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The AES Corporation (AES) Stock Profile & Financial OverviewThe AES Corporation

Listed on NYSE • Utilities / Diversified Utilities
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AES Company Overview & Business Description

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 coal, gas, hydro, wind, solar, and biomass; and renewables, such as energy storage and landfill gas. The company owns and/or operates a generation portfolio of approximately 31,459 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 incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

Key Information

Symbol: AES
CEO: Andres Ricardo Gluski Weilert
Exchange: NYSE
CIK: 0000874761
SEC Filings: View SEC →

Current Trend for AES

An assessment of the current trend environment for AES, based on the latest closing price data and intended to describe the market context heading into the next trading session.

As of 2025-12-24, the current trend for AES is a Sideways Consolidation (Range-Bound Environment).

The weekly trend is in a consolidation regime, which automatically downgrades the daily signal to sideways conditions. This environment favors short-term mean-reversion rather than trend-following.

  • The weekly context is non-trending (sideways), which typically caps the duration and magnitude of daily trend moves.
  • Price is currently compressing tightly (optimal low-risk zone), sitting 0.27 ATR away from the adaptive KAMA baseline.
  • The current market structure is holding within recent defined ranges.

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Adaptive Trend Model · Daily & Weekly (2025-12-24 ET)

This model uses an adaptive trend algorithm based on daily and weekly price data to identify whether a stock is in an uptrend, downtrend, or consolidation over a multi-week to multi-month horizon. Compared with traditional moving-average systems, it filters short-term noise more effectively, captures trend continuation more reliably, and provides a stronger basis for position sizing and risk-management decisions such as stop-loss and take-profit levels.

As of 2025-12-24, AES in a non-directional consolidation; Long-term trend is bullish.

Trend Strength: AES last closed at 13.96, trading 0.4 ATR above the adaptive KAMA baseline (13.83). Technical Classification: Non-Directional / Range-Bound.

Trend Score: Technical Score: 35/100. Classification: Sideways. Alignment: Indeterminate. Logic: Price action is range-bound or lacking sufficient slope for trend confirmation.

SuperTrend Risk: Structural Support: Adaptive SuperTrend at 13.21. This level serves as the calculated invalidation point for the current upward structure.

Risk Skew: Multi-timeframe risk skew is currently assessed as Non-Directional. Price is oscillating within a low-momentum range. Risk is two-sided, favoring mean-reversion strategies over trend-following.

Key Levels: Key technical references: Spot 13.96, KAMA 13.83.

AES Real-Time Stock Price & Market Data (Updated: Dec 23 12:46 PM EST)

Price
13.96
Change
0.1
Change %
0.72%
Open
13.92
Previous Close
13.86
High
14.02
Low
13.81
Volume
2,309,605
Market Cap
9,941,209,088
EV/EBITDA
14.13

AES Shares Outstanding, Float, Short Interest & Ownership (Updated: Dec 23 12:46 PM EST)

Shares Outstanding
712,120,944
FloatShares
708,061,855
Float Ratio
99.43%
Shares Short
23,091,156
Short Percent Of Float
The percent of float shares currently sold short. Reflects market sentiment and risk of a short squeeze.
3.73%
Short Ratio
Days needed to cover all short positions. Indicates short-selling pressure.
2.72 trading days
Held Percent Insiders
0.46%
Held Percent Institutions
90.57%