Valuation
26% of the score
90median 13
AES Corporation is valued at 8.7x its operating profit, including debt: a low multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
8.7x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
AESAES Corporation
$14.87+19% 1Y
$14.87
$12.0652 weeks$17.07
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 60 out of 100, Above average
Above average. AES Corporation scores higher than 67% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and return on new capital, held back by return on capital and the balance sheet.
Utilities median 40 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
4median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 2.6% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
2.6%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 3%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
100median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 37 cents. New capital earned 11%, and 333% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
37%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
52median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 1.3% a year over 5 years: new shares
465%
-3%
1.3%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 8.4% a year, sales 4.8%
6012%
-2%
3.5%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
61median 62
Today's operating margin of 9.2% is 1.05x its normal 8.7%: close to its usual level. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1.1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 9.2%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
0median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 1x
01.5x
12x
0.8x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
93median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 3.56x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
3.6x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 6.9% of assets
948%
0%
-8%
-6.9%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.72
86-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.72
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.