The AES Corporation
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. Show More...
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Website http://www.aes.com
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Sector Utilities
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Industry Utilities-Diversified
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Last Quote 8.71 EUR
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Last Updated 29-05-2025
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Interest Coverage
The interest coverage ratio is a debt ratio and profitability ratio used to determine how easily a company can pay interest on its outstanding debt.
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2010-12 2011-12 2012-12 2013-12 2014-12 2015-12 2016-12 2017-12 2018-12 2019-12 TTM Earnings Per Share USD 0.010 0.07 -1.21 0.15 1.06 0.44 -1.72 -1.76 1.81 0.45 0.44 Dividends USD 0.04 0.16 0.2 0.4 0.33 0.48 0.52 0.55 0.55 Payout Ratio % * 18.1 32.7 41.7 188.2 175.9 74.9 125.6 Shares Mil 774.0 783.0 755.0 748.0 724.0 689.0 660.0 660.0 665.0 667.0 667.0 Book Value Per Share * EUR 6.62 6.29 4.49 4.84 5.14 4.9 4.14 4.04 4.37 4.23 3.45 Free Cash Flow Per Share * EUR 0.47 0.78 0.63 0.8 -0.18 -0.31 0.6 0.29 0.38 0.38 Return on Assets % 0.02 0.14 -2.09 0.28 1.94 0.81 -3.1 -3.35 3.67 0.92 0.87 Financial Leverage (Average) 6.26 7.62 9.16 9.33 9.12 11.7 12.93 13.43 10.14 11.23 13.44 Return on Equity % 0.16 0.93 -17.35 2.56 17.88 8.25 -38.03 -44.15 42.41 9.77 10.15 Return on Invested Capital % 3.13 3.33 -0.43 3.6 6.24 3.48 -2.33 -2.65 7.51 3.41 3.28 Interest Coverage 1.68 2.36 1.2 1.71 2.07 1.78 1.1 1.66 2.91 1.95 1.95 Current Ratio 1.17 1.09 1.02 1.01 1.12 0.99 1.21 1.06 1.14 1.03 1.06 Quick Ratio 0.83 0.67 0.65 0.61 0.71 0.61 0.81 0.47 0.7 0.57 0.61 Debt/Equity 2.58 3.38 4.05 4.36 4.38 5.8 6.86 7.22 5.5 6.11 7.43