AES Corp vs Western Digital Corp — how do they compare? AES Corp trades at $14.72 (market cap $10.51B), while Western Digital Corp trades at $450.2 (market cap $151.09B). The key difference: Western Digital Corp is far larger — about 14.4× AES Corp's market cap, and AES Corp pays the higher dividend (4.78%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| AES | WDC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $10.51B | $151.09B |
Sector | Utilities | Technology |
52-Week High | $17.28 | $746.23 |
52-Week Low | $12.51 | $74.66 |
Enterprise Value | $40.77B | $150.56B |
Dividend Yield | 4.78% | 0.14% |
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AES is a global power company operating across 14 countries and 4 continents. Its current generation portfolio as of year-end 2021 consists of over 31 gigawatts of generation, with the generation mix composed of renewables (43%), gas (32%), coal (23%), and oil (2%). The company has 3.5 gigawatts of generation under construction. AES has majority ownership and operates six electric utilities distributing power to 2.6 million customers.
Read more on AES →Western Digital is a vertically integrated supplier of data storage solutions, spanning both hard disk drives and solid-state drives. In the HDD market it forms a practical duopoly with Seagate, and it is the largest global producer of NAND flash chips for SSDs in a joint venture with competitor Kioxia.
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