AES Valuation

Is AES undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

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  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of AES when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: AES ($21.59) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($11.65)

Significantly Below Fair Value: AES is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for AES?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

AES key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue3.9x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA14.2x
PEG Ratio1.2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does AES's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for AES vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average27.1x
VST Vistra
57.6x14.7%US$34.4b
TLNE Talen Energy
17.7xn/aUS$6.7b
AGR Avangrid
15.6x4.4%US$13.9b
ATO Atmos Energy
17.5x9.6%US$17.5b
AES AES
29.7x23.9%US$15.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AES is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.7x) compared to the peer average (27.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AES's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Renewable Energy Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a20.5%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AES is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.7x) compared to the Global Renewable Energy industry average (16.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AES's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

AES PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio29.7x
Fair PE Ratio27.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AES is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.9x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst AES forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$21.59
US$22.03
+2.0%
11.1%US$25.00US$16.00n/a10
May ’25US$18.17
US$21.44
+18.0%
10.7%US$25.00US$16.00n/a12
Apr ’25US$18.07
US$21.28
+17.7%
11.4%US$25.00US$16.00n/a12
Mar ’25US$15.47
US$21.44
+38.6%
11.2%US$25.00US$16.00n/a12
Feb ’25US$17.16
US$21.61
+25.9%
12.0%US$26.00US$16.00n/a12
Jan ’25US$19.25
US$21.57
+12.0%
13.3%US$26.00US$16.00n/a12
Dec ’24US$18.13
US$20.95
+15.6%
15.6%US$26.00US$16.00n/a11
Nov ’24US$14.85
US$21.09
+42.0%
24.4%US$30.00US$14.00n/a11
Oct ’24US$15.20
US$25.09
+65.1%
12.8%US$30.00US$20.00n/a11
Sep ’24US$17.89
US$27.64
+54.5%
11.2%US$32.00US$23.00n/a11
Aug ’24US$21.01
US$28.50
+35.6%
11.5%US$33.00US$23.00n/a10
Jul ’24US$20.73
US$28.70
+38.4%
11.7%US$33.00US$23.00n/a10
Jun ’24US$19.88
US$28.90
+45.4%
10.8%US$33.00US$23.00US$21.5910
May ’24US$23.16
US$29.90
+29.1%
8.5%US$33.00US$23.00US$18.1710
Apr ’24US$24.08
US$30.18
+25.3%
8.3%US$33.00US$23.00US$18.0711
Mar ’24US$24.63
US$30.42
+23.5%
8.0%US$33.00US$23.00US$15.4712
Feb ’24US$26.80
US$30.67
+14.4%
8.0%US$33.00US$23.00US$17.1612
Jan ’24US$28.76
US$29.92
+4.0%
10.4%US$33.00US$22.00US$19.2512
Dec ’23US$28.72
US$29.33
+2.1%
10.2%US$33.00US$22.00US$18.1312
Nov ’23US$26.34
US$28.46
+8.1%
8.1%US$31.00US$22.00US$14.8513
Oct ’23US$22.60
US$28.23
+24.9%
9.8%US$32.00US$22.00US$15.2013
Sep ’23US$25.85
US$28.23
+9.2%
9.8%US$32.00US$22.00US$17.8913
Aug ’23US$22.36
US$26.65
+19.2%
10.9%US$30.00US$21.00US$21.0113
Jul ’23US$21.48
US$26.96
+25.5%
10.3%US$30.00US$21.00US$20.7313
Jun ’23US$21.88
US$27.35
+25.0%
11.3%US$32.50US$21.00US$19.8813

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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