What is Zacks Research’s Forecast for AES Q1 Earnings?

The AES Co. (NYSE:AES) – Research analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of AES in a research report issued on Wednesday, March 26th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the utilities provider will post earnings of $0.48 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.45. The consensus estimate for AES’s current full-year earnings is $1.93 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for AES’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.51 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.62 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.54 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.16 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.19 EPS.

AES (NYSE:AES) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February 28th. The utilities provider reported $0.54 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.20. AES had a return on equity of 27.30% and a net margin of 8.34%. The firm had revenue of $2.96 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.07 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.73 earnings per share.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. HSBC started coverage on shares of AES in a research report on Friday, December 13th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $17.00 target price for the company. Mizuho reduced their price objective on AES from $16.00 to $15.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, March 4th. Hsbc Global Res raised AES to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 13th. Barclays reduced their price target on AES from $17.00 to $12.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 27th. Finally, Bank of America raised shares of AES from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $11.00 to $13.00 in a research report on Tuesday, March 4th. 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 two have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $16.63.

AES Price Performance

NYSE AES opened at $12.42 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21, a current ratio of 0.85 and a quick ratio of 0.80. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $11.35 and a 200-day simple moving average of $13.85. AES has a 52-week low of $9.88 and a 52-week high of $22.21.

Institutional Trading of AES

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Millburn Ridgefield Corp acquired a new position in AES during the 3rd quarter worth $28,000. SRS Capital Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in AES by 190.3% during the 4th quarter. SRS Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 2,412 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 1,581 shares during the period. Optiver Holding B.V. grew its holdings in AES by 79.5% in the 4th quarter. Optiver Holding B.V. now owns 2,711 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $35,000 after buying an additional 1,201 shares during the last quarter. WR Wealth Planners LLC increased its position in AES by 93.3% in the 4th quarter. WR Wealth Planners LLC now owns 2,837 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $37,000 after buying an additional 1,369 shares during the period. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC lifted its holdings in shares of AES by 760.4% during the fourth quarter. McIlrath & Eck LLC now owns 3,347 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $43,000 after buying an additional 2,958 shares during the last quarter. 93.13% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

AES Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 1st will be given a $0.176 dividend. This represents a $0.70 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.67%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 1st. AES’s dividend payout ratio is 29.54%.

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.