AES Corp. Dividend yield

AES Corp. is part of Electricity business, which is part of Utilities industry. AES Corp. is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

AES Corp. stock dividend

AES Corp. paid a total dividend of 442 million USD last year, for a market value of 11,995 millions (Market Cap 11,951 millions). AES Corp. dividend per share is 0.66 USD, and his stock market price 17.93 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, AES Corp. has a dividend yield of 3.70%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. However, it is lower than the average of Utilities industry. The company should be deeply analized because dividend yields should be similar among companies from the same industry unless they carry an opposite strategy.

In addition, you should compare AES Corp. stocks dividend with other Electricity companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

AES Corp. Dividend Payout

About the ability of AES Corp. to maintain his current dividend of USD 0.66 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.70%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). AES Corp. payout on ernings is currently -92.96%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that AES Corp.can maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of AES Corp. is USD 4.08 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 0.66, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of AES Corp., compared againt world market average, USA companies, Utilities industry and Electricity sector companies.

AES Corp. Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of AES Corp.'s dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	3.70%	0.66	-92.96%	669
2022	2.20%	0.63	-121.15%	668
2021	2.48%	0.60	0.00%	666
2020	2.44%	0.57	109.62%	665
2019	2.74%	0.55	34.38%	664
2018	3.60%	0.52	-72.22%	661
2017	4.43%	0.48	0.00%	660
2016	3.84%	0.44	95.65%	659
2015	4.00%	0.40	33.33%	682

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of AES Corp. dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Electricity stocks.

AES Corp. Stock performance

Finally, last moth AES Corp. showed a return of -17.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -29.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Electricity firms.