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AES Key Statistics

As of Sep 4, 2026

Trading

Open: $14.79
Previous Close: $14.78
Day's Range: 14.78–14.81
52-Week Range: 12.33–17.65
Volume: 4.34M
Beta: 0.95

Valuation

Market Cap: $10.55B
P/E Ratio: 5.54
Forward P/E: 6.22
PEG Ratio: 0.81
P/S ratio: 0.81
EPS (ttm): 2.67

Financials (FY)

Revenue (FY): $12.23B−0.37%
Net Income (FY): $910.00M−45.80%
Profit margin: 14.34%
Shares Outstanding: 713.44M
1-Year Return: +21.20%

Dividend and dates

Dividend: $0.70+4.76%
Ex-Dividend Date: July 31, 2026
Earnings Date: November 4, 2026estimated
Avg Volume: 7.86M

Only metrics the company reports are shown. Data provided by Yahoo Finance via yfinance. Updated daily.

AES Stock Return by Calendar Year

Calendar-year returns computed from daily closing prices. Partial years are shown muted and marked with an asterisk.

+42.16%−30.88%+6.91%

2016*2017201820192020202120222023202420252026*

Year	Return
2026 (partial year)	+6.91%
2025	+18.27%
2024	−30.39%
2023	−30.88%
2022	+21.69%
2021	+5.95%
2020	+22.15%
2019	+42.16%
2018	+39.02%
2017	−2.69%
2016 (partial year)	−3.70%

As of September 4, 2026.

AES Revenue and Earnings by Fiscal Year

FY ends December

RevenueNet income

2022202320242025

Fiscal year	Revenue	Net income	Net margin
2025	$12.23B	$910.00M	7.4%
2024	$12.28B	$1.68B	13.7%
2023	$12.67B	$249.00M	2.0%
2022	$12.62B	−$546.00M	−4.3%

Fiscal year	Revenue	Gross profit	Operating income	Net income	Net margin
2025	$12.23B	$2.21B	$1.97B	$910.00M	7.4%
2024	$12.28B	$2.31B	$2.03B	$1.68B	13.7%
2023	$12.67B	$2.50B	$2.25B	$249.00M	2.0%
2022	$12.62B	$2.55B	$2.34B	−$546.00M	−4.3%

Annual figures as reported, in the company's reporting currency. As of December 31, 2025.

AES Dividend History

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$0.70+1.7% vs 2024

Dividends per share, 2025 · 4 payments

Year	Dividends per share	Payments	Change
2026*	$0.53	3	—
2025	$0.70	4	+1.7%
2024	$0.69	4	+4.2%
2023	$0.66	4	+5.1%

Year	Dividends per share	Payments	Change
2026 (partial year)	$0.53	3	—
2025	$0.70	4	+1.7%
2024	$0.69	4	+4.2%
2023	$0.66	4	+5.1%
2022	$0.63	4	+4.6%
2021	$0.60	4	+5.6%
2020	$0.57	4	+4.4%
2019	$0.55	4	+5.4%
2018	$0.52	4	+8.3%
2017	$0.48	4	+336.4%
2016	$0.11	1	—

Most recent payment: $0.18 per share, ex-dividend July 31, 2026. Per-share amounts summed by calendar year from ex-dividend dates. Partial years are shown muted and marked with an asterisk.

AES Valuation vs Utilities - Diversified Median

Median of 7 stocks

Metric	AES	Utilities - Diversified median	vs median
P/E	5.54	23.63	0.2x the median
P/S ratio	0.81	1.64	51% below
Profit margin	14.34%	9.49%	4.9 pts above

Medians across 7 Utilities - Diversified stocks that report the metric. Medians, not averages, so one outlier cannot move them. As of September 4, 2026.

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Analysis

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Company Overview

The AES Corporation (AES) carries a market capitalisation of $10.55B. It is classified in the Utilities - Diversified industry, within the Utilities sector. Headcount on file is 8,336.

AES last closed at $14.79 on September 4, 2026. That is +$0.01 (+0.07%) against the previous close. The 52-week range on file runs from $12.33 to $17.65. The latest close sits 19.95% above that 52-week low.

Financial Health

In fiscal 2025, The AES Corporation reported revenue of $12.23B. Against the prior fiscal year total of $12.28B, that is a change of −0.37%. The same year closed with net income of $910.00M. That is −45.80% against the prior fiscal year. The reported profit margin is 14.34%. That is 4.9 percentage points above the Utilities - Diversified median of 9.49%. Earnings per share on a trailing basis come to 2.67.

Across the 4 fiscal years on file, revenue moves from $12.62B in 2022 to $12.23B in 2025. Of those 4 years, 3 report positive net income.

Valuation Assessment

The trailing P/E ratio stands at 5.54. That is 0.2 times the Utilities - Diversified median of 23.63. On forward earnings the ratio is 6.22. The PEG ratio, which sets the P/E against expected earnings growth, reads 0.81. The price-to-sales ratio is 0.81. On price-to-sales that is 50.77% below the Utilities - Diversified median of 1.64. 7 Utilities - Diversified companies report these metrics, and the medians quoted come from that group.

The trailing one-year price return is +21.20%. Measured over 10 years, that is +5.86% a year compounded. Beta against the wider market is reported at 0.95. Annualized volatility over the trailing 10 years is 35.85%.

Growth & Income

AES pays a dividend yielding 4.76%. That is 0.1 percentage points above the Utilities - Diversified median yield of 4.64%. At the indicated rate that is $0.70 a share a year. The ex-dividend date on file is July 31, 2026. Dividends are recorded for 11 calendar years; 2026 shows 3 payments totalling $0.53 a share. The year before, 2025, totalled $0.70 a share.

The strongest complete calendar year on file is 2019 at +42.16%; the weakest is 2023 at −30.88%. Of the 9 complete calendar years on file, 6 finished higher. So far in 2026 the price is +6.91%.

Peer Comparison

The AES Corporation (AES) operates in the Utilities - Diversified industry. Here is how it compares to its closest peers by market capitalization:

Company	Ticker	Market Cap	P/E Ratio
The AES Corporation	AES	$10.55B	5.5
Sempra	SRE	$54.95B	24.5
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.	BIP	$29.40B	59.9
Canadian Utilities Limited	CU.TO	$13.86B	318.2

The Utilities - Diversified industry average P/E ratio is 23.6x. The AES Corporation trades at a P/E of 5.5.

Every figure above is read from this page's own data on each nightly rebuild. Informational only, not financial advice. As of September 4, 2026.

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About The AES Corporation

The AES Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a power generation and utility company. It operates through four segments: Renewables, Utilities, Energy Infrastructure, and New Energy Technologies. 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, as well as investments in technologies to support leading-edge greener energy solutions. It uses various fuels and technologies to generate electricity, such as solar, hydro, wind, coal, and gas, as well as renewables comprising energy storage and landfill gas. The company owns and/or operates a generation portfolio of approximately 34,740 megawatts and distributes power to 2.7 million customers. The company operates in the United States, Chile, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, Bulgaria, Panama, Colombia, Argentina, Vietnam, Jordan, Puerto Rico, and internationally. The company was formerly known as Applied Energy Services, Inc. and changed its name to The AES Corporation in April 2000. The AES Corporation was incorporated in 1981 and is based in Arlington, Virginia.

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