The AES Corporation (AES:NYSE) closed at $14.98 on October 22, 2026, up 0.07% on the day. The stock trades 15.1% below its 52-week high of $17.65 and 13.4% above its 52-week low of $13.21. Over the past year, it gained 4.8%. The AES Corporation is part of the Basic Industries sector (Electric Utilities: Central).
In 252 trading sessions since October 21, 2025, AES closed higher on 125 days (50%). Its best day was February 3, 2026 (+9.23%) and its worst was March 2, 2026 (-17.77%). The stock moved 10% or more in a single session 1 time. It opened at least 5% above the previous day's high 1 time.
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 to generate electricity, including hydro, coal/ petroleum coke, oil, gas/diesel, biomass, solar, wind, energy storage, and landfill gas. The company owns and/or operates a generation portfolio of approximately 30,379 megawatts. It has operations in the United States, 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 founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
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