AES PEER ANALYSIS

The AES Corporation — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

AESThe AES Corporation

🇺🇸 USA · US · Utilities · Utilities - Diversified

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Utilities - Diversified

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

AESIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	AES	CU	BIP-UN	ORG	ACO-X	AQN	Ind. Median
P/E	7.77●	292.27	41.05	17.50	53.28	26.60	23.48
P/B	2.36	2.19	3.20	1.84	1.81	0.92●	2.04
EV/EBITDA	10.59	13.09	7.70●	15.88	8.82	12.03	10.31
P/S	0.83	3.88	0.71●	1.09	1.63	1.70	1.67

Financial Health
Metric	AES	CU	BIP-UN	ORG	ACO-X	AQN	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.73	1.32	0.68	1.18	1.66●	1.05	1.07
Debt/Equity	701.3%	186.0%	1,290.2%	48.5%●	280.2%	143.6%	145.2%
NetDebt/EBITDA	7.81	5.84	6.13	2.83●	5.17	7.31	4.65

Profitability
Metric	AES	CU	BIP-UN	ORG	ACO-X	AQN	Ind. Median
Net Margin	10.7%●	2.9%	1.7%	6.3%	3.1%	6.7%	8.2%
ROE	33.9%●	1.6%	7.7%	10.2%	3.4%	3.6%	8.6%
ROA	2.6%	0.4%	0.4%	5.0%●	0.6%	1.2%	2.4%
EBITDA Margin	30.1%	53.5%●	45.2%	8.4%	44.7%	36.0%	36.0%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	AES	CU	BIP-UN	ORG	ACO-X	AQN	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	3.0%	-1.3%	13.0%●	-3.8%	2.6%	6.5%	0.5%
NI Growth	-4.2%	-77.4%	139.7%●	-28.0%	-63.0%	—	-13.7%
Div. Yield	4.8%	3.5%	3.4%	5.5%●	2.1%	3.1%	3.3%
Payout	37.4%	538.3%	482.0%	97.8%	144.9%	125.5%	68.4%

Valuation
Metric	AES	AVA	SRE	Ind. Median
P/E	7.77●	16.55	29.82	23.48
P/B	2.36	1.23●	1.89	2.04
EV/EBITDA	10.59	10.04●	14.52	10.31
P/S	0.83●	1.78	4.47	1.67

Financial Health
Metric	AES	AVA	SRE	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.73	0.90	1.69●	1.07
Debt/Equity	701.3%	118.3%	112.9%●	145.2%
NetDebt/EBITDA	7.81	4.91●	5.36	4.65

Profitability
Metric	AES	AVA	SRE	Ind. Median
Net Margin	10.7%	10.7%	15.2%●	8.2%
ROE	33.9%●	7.6%	6.5%	8.6%
ROA	2.6%●	2.5%	1.9%	2.4%
EBITDA Margin	30.1%	34.7%	48.8%●	36.0%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	AES	AVA	SRE	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	3.0%	-1.5%	3.1%●	0.5%
NI Growth	-4.2%	9.8%●	-30.2%	-13.7%
Div. Yield	4.8%●	4.8%	2.8%	3.3%
Payout	37.4%	0.5%	80.8%	68.4%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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