AES Corp. (AES) stock price, quote and key numbers
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:52 ET
AES Corp. (AES) closed at $14.87 on 25 September 2026, up 0.1%. That leaves it up 0.3% over a week, up 1.0% over a month and up 11.3% over a year. That is 41% of the way up its 52 week range of $12.96 to $17.65. The median analyst price target of $16 sits 4.2% above the close.
The price
Changes compare dividend and split adjusted closes over trading sessions, so the one year figure is the last close against the close 252 sessions earlier. The 52 week range uses the daily highs and lows of the same window. Read the guide: How to read a stock quote.
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Trend and range
AES trades above both its 50 day average of $14.78 and its 200 day average of $14.66, the shape of an uptrend. The 50 day average sits above the 200 day average. Its beta against the S&P 500 over the last year is 0.41, a stock that moves less than the market. It is 15.8% below its 52 week high and 14.7% above its 52 week low.
Moving averages smooth the closes of the last 50 and 200 sessions; being above or below them describes the trend, it does not predict it. Beta is how much the stock moved for each move in the S&P 500 over the year. Read the guide: Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta.
What analysts say
No analyst action on AES in the last 90 days; the most recent is from 7 May 2026. The most recent target on file is $16, 4.2% above the last close.
| Date | Firm | Action | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2026 | Barclays | Maintains Equal-Weight | $12.00 to $16.00 |
| 9 Apr 2026 | Susquehanna | Downgrades to Neutral from Positive | $16.00 to $15.00 |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Argus Research | Downgrades to Hold from Buy | |
| 6 Mar 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Downgrades to Equal-Weight from Overweight | $23.00 to $15.00 |
| 3 Mar 2026 | Mizuho | Downgrades to Neutral from Outperform | $16.00 to $15.00 |
| 27 Feb 2026 | Seaport Global | Upgrades to Neutral from Sell |
A target is one firm's guess at the price a year out, and the average runs optimistic. The useful reading is the mood: high targets and a wall of buys mean high expectations. Read the guide: What analyst ratings and price targets tell you.
Earnings
The next report is on the calendar for 3 November 2026 for Q3 2026, with earnings per share expected at $0.86. The last report, on 4 August 2026 for Q2 2026, showed EPS of $0.60 against $0.52 expected, a beat of 15.4%, on revenue of $3.4 billion. AES Corp. beat the EPS estimate in 6 of its last 8 reported quarters.
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The numbers
Over the trailing twelve months AES Corp. shows revenue growth of 8.49%, a gross margin of 20.29%, an operating margin of 22.43% and a return on equity of 45.05%.
| Measure | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, TTM | 8.5% | 58th |
| Net income growth, TTM | 103.0% | 81st |
| Gross margin | 20.3% | 23rd |
| Operating margin | 22.4% | 83rd |
| Free cash flow margin | -13.2% | 26th |
| Return on equity | 45.0% | 95th |
| Return on assets | 3.6% | 74th |
| Debt to equity | 0.15 | 46th |
| Current ratio | 0.75 | 37th |
| Effective tax rate | -50.5% | 4th |
The percentile ranks the company against every US company the data covers; a high percentile means most companies score lower.
Margins say how much of each dollar of sales becomes profit, returns say how hard the balance sheet works, and debt to equity says how much of it is borrowed. The valuation ratios, price to earnings and the rest, are in the app on the stock page. Read the guide: The valuation ratios on a stock page.
About AES Corp.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Construction Materials
- Headquarters
- Arlington, Virginia
- Chief executive
- Andrés Ricardo Gluski Weilert
- Employees
- 8,450
- Website
- aes.com
The company generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric energy to approximately 516,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers. It owns and operates four generating stations, including a coal-fired station in Petersburg; the natural gas and fuel oil station in Harding Street; a combined cycle gas turbine natural gas plant in Eagle Valley; and the small peaking station that uses natural gas in Georgetown. The company was incorporated in 1926 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Learn
- How to read a stock quote
- Reading a price chart from one day to one year
- Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta
- What analyst ratings and price targets tell you
- The valuation ratios on a stock page
- Price alerts, targets and percent moves
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