Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for AES in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Gekko Brief
AI summaryThis week's news centers on AES Corporation's second-quarter results, with revenue rising 20 percent to $3.422 billion, exceeding consensus estimates. Diluted EPS came in at $0.60, beating the $0.45 consensus, though a separate normalized figure showed EPS of $0.44, slightly below estimates. Analysts maintain a consensus "Hold" rating with an average 12-month target price of $15.71. Separately, several postings for roles at AES Dominicana, including positions tied to data center infrastructure and renewable energy portfolio management, point to continued activity around large load customers and clean energy assets.
AES closed at $14.87, sitting above both its 50-day average of $14.78 and its 200-day average of $14.67, with the shorter average above the longer one. The stock trades 16% below its 52-week high of $17.65 and has returned 14.1% over the past year. The GekkoIndex reads 50.3, placing it in the Neutral zone, and the price sits at Gekko Fair Value, with a gap of 0%.
Looking ahead, AES reports earnings on 3 November 2026, 35 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the company has beaten estimates in 7 of the last 8 quarters, with an average absolute reaction of 6.1% historically. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the current windows. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged a 0.7% return across 5 years, positive in 3 of them, a mild backdrop worth noting alongside the consensus target of $15.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
AES price vs fair value
Close $14.87200-day averageGekko Fair Value $14.87
AES quick facts
- Market cap
- $10.60B
- P/E ratio
- 5.6
- Forward P/E
- 6.6
- EPS, TTM
- $2.67
- Revenue, TTM
- $13.05B
- Profit margin
- 14.3%
- Dividend yield
- 4.74%
- Beta
- 0.95
- Volume
- 6.57M avg 7.53M
- 1-year return
- +14.1%
- Typical daily move
- ±0.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.5%
- 50-day average
- $14.78
- 200-day average
- $14.67
- Next earnings
- Nov 3
- Shares outstanding
- 713.4M
AES swing-trade checklist
AES scores 3 supportive, 2 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive2 mixed0 headwinds
- Trendsupportive
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $14.87 is above the 50-day ($14.78) and 200-day ($14.67) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
50.3, Neutral
Reading 50.3 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
0.0% above
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (0% above).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 35 days
Next report Nov 3, 2026, 35 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+0.7% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +0.7% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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AES stock chart and price history
AES closed at $14.87 on Sep 28, 2026, +14.1% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $12.97 to $17.65.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- +0.8%
- 3 months
- +1.6%
- 6 months
- +6.2%
- 1 year
- +14.1%
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About AES
AES generates and delivers electricity on an international scale, owning and running power plants that supply utilities, large industrial buyers, and other intermediate customers. It also operates as a utility in its own right, handling the production or purchase of power along with its transmission, distribution, and final sale to homes, businesses, industrial sites, and government customers. The company additionally trades in the wholesale electricity market and draws on a wide mix of generation sources, from coal and natural gas to hydroelectric, wind, solar, and biomass, with renewable operations that also include energy storage and landfill gas.
Its generation capacity runs to roughly 31,459 megawatts, and it does business well beyond the United States, with operations spanning Puerto Rico, several Central and South American countries such as El Salvador, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, along with the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia.
The company traces back to 1981, when it was established as Applied Energy Services, Inc., before adopting the name The AES Corporation in April 2000. It is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, and its shares trade on the NYSE under the ticker AES.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Electric utilities
- Website
- aes.com
AES GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
AES’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 50.3, in the Neutral zone, down 3.1 points over five sessions.
50.3Neutral
Down 3.1 points over five sessions.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 38 | −1.9% | −4.7% | ||
| Accumulation | 248 | +0.5% | +1.0% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 360 | −0.1% | +0.6% | ||
| Distribution | 25 | +0.8% | −5.9% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average AES share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is AES stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
AES trades level with Gekko Fair Value of $14.87, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what AES shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$14.87
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 29, 2026
0.0% from fair value · About fair value
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AES insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for AES, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in AES were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
AES has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, year ended Dec 31, 2016
- $79.00M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.74%
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
1of the funds Gekko tracks holds AES.
1added0opened0trimmed1sold out
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AES earnings: next date and track record
AES reports on Nov 3, 2026 (35 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 3, 2026
35 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.53
- Revenue estimate
- $3.45B
7 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±6.1%average move across the report
5 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | $0.77 est $0.37 | $3.18B est $3.11B | +0.4% |
| Mar 2, 2026 | $0.81 est $0.63 | $3.10B est $3.03B | −17.9% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.75 est $0.73 | $3.35B est $3.37B | +5.6% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $0.51 est $0.46 | $2.86B est $3.37B | +1.1% |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.27 est $0.34 | $2.93B est $3.05B | +1.8% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | $0.54 est $0.46 | $2.96B est $3.07B | +7.8% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $0.71 est $0.64 | $3.29B est $3.46B | −10.4% |
| Aug 1, 2024 | $0.38 est $0.37 | $2.94B est $3.19B | −3.7% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
AES stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for AES is $15.00, +0.9% from the last close.
$15.00consensus 12-month target, +0.9% from the last close
+0.6%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+0.7%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±0.3%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
AES seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 26, AES averaged +0.7% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −0.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −2.1% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −1.2% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +0.7% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | 0.0% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, AES’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.5%.
AES market cap and key statistics
AES’s market cap is $10.60B, with a P/E ratio of 5.6 and revenue of $13.05B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $10.60B
- P/E ratio
- 5.6
- Forward P/E
- 6.6
- EPS, TTM
- $2.67
- Gekko Fair Value
- $14.87
Trading
- Volume
- 6.57M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 7.53M
- 52-week high
- $17.65
- 52-week low
- $12.97
- Shares outstanding
- 713.4M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $13.05B
- Profit margin
- 14.3%
- Return on equity
- 9.6%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +951.0%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.95
- Typical daily move
- ±0.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.5%
- Dividend yield
- 4.74%
AES stock news this week
Coverage of AES this week reads neutral: 3 positive, 5 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
- AES stock at USD 14.87 on September 28, 2026AD HOC NEWS, Sep 28
- Director, Global Network — AES Dominicanaenergynews.pro, Sep 26
- AES stock last at USD 14.87, up 0.07 percent in New York tradingAD HOC NEWS, Sep 25
- Senior Manager, Data Center Infra Origination — AES Dominicanaenergynews.pro, Sep 25
- Senior Portfolio Asset Manager — AES Dominicanaenergynews.pro, Sep 25
- The AES Corporation stock reports 20 percent revenue growthAD HOC NEWS, Sep 23
AES peers
AES’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| NEENextEra Energy | Buying | 24.8% below |
| SOSouthern | Buying | 0.3% above |
| CEGConstellation Energy | Accumulation | 0.3% above |
| DUKDuke Energy | Buying | 10.3% above |
| AEPAmerican Electric Power | Buying | 7.2% above |
| DDominion Energy | Accumulation | 11.9% below |
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AES stock FAQ
What is AES’s market cap?
AES’s market cap is $10.60B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $14.87, with 713.4M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 5.6.
What is the AES stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for AES is $15.00, +0.9% from the last close. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is AES stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate AES is about fair value: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $14.87 is level with Gekko Fair Value of $14.87. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does AES report earnings next?
AES is expected to report on Nov 3, 2026 (35 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.53 per share on revenue of $3.45B. AES beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 6.1% on average across the report.
What is AES’s 52-week high and low?
AES’s 52-week high is $17.65 and its 52-week low is $12.97; it closed at $14.87 on Sep 28, 2026, +14.1% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $29.89 on Dec 13, 2022.
Is AES stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (trend, earnings risk and seasonality), 2 as mixed (gekkoindex and fair value). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
How this page works
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