Aes (AES) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026)
Aes (AES) posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 1.92% for Q3 2026, up 1.01 percentage points from 0.91% a year earlier but down 0.04 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Aes (AES) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Aes' Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 0.33%, down 1.41 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] shows a five-year change of -0.12 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Aes' Return on Assets [ROA] was 1.74% in FY2024 (+2.18 pp), -0.44% in FY2023 (+0.98 pp), -1.42% in FY2022 (+1.40 pp) and -2.82% in FY2021 (-3.26 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] has run from a low of -2.80% in Q4 2021 to a high of 1.96% in Q2 2026 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] has increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.70 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Assets [ROA] in the past five years was Q4 2024, with a gain of 2.06 percentage points; the weakest was Q3 2022, with a drop of 4.54 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Assets [ROA] for the three prior quarters was 1.96% (Q2 2026), 0.98% (Q1 2026) and 0.32% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wisconsin Electric Power | 99,216.00 Bn | 99,215.99 Bn | 911.30 Mn | 3.53% |
| 2 | Enel Chile | 301.57 Bn | 301.57 Bn | 1.33 Bn | 5.03% |
| 3 | Nextera Energy | 180.93 Bn | 179.04 Bn | - | 4.09% |
| 4 | Southern | 109.04 Bn | 101.70 Bn | 7.31 Bn | 3.03% |
| 5 | Duke Energy | 100.59 Bn | 99.24 Bn | 6.37 Bn | 2.75% |
| 6 | National Grid | 86.94 Bn | 59.27 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | American Electric Power | 69.61 Bn | 68.67 Bn | 4.75 Bn | 2.81% |
| 8 | Entergy | 53.37 Bn | 42.94 Bn | - | 2.57% |
| 9 | Sempra | 51.29 Bn | 84.11 Bn | - | 3.16% |
| 10 | Aes | 10.65 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 982.00 Mn | 1.92% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.92% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.96% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.98% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.32% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.91% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.30% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.94% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.64% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.01% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.17% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -0.20% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -0.41% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -1.24% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -0.92% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -1.25% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -1.33% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -2.30% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -2.29% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -2.22% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -2.80% |
API Access
Aes Return on Assets [ROA] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=AES&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "AES", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=AES&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();