With 10.44 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 8.84 million shares. During the session, the Utilities – Diversified company that operates in wider Utilities sector, reached to the highest price of $17.205 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $15.92. The 52-week range on AES shows that it touched its highest point at $25.61 and its lowest point at $11.43 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $22.00. With its current market cap of 11.48 billion, AES has annualized dividend of $0.67 while the current yield stands at 4.15%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.09.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of AES was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -11.69%, but this was up by 7.52% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -12.36% while six-month performance rose 23.83%. The stock lost -36.73% in the past year, while it has lost -16.05% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AES yields 0.33 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.09. For the next quarter, that number is 0.29. This implies an EPS growth rate of 8.40% for this year and 9.36% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 7.50% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -25.72%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 710.29 million AES shares are outstanding with a float of 707.20 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-03-28, short shares totaled 13.81 million, which was 1.94 higher than short shares on 1709164800. In addition to Mr. Andres Ricardo Gluski Weilert as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Stephen Coughlin serves as its Executive VP & CFO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.87788004 of AES’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2023-12-31, AES reported revenue of $2968000000.0 and operating income of $427000000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $848000000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for AES since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
