The AES Corporation (AES) · Peers
The AES against the 136 other companies here in its SEC industry, SIC 49xx (the wider group: its own four-digit code has fewer than five). Each figure is the one on the company's own page; the median is the peers', and the rank is among all 137, highest first.
Measure by measure
| Measure | AES | Peer median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market value | $10.67B | median $5.49B | 55 of 136 |
| P/E | 5.7× | median 21.0× | 98 of 101 |
| Forward P/E | 6.5× | median 19.0× | 95 of 97 |
| P/S | 0.8× | median 3.0× | 115 of 134 |
| FCF yield | -16.1% | median -2.3% | 111 of 130 |
| Dividend yield | 4.7% | median 2.7% | 9 of 93 |
| Gross margin | 20.3% | median 41.3% | 57 of 69 |
| Net margin | 14.3% | median 11.7% | 44 of 121 |
| ROE | 37.9% | median 8.9% | 8 of 119 |
| Revenue growth (4y, yearly) | 2.4% | median 6.9% | 99 of 119 |
| Current ratio | 0.8× | median 1.0× | 84 of 132 |
| Stock pay / revenue | 0.1% | median 0.5% | 97 of 130 |
| Share count change | 0.1% | median 1.8% | 87 of 114 |
Green where The AES is on the better side of the median, red where on the worse; no colour where higher is neither, like size or dividend yield.
The peers, largest first
| Company | Market value | P/E | ROIC | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AESThe AES Corporation | $10.67B | P/E 5.7× | – | 5.1 |
| NGGNational Grid PLC ADR | $422.41B | P/E 110.4× | 4.9% | 3.8 |
| NEENextera Energy Inc | $166.41B | P/E 20.3× | 4.3% | 5.2 |
| SOSouthern Company | $102.79B | P/E 23.6× | 5.2% | 4.1 |
| CEGConstellation Energy Corp | $96.15B | P/E 27.7× | 9.3% | 4.6 |
| DUKDuke Energy CORP | $94.70B | P/E 18.4× | 4.8% | 4.2 |
| WMWaste Management Inc | $90.68B | P/E 31.8× | 10.9% | 4.7 |
| WMBWilliams Companies Inc | $87.19B | P/E 28.4× | 8.8% | 4.5 |
| EPDEnterprise Products Partners LP | $79.51B | P/E 12.6× | – | 4.8 |
| KMIKinder Morgan Inc | $76.16B | P/E 22.0× | 6.7% | 4.9 |
| RSGRepublic Services Inc | $70.90B | P/E 32.4× | 10.3% | 4.7 |
| ETEnergy Transfer LP | $69.76B | P/E 13.2× | 7.3% | 4.8 |
| AEPAmerican Electric Power Co Inc | $69.18B | P/E 18.2× | 5.1% | 4.6 |
| TRPTC Energy Corp | $64.28B | P/E 26.1× | 22.1% | 5.2 |
| TRGPTarga Resources Corp. | $63.24B | P/E 27.9× | 12.7% | 4.2 |
| LNGCheniere Energy, Inc. | $59.78B | P/E 20.5× | 16.8% | 4.9 |
| OKEONEOK Inc | $58.82B | P/E 16.1× | 8.8% | 4.6 |
| DDominion Energy Inc | $55.90B | P/E 18.9× | 4.8% | 5.0 |
| SRESempra Energy | $54.52B | P/E 27.9× | – | 3.7 |
| VSTVistra Corp. | $51.02B | P/E 23.0× | 11.3% | 4.9 |
| ETREntergy Corporation | $48.12B | P/E 26.7× | 5.1% | 4.0 |
| XELXcel Energy Inc | $47.67B | P/E – | – | 3.3 |
| EXCExelon Corporation | $44.51B | P/E 16.0× | 5.2% | 4.1 |
| WCNWaste Connections, Inc. | $42.32B | P/E 39.9× | 7.7% | 4.8 |
| EDConsolidated Edison Inc | $41.37B | P/E 19.2× | 4.6% | 4.7 |
| PEGPublic Service Enterprise Group Inc | $35.63B | P/E 17.7× | 5.5% | 4.2 |
| WECWEC Energy Group Inc | $35.42B | P/E 20.9× | 5.0% | 3.8 |
| PPLCPPL Corp | $35.26B | P/E 28.9× | 5.2% | 4.3 |
| PCGPG&E Corp | $35.08B | P/E 11.1× | 4.5% | 4.5 |
| VGVenture Global, Inc. | $33.62B | P/E 8.9× | 10.5% | 5.4 |
| CQPCheniere Energy Partners, L.P. | $30.77B | P/E 9.8× | – | 6.0 |
| AEEAmeren Corp | $29.37B | P/E 18.7× | 5.0% | 4.2 |
| FTSFortis Inc. | $28.30B | P/E 20.6× | 4.8% | 4.2 |
| ATOAtmos Energy Corporation | $28.28B | P/E 20.2× | 5.8% | 4.5 |
| DTEDTE Energy Company | $26.99B | P/E – | – | 4.6 |
| AWKAmerican Water Works Company, Inc. | $26.82B | P/E 23.8× | 5.9% | 4.3 |
| FEFirstEnergy Corporation | $26.72B | P/E 25.1× | 4.6% | 3.8 |
| CNPCenterPoint Energy Inc | $26.53B | P/E 24.8× | 5.0% | 4.1 |
| ESEversource Energy | $25.18B | P/E 17.3× | 5.5% | 4.7 |
| NRGNRG Energy Inc. | $21.81B | P/E 25.7× | 5.4% | 4.1 |
| CMSCMS Energy Corporation | $21.54B | P/E 21.0× | 4.6% | 4.6 |
And 96 smaller ones.
The industry is the Standard Industrial Classification code the company registered with the SEC. It is a broad label: a peer group is a starting point for comparing, not proof that two businesses are alike. None of this is advice.