Growth Metrics

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

Aes (AES) has 17 years of Return on Invested Capital data on record, last reported at 0.07% in Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 6.0% year-over-year to 0.07%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 0.07%, up 6.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.18%, 84.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.07% in Q3 2025 per AES's latest filing, up from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 288.88% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 1.93% in Q3 2021.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 19.0%, with a median of 0.12% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: skyrocketed 28819bps in 2023, then crashed -28856bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 1.93% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 1603bps to 29.07% in 2022, then crashed by -101bps to 0.42% in 2023, then surged by 128bps to 0.12% in 2024, then plummeted by -37bps to 0.07% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Invested Capital were 0.07% in Q3 2025, 0.06% in Q2 2025, and 0.18% in Q1 2025.