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How The AES Corporation stacks up
AES · against 357 other Utilities companies
Profitability
50/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #178 of 358 · scores higher than 50% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score36 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including AES · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 50?
Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.Its metrics sit close to the Utilities norm.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 16.1% vs peer median 18.6%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 5.3% vs peer median 5.2%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 65% of peers. Return on assets: 3.5% vs peer median 2.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = AES, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | AES | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 349 reported | 5.3% | 5.2% | 52% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 353 reported | 16.1% | 18.6% | 45% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 345 reported | 3.5% | 2.7% | 65% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 342 reported | 9.6% | 8.1% | 61% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 361 reported | 20.3% | 35.5% | 23% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around AESScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score