After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
AES belongs to the Utilities sector of the NYSE while operating in the Utilities – Diversified industry. The current market capitalization of AES Corp is $7.11B. A total of 22.73 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 16.84M 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.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. AES Corp pays an annual dividend of $0.70, resulting in a dividend yield of 6.98%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 5.45. 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.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, AES has a high of $22.21 and a low of $9.46.
As of this writing, AES has an earnings estimate of $0.47 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 7.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.55 per share and a lower estimate of $0.32.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. 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 $4.87, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $4.57B.
Analysts Opinion
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. 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 4.00.
