The AES Corporation

AES · NYSE · Stock · Utilities
$14.96
-0.20% today
Delayed price,

What The 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.

Key facts

Sector
Utilities
Industry
Utilities - Diversified
Market cap
$10.67B
P/E (ttm)
5.6
Forward P/E
6.3
Dividend yield
4.70%
Beta
0.95
Profit margin
14.3%
Employees
8,336
Headquarters
Arlington, VA, United States
Exchange
NYSE

Performance

1 Month
+0.9%
3 Months
+1.3%
6 Months
+3.4%
1 Year
+2.6%
5 Years
-36.0%
$13.2152-week range$17.65
Biggest setback — last 12 months
-19.0%
23 Feb 2026 → 23 Mar 2026
Fell from $17.28 to $14.00 — its sharpest sustained decline this year.
Biggest run-up — last 12 months
+27.7%
15 Dec 2025 → 23 Feb 2026
Ran from $13.53 to $17.28 — its strongest sustained advance this year.

Price outlook — trend & volatility model

▲ Trend: Uptrend
Price is above its 20-, 50- and 200-day averages, each stacked above the next — a classic technical uptrend structure.
HorizonBear case (−1σ)Base caseBull case (+1σ)
1 Month$14.21 (-5.0%)$14.96$15.75 (+5.3%)
3 Months$13.68 (-8.5%)$14.96$16.36 (+9.3%)
6 Months$13.19 (-11.9%)$14.96$16.97 (+13.5%)
12 Months$12.51 (-16.4%)$14.96$17.89 (+19.6%)
Statistical, not machine-learning: a random-walk (no assumed drift) volatility model built from this ticker's own realized price history, plus a purely descriptive moving-average trend read. Illustrative only — not a price target and not financial advice. The bear and bull cases sit one standard deviation (1σ) below and above today's price, a range that covers about 68% of the outcomes the model treats as plausible, not a 68% chance of either case. Annualized volatility used: 17.9%, blended from this ticker's own 3-month and 1-year realized price history. Base case is deliberately flat — this quantifies a possible range, not a directional prediction. See the full model, including wider (≈95%) bands →

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Recent insider activity

Sold 20,132,828 shares at $21.00 — AES CORP, 10% Owner · 2026-05-19
Acquired 12,111 shares — Sebastian Teresa Mosley, Director · 2026-05-01
Acquired 19,031 shares at $14.45 — Naim Moises, Director · 2026-05-01
Acquired 12,111 shares — MONIE ALAIN, Director · 2026-05-01
Acquired 12,111 shares — Laulis Julia M., Director · 2026-05-01
Source: SEC Form 4 filings. An "acquired" entry with no price is typically a stock award or option exercise rather than an open-market purchase. Search all insider trades →

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