 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $260,000 after purchasing an additional 1,006 shares during the period. Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC raised its position in shares of AES by 4.0% during the first quarter. Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC now owns 26,290 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $327,000 after purchasing an additional 1,011 shares during the period. Yousif Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of AES by 1.1% during the first quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC now owns 94,686 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,176,000 after purchasing an additional 1,012 shares during the period. Finally, Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of AES by 5.0% during the first quarter. Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC now owns 24,752 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $307,000 after purchasing an additional 1,173 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.13% of the company’s stock.

AES Company Profile

The AES Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified power generation and utility company in the United States and internationally. The company owns and/or operates power plants to generate and sell power to customers, such as utilities, industrial users, and other intermediaries; owns and/or operates utilities to generate or purchase, distribute, transmit, and sell electricity to end-user customers in the residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental sectors; and generates and sells electricity on the wholesale market.