The market expects AES (AES) to deliver flat earnings compared to the year-ago quarter on higher revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended September 2024. This widely-known consensus outlook is important in assessing the company's earnings picture, but a powerful factor that might influence its near-term stock price is how the actual results compare to these estimates. The earnings report, which is expected to be released on October 31, 2024, might help the stock move higher if these key number ...

Have you been searching for a stock that might be well-positioned to maintain its earnings-beat streak in its upcoming report? It is worth considering AES (AES) , which belongs to the Zacks Utility - Electric Power industry. When looking at the last two reports, this power company has recorded a strong streak of surpassing earnings estimates. The company has topped estimates by 30.90%, on average, in the last two quarters. For the last reported quarter, AES came out with earnings of $0.38 per share versus t ...

Getting big returns from financial portfolios, whether through stocks, bonds, ETFs, other securities, or a combination of all, is an investor's dream. But when you're an income investor, your primary focus is generating consistent cash flow from each of your liquid investments.Cash flow can come from bond interest, interest from other types of investments, and of course, dividends. A dividend is that coveted distribution of a company's earnings paid out to shareholders, and investors often view it by its di ...

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) will host a conference call on Friday, November 1, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) to review its third quarter 2024 financial results.The call will include prepared remarks and a question and answer session.  It will be open to the media and the public in a listen-only mode by telephone and webcast.  Interested parties may listen to the teleconference by dialing 1-833-470-1428 at least ten minutes before the start of the call.  ...

Getting big returns from financial portfolios, whether through stocks, bonds, ETFs, other securities, or a combination of all, is an investor's dream. But when you're an income investor, your primary focus is generating consistent cash flow from each of your liquid investments.Cash flow can come from bond interest, interest from other types of investments, and of course, dividends. A dividend is that coveted distribution of a company's earnings paid out to shareholders, and investors often view it by its di ...

The Utilities sector has been on a tear in 2024, ranking as the second-best performing sector, just after Information Technology. With many companies now trading at valuations above their recent historical averages, finding opportunities at attractive prices has Dr. Joseph Jones, professor at The University of Southern Mississippi, has over fifteen years of experience studying the market. He focuses on portfolio construction from a dividend growth investor's perspective. The opinions and insights expressed ...

Utilities benefit from various favorable factors, such as new electric rates, customer additions, cost management and the implementation of energy-efficiency programs. Also, the ongoing investments to improve the resiliency of electric infrastructure against extreme weather conditions and the ongoing transition to cost-effective, renewable energy sources to produce electricity aid the power industry.Regardless of economic cycles, there is a relatively constant demand for the services offered by utilities, w ...

ARLINGTON, Va. and MONTRÉAL, Sept. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) today announced that it reached an agreement to sell a 30% indirect equity interest in AES Ohio to CDPQ, a global investment group, for approximately US$546 million, with closing expected in the first half of 2025.This agreement expands upon AES' existing partnership with CDPQ at AES Indiana and creates a similar ownership structure for the two utilities, with no change in management or operational control of AES Ohi ...

Wall Street surged last week marking strong weekly gains as market watchers raised its expectations for a significant interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve. Last week was the best week of the year for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq. For the week, the Nasdaq rose more than 5%. U.S. semiconductor stocks logged a rally last week.The S&P 500 gained 4%, and the Dow increased by 2%. These gains came amid a volatile market, but the rapid recovery coincided with intensifying debate over interest rate policy. Interes ...

The September syndrome is already visible in U.S. stock markets. September is known to be the worstperforming month for Wall Street. This year, too, the situation remains challenging. Major stock indexes suffered significant losses in the first week of this month. However, last week, was the best for these indexes in 2024. Wall Street is currently riding on high expectations of the beginning of the interest rate cut regime by the Fed in the September FOMC meeting scheduled next week. The existing range of 5 ...