Growth Metrics

Aes (AES) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Aes has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.36% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Invested Capital at 0.36% for Q4 2025, up 23.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.36% (up 23.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.38%, up 29.0%.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.36% at Aes, up from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for AES hit a ceiling of 58.78% in Q2 2023 and a floor of 13.68% in Q3 2021.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.33% (2024), compared with a mean of 3.08%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: surged 5575bps in 2023 and later crashed -5848bps in 2024.
  • Aes' Return on Invested Capital stood at 3.34% in 2021, then tumbled by -57bps to 1.43% in 2022, then tumbled by -127bps to 0.39% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 133bps to 0.13% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 179bps to 0.36% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.36% (Q4 2025), 0.1% (Q3 2025), and 0.05% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.