US Equities Analysis

AES — AES Corporation

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2. Company Fundamentals

2.1 Competitiveness

Metric Value
Operating Margins 18.74%
Profit Margins 10.82%
Return on Equity 5.26%
Return on Assets 2.71%
Free Float 0.71B
Dividend Yield 4.80%
Short Int % Utilisation 3.09%

2.2 Growth

Metric Value
Revenue Growth 8.7%
Free Cash Flow -2.96B
EBITDA 12.89 (Ratio)
Enterprise Value 48.42B
EV/Revenue 3.88
EV/EBITDA 12.89

Revenue growth of 8.7% indicates steady, moderate expansion.

2.3 Management

Role Metric
Consensus Rating N/A

2.4 Return

Metric Value
Expected Return (Ann.)* 23.18%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 33.79%
1-Year Price Return* 16.18%

Latest Market Data (as of 2026-08-14, US Eastern time):

Metric Value
Last Price $14.73
52-Week Range $12.33 – $17.65
Observation Count 251 trading days

The return and risk statistics use daily adjusted closes from the retrieved one-year series and annualise daily moments using 252 trading days. The last price is the latest regular-market price reported for the stated date. Source: Yahoo Finance market data.

2.5 Valuation & Cash Flow

Data status: the verified data fields are incomplete or the WACC requires assumption review. The post does not publish a mechanical UFCF/WACC conclusion for this issuer.

Available valuation input Value
Last market price $14.76
Market capitalisation $10.53B
Reported free cash flow $-1.62B
FCF yield -15.42%
Net debt / EBITDA 9.64x

2.6 Investor-Style Research Screen

Educational screen Result
Buffett-inspired cash-quality checks not rated — model suitability or data-integrity condition not met
Lynch-inspired balance-and-growth checks not rated — model suitability or data-integrity condition not met

Data lineage: Yahoo Finance public market and statement data; retrieval timestamp: 2026-08-17 23:25:22.355162 UTC; latest reported fiscal period: 2025-12-31 00:00:00. A screen result is an evidence flag, not a buy or sell instruction.

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