AES · AES Corp
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $10.54B |
| P/E | 5.64 |
| Float | 709.0M |
| Beta | 0.94 |
| Volatility | 23.4% |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Utilities |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 92 |
| Price | 14.81 |
| Change | +0.20% |
| Prev Close | 14.78 |
| Open | 14.82 |
| Day Low | 14.78 |
| Day High | 14.85 |
| Avg Vol | 9 |
| Avg $ Vol | $127.4M |
| 52W High | 17.65 |
| 52W Low | 12.33 |
| 52W Pos | 46.6% |
| From High | −16.09% |
| From Low | +20.11% |
| Max DD 1Y | −18.98% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | +0.46% |
| SMA 50 | +0.49% |
| SMA 200 | +1.51% |
| RSI (14) | 55.4 |
| Vol 30D | 4.3% |
| Vol 90D | 4.8% |
| 1Y Range | 12–18 |
| Daily bars | 711 |
| Perf Week | +0.20% |
| Perf Month | +0.54% |
| Perf Quarter | +0.34% |
| Perf Half Y | +4.45% |
| Perf Year | +15.38% |
| Perf YTD | −0.07% |
| Prev Day | +0.20% |
| Clavix | A+ |
| Debt / Eq | 7.36 |
| Curr Ratio | 0.77 |
| Int Cover | 1.6× |
| FCF Margin | −13.3% |
| Rev Growth | −0.0% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Very High |
| Sector rank | 1 / 33 |
What AES does
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.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayAES grades A+, 92 of 100. Steadiest on Price Stability (80), most exposed on Macro Resilience (67, steady). 3 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Utilities median. Ranks 1 of 33 in Utilities by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| AES | Utilities median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.94 | 0.50 |
| Volatilityannualized | 23.4% | 12.6% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −19.0% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.35% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 125% | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| AES | Utilities median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.94 | 0.50 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Low73% of 33 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Utilities names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| AES | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +0.2% |
| 1 month | +0.5% |
| Year to date | −0.1% |
| 1 year | +15.4% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| AES | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30since 9 Jun |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 53 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 15 · 9 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 15 ↑ 9 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 33 Utilities names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| AES | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | −0.0% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Utilities median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Against Utilities
33 companies| Metric | AES | Sector spread | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beta | 0.94 | 0.50 | |
| Volatility | 23.4% | 12.6% | |
| P/E | 5.64 | 20.94 | |
| Debt / equity | 7.36 | 1.64 | |
| Current ratio | 0.77 | 0.77 | |
| FCF margin | −13.3% | 2.8% | |
| Interest coverage | 1.6× | 2.7× |
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openAES Cleanroom Technology announced that its modular wall and ceiling panels earned FM 4882 low-smoke approval, on top of their existing FM 4880 Class 1 fire rating, with verification from FM Approvals. The article body is truncated and does not include further details.
After historic flooding in Indianapolis knocked out power in the Ravenswood neighborhood for several days, resident Kimberly Boyd had to pay to get her electricity turned back on by AES Indiana. The article describes what AES Indiana says customers must do to get that cost reimbursed.
Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management opened a new position in AES during the second quarter, buying 911,639 shares worth roughly $13.37 million, according to its SEC 13F filing.
Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Chair Anthony Swinger postponed a rehearing on AES Indiana's $71 million rate hike due to lack of commissioner consensus, following the firing of Commissioner Andy Zay by Gov. Mike Braun and the resignation of Commissioner David Veleta.
Indiana Governor Mike Braun fired IURC Commissioner Andy Zay six weeks after Zay voted in favor of an AES Indiana rate hike and was demoted from his role as IURC chair.
Nearest peers by size
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNW | Pinnacle West Capital Corp | A- | $11.88B | 18.41 | 0.50 | Compare |
| TLN | Talen Energy Corp | C | $14.64B | — | 1.64 | Compare |
| OKLO | Oklo Inc | F | $7.41B | — | 1.28 | Compare |
| LNT | Alliant Energy Corp | A- | $17.63B | 21.63 | 0.53 | Compare |
| EVRG | Evergy Inc | A | $18.89B | 20.41 | 0.48 | Compare |
| NI | NiSource Inc | A | $19.98B | 22.08 | 0.56 | Compare |
| CMS | CMS Energy Corp | A- | $21.51B | 20.94 | 0.31 | Compare |
| EIX | Edison International | B- | $21.67B | 5.41 | 0.57 | Compare |
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