AES
AES Corporation
Utilities · Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders · US
$14.67
Data: 2025-12-31
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

NARROW MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$10.2B
Total market value of the company
7.50
Very cheap relative to earnings
6.00
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+8.7%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
0.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
5.3%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$15.11
+3% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
HOLD
Consensus view from 9 analysts covering this stock
About 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.

https://www.aes.com

Country: United States Employees: 8,336 Industry: Utilities - Diversified
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
57.8% FAIL
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
1.9% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
5.9% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
2.3% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$48.00
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
69.4%
Deep discount to fair value — significant undervaluation
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
69.9th
Ranks in the top 30% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
10.0
Valuation Score
95.0
Quality Score
33.0
Combined
45.0

Trading at $14 against a fair value of $48, a 70% discount. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 71% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

ACCUMULATION
Smart money appears to be building positions quietly
-0.074
Returns do not compensate for the risk — negative edge
-0.0375
No positive edge detected — the data suggests staying out
-0.231
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
-12.3%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-53.3%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
BULL
Statistical model sees bullish momentum
Days in State
36
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.96
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$17.65
17% below the year high
52W Low
$9.46
55% above the year low
Avg Volume
13,757,916
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
2.0
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
3.0%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
491.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$1.92
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

2.60
Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline
0.73
Below 1 means short-term obligations exceed liquid assets — risk flag
Quick Ratio
0.42
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
19.3%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
18.7%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$-2,964,999,936
Negative — the business is spending more than it generates
Revenue (TTM)
$12.5B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$1.4B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
9
Target High
$16.00
Target Median
$15.11
Target Low
$15.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-04-23 FREEDMAN PAUL L. General Counsel 44,483
2026-04-23 RUBIOLO JUAN IGNACIO Officer 48,276
2026-04-23 COUGHLIN STEPHEN Chief Financial Officer 50,345
2026-04-23 MENDOZA TISH Officer 46,552
2026-02-20 FREEDMAN PAUL L. General Counsel 53,636
2026-02-20 RUBIOLO JUAN IGNACIO Officer 70,269
2026-02-20 KOHAN SHERRY Officer 21,250
2026-02-20 COUGHLIN STEPHEN Chief Financial Officer 76,535
2026-02-20 FALU RICARDO MANUEL Officer 148,259
2026-02-20 MENDOZA TISH Officer 60,568
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2025-12-31

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