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Also trades as: AESC (NYSE) · $vol 7M · 0H6G.L (LSE) · $vol 0M · AES.DE (XETRA) · $vol 0M

AES Short Interest

The AES Corporation
1W: +0.4% 1M: +1.1% 3M: +2.7% YTD: +5.2% 1Y: +8.5% 3Y: +26.0% 5Y: -23.8%
$15.03
+0.01 (+0.03%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±0.3%
$15 $15 $15 $15 $15
NYSE · Utilities · Diversified Utilities · Tech Score Buy · Power 64 · $10.7B mcap · 709M float · 1.15% daily turnover · Short 53% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 55% of companies Debt: 75.0% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $1.62 (down 89%), The AES Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $32.12B against a stock market value of $10.72B.
Distance to default 4.63 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $17.79B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 27.0%; Altman Z'' 0.24. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-27
39.0%
Short Ratio
of total volume
43.2%
20-Day Avg
36.3%
50-Day Avg
▲ Rising
5-Day Trend
1.9M
Short Volume
4.9M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-27
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 1,890,187 4,822,234 39.2%
NYSE 10,891 76,423 14.3%
BATS 21,172 25,549 82.9%

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