After Hours
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours.
Stocks Info
This NYSE-listed company operates within the Utilities – Diversified industry segment, falling under the Utilities sector. The current market capitalization of AES Corp is $7.53B. A total of 19.72 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 14.28M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Kohan Sherry sold 15,000 shares of AES for 20.35 per share on Jun 06 ’24. After the transaction, the SVP & Chief Accounting Officer now owns 43,334 company shares. In a previous transaction on May 20 ’24, Da Santos Bernerd sold 66,250 shares at 21.15 per share. AES shares that EVP and President, Renewables owns now total 300,672.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Mendoza Tish disposed of 66,250 shares on May 20 ’24 at a per-share price of $21.21. This resulted in the EVP & Chief HR Officer holding 199,481 shares of AES after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Falu Ricardo Manuel bought 6 shares at $16.01 per share on Mar 12 ’24. Company shares held by the EVP, COO, Pres. New Enrgy Tech now total 84,785.
Dividend
The income generated by dividends is an indication that a company is improving its financial position, which is why investors prefer companies paying dividends. AES Corp pays an annual dividend of $0.69, resulting in a dividend yield of 6.55%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 7.37. AES’s most recent ex-dividend date was 6.67% when it declared a $0.1760 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 5/1/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 1/31/2025 with an ex-dividend date of 5.39%. The AES stock dividend was $0.1760 per share in cash.
Even though price targets are rarely accurate, they do tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often considered important by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, AES has a high of $22.21 and a low of $9.88.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
In a balance sheet, you can see what assets and liabilities the company has, as well as how much equity investors have invested. These figures can be used to calculate a company’s financial ratios to give investors a better idea of its prospects. AES’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $1.18B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $18.70B in debt and $4.73B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $4.63, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $4.57B.
Analysts Opinion
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for AES is Buy with a score of 4.33.
