The AES Corporation (AES)Utilities | Utilities - Diversified | Arlington, United States | NYSE
14.47 USD
-0.03
(-0.207%) ⇩
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 14.50 +0.03 (0.207%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:53 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 4:24 p.m. EDT
AES is a utility stock with a strong dividend yield and a history of consistent payouts, making it attractive for income-focused investors. However, the recent price movements and mixed options activity suggest caution. The stock has shown some volatility, and while the dividend yield is appealing, the fundamentals are mixed with a high debt-to-equity ratio and recent earnings declines. The short-term forecast indicates a slight downward trend, suggesting it may not be an ideal time for short-term traders. Long-term investors might consider holding or buying on dips, but should monitor the company's financial health and market conditions closely. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.050548 |
| AutoTheta | 0.050759 |
| AutoETS | 0.050906 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.051295 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 73% |
| H-stat | 0.12 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.032 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.25 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Utilities |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-04-30 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-01-29 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 259.393 |
| Revenue per Share | 17.181 |
| Market Cap | 10,318,146,560 |
| Trailing P/E | 11.05 |
| Forward P/E | 6.06 |
| Beta | 1.01 |
| Profit Margins | 7.44% |
| Website | https://www.aes.com |
As of April 11, 2026, 4:24 p.m. EDT: Options activity shows mixed signals. The ATM IV is relatively low, but there are notable positions in OTM calls and puts, indicating some speculation about potential price movements. The high IV on certain strikes suggests volatility expectations, particularly around the 15.0 strike. The recent put activity on the 15.0 strike with high IV and OI may indicate some bearish sentiment, while the call activity on the 15.0 strike suggests bullish speculation. The overall options data suggests a cautious outlook with some potential for price movement, but not a clear direction.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.20% | 5.69% | 4.94% | 4.17% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | 0.176000 | 1.201365 |
| 2025-10-31 | 0.176000 | 1.283951 |
| 2025-08-01 | 0.176000 | 1.363174 |
| 2025-05-01 | 0.176000 | 1.837131 |
| 2025-01-31 | 0.176000 | 1.691539 |
| 2024-11-01 | 0.173000 | 1.263081 |
| 2024-08-01 | 0.173000 | 1.048404 |
| 2024-04-30 | 0.173000 | 1.059291 |
| 2024-01-31 | 0.173000 | 1.147888 |
| 2023-10-31 | 0.166000 | 1.245723 |
| 2023-07-31 | 0.166000 | 0.867762 |
| 2023-04-28 | 0.166000 | 0.799424 |
| 2023-01-31 | 0.166000 | 0.694948 |
| 2022-10-31 | 0.158000 | 0.697440 |
| 2022-07-29 | 0.158000 | 0.826041 |
| 2022-04-28 | 0.158000 | 0.878599 |
| 2022-01-31 | 0.158000 | 0.839729 |
| 2021-11-01 | 0.151000 | 0.706658 |
| 2021-07-30 | 0.151000 | 0.761025 |
| 2021-04-29 | 0.151000 | 0.650509 |
| 2021-01-28 | 0.151000 | 0.743288 |
| 2020-10-29 | 0.143000 | 0.890699 |
| 2020-07-31 | 0.143000 | 1.150615 |
| 2020-04-30 | 0.143000 | 1.334935 |
| 2020-01-30 | 0.143000 | 0.885347 |
| 2019-10-31 | 0.137000 | 1.011025 |
| 2019-07-31 | 0.137000 | 1.034920 |
| 2019-04-30 | 0.137000 | 1.023144 |
| 2019-01-31 | 0.137000 | 1.077285 |
| 2018-10-31 | 0.130000 | 1.158892 |
| 2018-08-02 | 0.130000 | 1.258020 |
| 2018-04-30 | 0.130000 | 1.406233 |
| 2018-01-31 | 0.130000 | 1.504844 |
| 2017-10-31 | 0.120000 | 1.527722 |
| 2017-08-01 | 0.120000 | 1.466356 |
| 2017-04-27 | 0.120000 | 1.470449 |
| 2017-01-30 | 0.120000 | 1.496628 |
| 2016-10-28 | 0.110000 | 1.334138 |
| 2016-07-28 | 0.110000 | 1.280711 |
| 2016-04-28 | 0.110000 | 1.423514 |
| 2016-01-29 | 0.110000 | 1.682524 |
| 2015-10-29 | 0.100000 | 1.337046 |
| 2015-07-30 | 0.100000 | 1.169501 |
| 2015-05-01 | 0.100000 | 1.127171 |
| 2015-01-30 | 0.100000 | 1.233330 |
| 2014-10-30 | 0.050000 | 0.544568 |
| 2014-07-30 | 0.050000 | 0.508682 |
| 2014-04-29 | 0.050000 | 0.534251 |
| 2014-01-30 | 0.050000 | 0.550339 |
| 2013-10-30 | 0.040000 | 0.432879 |
| 2013-07-30 | 0.040000 | 0.499313 |
| 2013-04-29 | 0.040000 | 0.453989 |
| 2013-01-30 | 0.040000 | 0.571688 |
| 2012-10-26 | 0.040000 | 0.597446 |
| 1994-11-04 | 0.042000 | 1.332791 |
| 1993-11-04 | 0.040453 | 1.234514 |
| 1993-07-19 | 0.040453 | 1.284101 |
| 1993-02-23 | 0.024272 | 0.883535 |
| 1992-09-02 | 0.016181 | 0.742004 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.47653067 |
| Address1 | 4,300 Wilson Boulevard |
| Address2 | 11th Floor |
| All Time High | 72.8125 |
| All Time Low | 0.92 |
| Ask | 14.5 |
| Ask Size | 23,500 |
| Audit Risk | 10 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.8 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 7,954,710 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 13,162,629 |
| Average Volume | 13,162,629 |
| Average Volume10Days | 7,954,710 |
| Beta | 1.008 |
| Bid | 14.49 |
| Bid Size | 53,200 |
| Board Risk | 8 |
| Book Value | 5.705 |
| City | Arlington |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 14.47 |
| Current Ratio | 0.766 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 14.5 |
| Day Low | 14.46 |
| Debt To Equity | 259.393 |
| Display Name | The AES |
| Dividend Date | 1,778,803,200 |
| Dividend Rate | 0.7 |
| Dividend Yield | 4.86 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,772,452,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,772,452,800 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.317 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.315 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,772,485,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,777,579,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,777,579,200 |
| Ebitda | 3,475,000,064 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.28407 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 13.687 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.888 |
| Enterprise Value | 47,563,726,848 |
| Eps Current Year | 2.28689 |
| Eps Forward | 2.38879 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.31 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,777,593,600 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 14.8968 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.42679977 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.028650433 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 47.65307 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 17.65 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -3.1799994 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.18016994 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 9.46 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 5.01 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.52959836 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 9.46 - 17.65 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 677,943,000,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 3.74 |
| Float Shares | 708,312,009 |
| Forward Eps | 2.38879 |
| Forward P E | 6.0574603 |
| Free Cashflow | -3,086,125,056 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 8,336 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.18400998 |
| Gross Profits | 2,251,000,064 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0053399997 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.88986 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 713,071,623 |
| Industry | Utilities - Diversified |
| Industry Disp | Utilities - Diversified |
| Industry Key | utilities-diversified |
| Ir Website | http://investor.aes.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=76149&p=irol-irhome |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,769,731,200 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.176 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 959,904,000 |
| Last Split Factor | 2:1 |
| Long Business Summary | 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. |
| Long Name | The AES Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 10,318,146,560 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_35312 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 939,000,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 10,318,146,384 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 9 |
| Open | 14.51 |
| Operating Cashflow | 4,305,999,872 |
| Operating Margins | 0.16575001 |
| Overall Risk | 8 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.5373 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.81 |
| Phone | 703 522 1315 |
| Post Market Change | 0.029999733 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.20732366 |
| Post Market Price | 14.5 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,469,998 |
| Previous Close | 14.5 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 6.32737 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.5363717 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.8434682 |
| Profit Margins | 0.07439 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.39 |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.81818 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.0299997 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.206895 |
| Regular Market Day High | 14.5 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 14.46 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 14.46 - 14.5 |
| Regular Market Open | 14.51 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 14.5 |
| Regular Market Price | 14.47 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,003 |
| Regular Market Volume | 9,360,360 |
| Return On Assets | 0.02544 |
| Return On Equity | 0.01954 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.047 |
| Revenue Per Share | 17.181 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Utilities |
| Sector Disp | Utilities |
| Sector Key | utilities |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 4 |
| Shares Outstanding | 713,071,623 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0344 |
| Shares Short | 24,520,971 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 17,937,394 |
| Short Name | The AES Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0395 |
| Short Ratio | 1.26 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | VA |
| Symbol | AES |
| Target High Price | 16.0 |
| Target Low Price | 15.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 15.11111 |
| Target Median Price | 15.0 |
| Total Cash | 1,556,000,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.184 |
| Total Debt | 30,943,000,576 |
| Total Revenue | 12,232,999,936 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.704 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.048551723 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.31 |
| Trailing P E | 11.045802 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 14.0168 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.45320034 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.032332655 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 9,360,360 |
| Website | https://www.aes.com |
| Zip | 22,203 |