Question 1

Which is bigger, AES or DUK?

Accepted Answer

Duke Energy Corporation is the larger company — market cap $94.6B vs $10.7B for AES Corporation.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, AES or DUK?

Accepted Answer

DUK keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 15.8% vs 14.3% for AES.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, AES or DUK?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, AES trades at a lower P/E — 5.7 vs 18.0 for DUK. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, AES or DUK?

Accepted Answer

AES yields 4.71% vs 3.58% for DUK.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — AES or DUK?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, AES leads 6 of 12 comparable metrics and DUK leads 6. StockCV rates AES “Strained” and DUK “Strained”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	AES	DUK
Price	$14.93	$121.35
Market cap	$10.7B	$94.6B
Revenue (TTM)	$13.1B	$33.3B
Revenue growth	-1.0%	+3.9%
Net margin	14.3%	15.8%
Free cash flow	-$1.72B	-$4.27B
Net cash (debt)	($29.8B)	($82.5B)
1-year price return	+0.7%	-4.7%
P/E	5.7	18.0
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	77%	95%
Dividend yield	4.71%	3.58%
Return on equity	43%	10%
Altman Z-score	0.35	0.56
CV checks passed	7 of 11	8 of 11
Employees	8,336	26,441

AES Corporation vs Duke Energy Corporation