AESAES Corporation

$14.93+20% 1Y

Is it safe?

Mixed

Mixed picture: clean books, but quality weak.

1 good, 1 to watch, 1 neutral, 3 without data
Honest booksLow risk

Reported earnings show no manipulation flags Beneish M-score, a forensic model that detects earnings-manipulation patterns (receivables outrunning sales, margins slipping, accrual-heavy profit).

Quality3 / 9

Weak, deteriorating fundamentals Piotroski F-score, nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year financial health across profitability, balance sheet and efficiency. 7 to 9 is strong, 0 to 3 weak.

Drawdown risk41% volderived · Oct 9, 2026

Moderate price swings, typical volatility. Worst drawdown -63% · now 13% below its 52-week high.

Unless marked, from SEC EDGAR, as of Dec 31, 2025.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

Volatilitymiddle of the market
Max drawdownmiddle of the market

Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.

Can AES take a bad year?

The deepest fall in AES's price history on file is −63%; it is 13% below its high today.

−63%

Worst drawdown on file · −13% today

Cash runway
1.1 years

Cash runway · burning $430M a quarter at the current rate

Annualised volatility
41%

Annualised volatility · roughly twice as jumpy as the market

Details›
Cash and short-term investments
$1.85B
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
41%
Worst drawdown on file
−63%
Below its 52-week high
13%

Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.