AES Corporation Reports Q3 Profit Growth, Falls Short of Expectations
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Nov 04 2025
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Source: NASDAQ.COM
Earnings Overview: The AES Corporation reported third-quarter earnings of $634 million ($0.89 per share), an increase from $504 million ($0.71 per share) last year, but fell short of analysts' expectations of $0.77 per share.
Adjusted Earnings: Excluding special items, the adjusted earnings for the quarter were $475 million or $0.75 per share.
Revenue Growth: The company's revenue rose by 1.9% to $3.351 billion compared to $3.289 billion in the same quarter last year.
Future Guidance: The AES Corporation provided full-year EPS guidance in the range of $2.10 to $2.26.
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Analyst Views on AES
Wall Street analysts forecast AES stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for AES is 16.63 USD with a low forecast of 13.00 USD and a high forecast of 24.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
9 Analyst Rating
6 Buy
3 Hold
0 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 15.190
Low
13.00
Averages
16.63
High
24.00
Current: 15.190
Low
13.00
Averages
16.63
High
24.00
About AES
The AES Corporation is an energy company. The Company operates in four segments: Renewables, Utilities, Energy Infrastructure, and New Energy Technologies. The Renewables segment include solar, wind, energy storage, and hydro generation facilities. The Utilities segment includes AES Indiana, AES Ohio, and AES El Salvador regulated utilities and their generation facilities. The Energy Infrastructure segment includes natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), coal, pet coke, diesel, and oil generation facilities, and its businesses in Chile, which have a mix of generation sources, including renewables. The New Energy Technologies segment includes investments in Fluence, Uplight, Maximo and other initiatives. It has two lines of business: Generation, which owns and/or operates power plants to generate and sell power to customers and Utilities that own and/or operate utilities to generate or purchase, distribute, transmit and sell electricity to end-user customers.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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