AES:NYE-The AES Corporation (USD)

COMMON STOCK | Utilities—Diversified | NYE

Last Closing Price

USD 14.36

Change

0.00 (0.00)%

Market Cap

USD 9.55B

Volume

5.16M

Average Target Price

USD 17.65 (+22.91%)
Average Analyst Rating

Verdict

Fundamental Analysis

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About

The AES Corporation operates as a diversified power generation and utility company. It owns and/or operates power plants to generate and sell power to customers, such as utilities, industrial users, and other intermediaries. The company also 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. It uses a range of fuels and technologies to generate electricity, including natural gas, coal, pet coke, diesel, and oil, as well as renewables, such as hydro, solar, wind, energy storage, biomass, and landfill gas. The company owns and/or operates a generation portfolio of approximately 30,471 megawatts. It has operations in the United States, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia. 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 founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

Company Website : http://www.aes.com

Address : 4300 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA, United States, 22203

Employees : 8,000

Fiscal Year End : December

Currency: USD

Country : USA

Technical Indicators

Beta : 0.97

52 Week High : 21.23

Short Ratio : 1.26

52 Week Low : 9.00

Shorted Shares : 8,660,208

200 Day Moving Average : 15.61

Shorted Shares Previous Month : 8,258,572

50 Day Moving Average : 13.61

Shares Held By Insiders : 3.71%

Short Percentage : 1.00%

Shares Held by Institutions : 97.93000000000001%

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Relative Returns (From:    To: 2020-07-11 )

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ETFs Containing AES

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XLUY Cushing Utility & MLP ETF 4.06 % 0.65 %

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ESGW Columbia Sustainable Glob.. 0.92 % 0.40 %

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RWDC Direxion MSCI Defensives .. 0.00 % 0.46 %

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CHEP AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral.. 0.00 % 1.61 %

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Market Performance

  Market Performance vs.
Industry/Classification (Utilities—Diversified)		 Market Performance vs. Exchange
  Value Sector Median Percentile Rank Grade Market Median Percentile Rank Grade
YTD  
Capital Gain -27.84% 32% F 26% F
Dividend Return 1.44% 35% F 61% D-
Total Return -26.40% 36% F 27% F
Trailing 12 Months  
Capital Gain -15.93% 55% F 41% F
Dividend Return 3.30% 58% F 67% D+
Total Return -12.63% 55% F 41% F
Trailing 5 Years  
Capital Gain 9.62% 50% F 66% D
Dividend Return 18.90% 28% F 67% D+
Total Return 28.52% 44% F 67% D+
Average Annual (5 Year Horizon)  
Capital Gain 12.60% 63% D 81% B-
Dividend Return 4.10% 58% F 74% C
Total Return 16.70% 63% D 84% B
Risk Return Profile  
Volatility (Standard Deviation) 22.27% 21% F 33% F
Risk Adjusted Return 74.99% 47% F 72% C-
Market Capitalization 9.55B 55% F 84% B
Letter Grade Percentage Letter Grade Percentage Letter Grade Percentage
A+ 97%-100% A 93%-96% A- 90%-92%
B+ 97%-89% B 83%-86% B- 80%-82%
C+ 77%-79% C 73%-76% C- 70%-72%
D+ 67%-69% D 63%-66% D- 60%-62%
F 0%-59%

Key Financial Ratios

  Ratio vs. Industry/Classification
(Utilities—Diversified)		 Ratio vs. Market
  Value Sector Median Percentile Rank Grade Market Median Percentile Rank Grade
Market Value  
Price / Earning Ratio 32.82 23% F 17% F
Price/Book Ratio 3.78 6% F 20% F
Price / Cash Flow Ratio 3.87 81% B- 59% F
EV/EBITDA 9.44 82% B- 57% F
Management Effectiveness  
Return on Equity 9.02% 60% D- 58% F
Return on Invested Capital 7.89% 86% B 62% D-
Return on Assets 3.83% 86% B 69% D+
Debt to Equity Ratio 610.98% 14% F 4% F
Technical Ratios  
Short Ratio 1.26 83% B 60% D-
Short Percent 1.74% 42% F 76% C
Beta 0.97 23% F 59% F
Letter Grade Percentage Letter Grade Percentage Letter Grade Percentage
A+ 97%-100% A 93%-96% A- 90%-92%
B+ 97%-89% B 83%-86% B- 80%-82%
C+ 77%-79% C 73%-76% C- 70%-72%
D+ 67%-69% D 63%-66% D- 60%-62%
F 0%-59%

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Analyst Rating

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Fundamental Analysis Breakdown

This is a composite scorecard based on the application of evaluation criteria deemed most important by analysts. This is not a buy or sell recommendation.

What to like:
Underpriced on cashflow basis

The stock is trading low compared to its peers on a price to cash flow basis and is in the top quartile. It may be underpriced but do check its financial performance to make sure there is no specific reason.

Superior capital utilization

The company management has delivered better return on invested capital in the most recent 4 quarters than its peers, placing it in the top quartile.

Superior return on assets

The company management has delivered better return on assets in the most recent 4 quarters than its peers, placing it in the top quartile.

Positive cash flow

The company had positive total cash flow in the most recent four quarters.

Positive free cash flow

The company had positive total free cash flow in the most recent four quarters.

Underpriced on free cash flow basis

The stock is trading low compared to its peers on a price to free cash flow basis and is in the top quartile. It may be underpriced but do check its financial performance to make sure there is no specific reason.

What to not like:
Poor risk adjusted returns

This company is delivering below median risk adjusted returns in its peers. Even if it is outperforming on returns , the returns are unpredictable. Proceed with caution.

High volatility

The total returns for this company are volatile and above median for its sector over the past 5 years. Make sure you have the risk tolerance for investing in such stock.

Overpriced compared to earnings

The stock is trading high compared to its peers on a price to earning basis and is above the sector median.

Overpriced compared to book value

The stock is trading high compared to its peers median on a price to book value basis.

Higly leveraged

The company is in the bottom half compared to its sector peers on debt to equity and is highly leveraged. However, do check the news and look at its sector and management statements. Sometimes this is high because the company is trying to grow aggressively.

Low Earnings Growth

This stock has shown below median earnings growth in the previous 5 years compared to its sector

Low Revenue Growth

This stock has shown below median revenue growth in the previous 5 years compared to its sector

Low Dividend Growth

This stock has shown below median dividend growth in the previous 5 years compared to its sector.