The AES Co. (NYSE:AES) Forecasted to Post Q3 2025 Earnings of $0.74 Per Share

The AES Co. (NYSE:AES) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research reduced their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of AES in a research report issued on Monday, September 30th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the utilities provider will post earnings of $0.74 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.79. The consensus estimate for AES’s current full-year earnings is $1.90 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for AES’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.79 EPS and Q2 2026 earnings at $0.41 EPS.

AES (NYSE:AES) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 1st. The utilities provider reported $0.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.02. AES had a net margin of 6.07% and a return on equity of 32.74%. The company had revenue of $2.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.22 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.21 EPS. The firm’s revenue was down 2.8% on a year-over-year basis.

A number of other equities analysts have also weighed in on AES. Jefferies Financial Group began coverage on shares of AES in a research note on Wednesday, September 11th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $20.00 target price for the company. Barclays reduced their target price on shares of AES from $23.00 to $22.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, July 22nd. Finally, Evercore ISI raised shares of AES to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, AES has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $21.50.

AES Price Performance

Shares of AES stock opened at $18.91 on Thursday. AES has a 12-month low of $11.43 and a 12-month high of $22.21. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.26 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 0.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.63. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $17.83 and a 200-day moving average of $18.25.

AES Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 1st were paid a dividend of $0.1725 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, August 1st. This represents a $0.69 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.65%. AES’s dividend payout ratio is 95.83%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On AES

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of AES. CWM LLC increased its holdings in shares of AES by 2.4% during the second quarter. CWM LLC now owns 27,122 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $477,000 after purchasing an additional 628 shares during the period. Raymond James Trust N.A. boosted its position in shares of AES by 1.6% during the 2nd quarter. Raymond James Trust N.A. now owns 44,433 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $781,000 after acquiring an additional 711 shares in the last quarter. Rise Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of AES by 92.4% during the 2nd quarter. Rise Advisors LLC now owns 1,499 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 720 shares in the last quarter. Empirical Finance LLC boosted its position in shares of AES by 4.7% during the 1st quarter. Empirical Finance LLC now owns 18,185 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $326,000 after acquiring an additional 823 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UMB Bank n.a. boosted its position in shares of AES by 102.3% during the 2nd quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,776 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $31,000 after acquiring an additional 898 shares in the last quarter. 93.13% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About AES

The AES Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified power generation and utility company in the United States and internationally. 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.