As on May 25, 2023, The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) started slowly as it slid -1.53% to $19.95. During the day, the stock rose to $20.26 and sunk to $19.75 before settling in for the price of $20.26 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, AES posted a 52-week range of $18.62-$29.89.
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It was noted that the giant of the Utilities sector posted annual sales growth of 3.70% over the last 5 years. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was -2.90%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -31.80%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $712.00 million, simultaneously with a float of $665.70 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $13.39 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $22.95, while the 200-day Moving Average is $25.43.
It is quite fundamental to gauge the extent of the productivity of the business which is accounted for 9100 workers. It has generated 1,386,593 per worker during the last fiscal year. Meanwhile, its income per employee was -60,000. The stock had 6.75 Receivables turnover and 0.35 Total Asset turnover. For the Profitability, stocks gross margin was +20.19, operating margin was +18.55 and Pretax Margin of -1.34.
The AES Corporation (AES) Ownership Facts and Figures
Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Utilities – Diversified industry. The AES Corporation’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.38%, in contrast to 97.40% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Dec 28, this organization’s President and CEO sold 748,625 shares at the rate of 28.43, making the entire transaction reach 21,283,409 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 1,285,504. Preceding that transaction, on Jun 01, Company’s Director sold 19,280 for 21.68, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 418,073. This particular insider is now the holder of 0 in total.
The AES Corporation (AES) Earnings and Revenue Records
If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 3/30/2023, the company posted $0.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, coming under the agreed prediction (set at $0.23) by -$0.01. This company achieved a net margin of -4.33 while generating a return on equity of -13.98. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.49 per share during the current fiscal year.
The AES Corporation’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -31.80% and is forecasted to reach 1.92 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 8.00% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the -2.90% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for The AES Corporation (AES). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 1.00. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 0.61. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 1.03.
In the same vein, AES’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded -1.14, a figure that is expected to reach 0.30 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 1.92 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of The AES Corporation (AES)
Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [The AES Corporation, AES], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 4.7 million was lower the volume of 4.79 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 8.82% While, its Average True Range was 0.59.
Raw Stochastic average of The AES Corporation (AES) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 2.14%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 6.02% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 34.42% that was higher than 29.28% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.