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AES AES Return on equity

Return on equity at other companies

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Nextra EnergyNEE
15.6%+4.4pp
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Duke EnergyDUK
9.6%+0.9pp
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Quanta ServicesPWR
13.4%-0.1pp
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ArganAGX
38.5%+8.0pp
CMS
CMS EnergyCMS
12.4%-0.1pp
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EntergyETR
11.5%-1.4pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.2B+8.7%
Gross profit$640.0M+45.1%
Net income$487.0M+959%
EPS (diluted)$0.68+871%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$2.3B-9.6%
Total debt$1.2B+17.8%
Total equity$4.4B+27.5%
Total assets$52.8B+8.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.2B+120%
CapEx$1.8B+40.8%
Free cash flow-$565.0M+20.3%

Valuation

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Market cap$10.43B+13.6%
P/E7.7×+0.6×
P/S0.8×+0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin19.3%+1.7pp
Net margin10.8%+0.2pp
FCF margin-11.8%-4.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Debt / equity0.3×0.0×
Current ratio0.7×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from AES’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: AES’s 10-Q, filed May 5, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is AES's return on equity?
AES (AES) reported return on equity of 34.3% in Q1 2026.
How has AES's return on equity changed year-over-year?
AES's return on equity decreased by 15.6% year-over-year, from 40.6% to 34.3%.
What is the long-term trend for AES's return on equity?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), AES's return on equity has grown at a 70.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1.6% to 23.6%.
What does return on equity mean?
How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?
Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?
Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.