AES (NYSE:AES) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

AES (NYSE:AES) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Friday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 2.100-2.260 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 2.030. The company issued revenue guidance of -. AES also updated its FY25 guidance to $2.10-2.26 EPS.

AES Trading Down 4.7 %

Shares of AES stock opened at $10.41 on Friday. AES has a 12-month low of $9.88 and a 12-month high of $22.21. The firm has a market cap of $7.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.23, a PEG ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a quick ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21. The company has a 50 day moving average of $11.54 and a 200-day moving average of $14.59.

AES (NYSE:AES) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February 28th. The utilities provider reported $0.54 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.34 by $0.20. AES had a net margin of 8.34% and a return on equity of 27.30%. The business had revenue of $2.96 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.07 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.73 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that AES will post 1.93 earnings per share for the current year.

AES Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 1st will be paid a $0.176 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 1st. This represents a $0.70 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.76%. AES’s dividend payout ratio is 48.61%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have commented on the stock. Barclays cut their price target on shares of AES from $17.00 to $12.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 27th. Bank of America assumed coverage on shares of AES in a report on Monday, November 25th. They issued an “underperform” rating and a $11.00 price target for the company. Hsbc Global Res raised shares of AES to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 13th. Susquehanna cut their price target on shares of AES from $24.00 to $21.00 and set a “positive” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, November 5th. Finally, Mizuho cut their price target on shares of AES from $24.00 to $16.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, November 21st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, AES has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $18.80.

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.