The AES stock: buy or sell?
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February 14th, 2020
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The AES Corporation operates as a diversified power generation and utility company. It owns and\u002For operates power plants to generate and sell power to customers, such as utilities, industrial users, and other intermediaries.
Should I buy The AES stock?
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| Buy setup | Elegible |
|---|---|
| New all-time high | No |
| New 52 week high | Yes |
| Price crossing up 200d MA | No |
| 100d MA crossing up 200d MA | No |
Is The AES stock a buy?
Everyday, hundreds of stock ratings are posted by financial analysts to indicate a particular stock's attractiveness.
Unfortunately, we couldn't find any rating for AES stock for the last 30 days.The AES stock analysis
Daily outlook
The AES ended on Feb 14th at $20.93 and raised a slightly good 0.48%.
The AES raised a slightly good 0.48% and closed at $20.93. Since December when SMA100d and SMA200d crossed up, AES price gained $1.31 per share (6.68%). Since October when AES stock price broke up the SMA200d line, it gained $4.74 (29.28%).
Weekly outlook
The AES shares grew 2.10% this week, ending at $20.93.
The AES shows a strong mid-term uptrend with several rising tops and rising bottoms. Since its last bottom late January, AES stock climbed unceasignly breaking out above its last top at $20.56. By mid December 2019, SMA20w and SMA40w crossed up triggering a rise of 11.39%. Since late October 2019 when AES stock price broke up the SMA40w line, it gained $4.79 (29.68%).
The AES stock price history
The AES stock went public on June 26th, 1991 with a price of $1.291. Since then, AES stock grew a 1,522.50%, with an average of 54.40% per year. If you had invested $1,000 in The AES stock in 1991, it would worth $15,225.00 today.
1: Adjusted price after possible price splits or reverse-splits.
The AES stock historical price chart
AES stock reached 52-week highs on Wednesday at $21.01, and all-time highs 2000-10-03 with a price of 57.41.
The AES stock price target
How much a stock will be priced tomorrow or next week is quite unpredictable However, banks and other financial institutions analysts, with the help of lots of data and algorithms do their best to predict the stock prices movement. The accuracy of these stock price predictions is not very high, and you should not blindly believe and make decisions only based on what this ratings or price target predictions say. For the last month we have not found any price target for The AES stock by any trusted analyst.Financials and fundamental analysis
Earnings date and Earnings per Share
The AES presented fine results for 2018-Q4 on February. The AES stepped up Earnings per Share (EPS) by 9.10%, beating analysts of $0.33. The AES posted $0.36.| Quarter | Reporting date | Estimated EPS | Actual EPS | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-Q1 | - | n/a | 0.07 | n/a |
| 2017-Q2 | - | n/a | 0.18 | n/a |
| 2017-Q3 | 2017-11-02 | 0.29 | 0.24 | -17.2% |
| 2017-Q4 | 2018-02-27 | 0.32 | 0.43 | 34.4% |
| 2018-Q1 | 2018-05-08 | 0.25 | 0.28 | 12.0% |
| 2018-Q2 | 2018-08-07 | 0.28 | 0.25 | -10.7% |
| 2018-Q3 | 2018-11-06 | 0.29 | 0.35 | 20.7% |
| 2018-Q4 | 2019-02-27 | 0.33 | 0.36 | 9.1% |
| 2019-Q1 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2019-Q2 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Annual financial results
In 2018, The AES annual revenues inched a slightly good 1.96% to $10,736.00 M dollars from $10,530.00 marked in 2017. When comparing 2018 vs 2017, on the other hand, profit margin (that is, the net income divided by revenues) boosted a 22.23% to 11.21%.| Year | Sales | YoY | Income/(margin) | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $15,880 M | - | $284 M1.8% | - |
| 2014 | $17,146 M | 7.97% | $769 M4.5% | 170.77% |
| 2015 | $14,963 M | -12.73% | $306 M2.0% | -60.21% |
| 2016 | $13,586 M | -9.20% | $-1,130.00 M-8.3% | -469.28% |
| 2017 | $10,530 M | -22.49% | $-1,161.00 M-11.0% | 2.74% |
| 2018 | $10,736 M | 1.96% | $1,203 M11.2% | -203.62% |
Quarterly financial results
The AES posted $2,622.00 M in sales for 2018-Q4, a -7.58% less compared to previous quarter. Reported quarter income marked $128.00 million with a profit margin of 4.88%. Profit margin grew a 1.32% compared to previous quarter when profit margin was 3.56%. When comparing turnover to same quarter last year, The AES sales marked a disappointing move and remained steady a -0.79%.| Quarter | Sales1 | QoQ2 | Income1/(margin) | QoQ2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-Q1 | $3,480 M | - | $-24 M-0.7% | - |
| 2017-Q2 | $3,470 M | -0.29% | $53 M1.5% | -320.83% |
| 2017-Q3 | $3,632 M | 4.67% | $152 M4.2% | 186.79% |
| 2017-Q4 | $2,643 M | -27.23% | $-1,342 M-50.8% | -982.89% |
| 2018-Q1 | $2,740 M | 3.67% | $684 M25.0% | -150.97% |
| 2018-Q2 | $2,537 M | -7.41% | $290 M11.4% | -57.60% |
| 2018-Q3 | $2,837 M | 11.82% | $101 M3.6% | -65.17% |
| 2018-Q4 | $2,622 M | -7.58% | $128 M4.9% | 26.73% |
The AES ownership
When you are planning to invest in a stock, it's always worth to review its ownership structure.The AES shares owned by insiders (that is, founders, CEO, CTO, main executives or other management staff) currently counts a 0.35% of all shares.
Bearish positions for AES stock account 0.00%, no big difference from last month.
The following table compares ownership indicators for other stocks related to The AES:
| AES | |
|---|---|
| Market cap | $13.9 B |
| Total shares | 663.9 M |
| Float shares | 661.3 M |
| - Institutional holdings (%) | 100.5% |
| - Insider holdings (%) | 0.4% |
| Shares in short selling | 0.0% |
The AES summary
| Friday, February 14th, 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Open | $20.85 |
| Close | $20.93 |
| Day range | $20.82 - $20.97 |
| Previous close | $20.83 |
| Session gain | 0.48% |
| Average true range | $0.30 |
| 50d mov avg | $19.88 |
| 100d mov avg | $18.43 |
| 200d mov avg | $17.18 |
| Daily pattern | |
| Weekly pattern | lb03c |
The AES performance
Stocks performance is always measured in comparision to the market or competitors and related stocks in the same industry. We chose as the bechmarking frame for The AES stock.| Stock | 3m | 6m | 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| AESThe AES | 14.25% | 39.81% | 27.62% |
The AES competitors
Unfortunately, we could not find any public company that could be defined as The AES competitor. This doesn't mean The AES does not have any competitor in the market, it's just we could not detected it.Latest The AES stock news
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