AES
AES · Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders
$15.00
0.2%Entergy
ETR · Electric Utilities
$107.34
0.8%The short version
- Entergy is the larger business, with $12.9B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $12.2B for AES.
- Entergy grew revenue faster (9.0%, against −0.4%).
- AES turned more of its sales into free cash flow (−13.3% FCF margin, against −19.6% FCF margin).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Entergy’s earnings: a P/E of 27.4x against 5.7x for AES.
| Latest fiscal year | AES · FY25 | ETR · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $10.7B | $49.6B |
| Revenue | $12.2B | $12.9B |
| Free cash flow | −$1.6B | −$2.5B |
| Net income | $910M | $1.8B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −0.4% | 9.0% |
| 5-year growth | 4.8% | 5.1% |
| Share count change | 0.1% | 4.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 18.1% | — |
| Operating margin | — | 24.7% |
| Net margin | 7.4% | 13.7% |
| FCF margin | −13.3% | −19.6% |
| Return on capital | — | 5.6% |
| Return on equity | 23.6% | 11.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | — | $29.1B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | 5.3x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $501M | $1.1B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 5.7x | 27.4x |
| Piotroski F-score | — | 7 |
FY16
AES $10.3B
ETR $10.8B
FY17
AES $10.5B
ETR $11.1B
FY18
AES $10.7B
ETR $11.0B
FY19
AES $10.2B
ETR $10.9B
FY20
AES $9.7B
ETR $10.1B
FY21
AES $11.1B
ETR $11.7B
FY22
AES $12.6B
ETR $13.8B
FY23
AES $12.7B
ETR $12.1B
FY24
AES $12.3B
ETR $11.9B
FY25
AES $12.2B
ETR $12.9B
AES
ETR
FY16
AES —
ETR −7.5%
FY17
AES —
ETR 12.3%
FY18
AES —
ETR 4.3%
FY19
AES —
ETR 12.8%
FY20
AES —
ETR 17.5%
FY21
AES —
ETR 15.7%
FY22
AES —
ETR 14.9%
FY23
AES —
ETR 21.6%
FY24
AES —
ETR 22.3%
FY25
AES —
ETR 24.7%
AES
ETR
FY16
AES $552M
ETR $218M
FY17
AES $327M
ETR −$984M
FY18
AES $222M
ETR −$1.6B
FY19
AES $61.0M
ETR −$1.4B
FY20
AES $855M
ETR $2.4B
FY21
AES −$214M
ETR $2.1B
FY22
AES −$1.8B
ETR −$2.5B
FY23
AES −$4.7B
ETR −$146M
FY24
AES −$4.6B
ETR −$350M
FY25
AES −$1.6B
ETR −$2.5B
AES
ETR
FY16
AES —
ETR −3.0%
FY17
AES —
ETR 3.0%
FY18
AES —
ETR 1.5%
FY19
AES —
ETR 5.0%
FY20
AES —
ETR 5.6%
FY21
AES —
ETR 4.4%
FY22
AES —
ETR 5.3%
FY23
AES —
ETR 6.5%
FY24
AES —
ETR 4.6%
FY25
AES —
ETR 5.6%
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