The AES Corp AES reported a 52% rise in its first-quarter profit.
AES posted its quarterly profit at $341 million, or $0.44 per share, versus $224 million, or $0.28 per share, in the year-ago period. Excluding other items, AES earned $0.37 per share. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $0.27 per share.
Its revenue surged 14% to $4.74 billion. Its gross margin declined to 22.7% from 23.9%.
AES shares closed at $12.21 yesterday.
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