AERG Stock — Applied Energetics

Applied Energetics (AERG)

Updated October 2, 2026.

AERG is a Stock. Total return is -81.0% over the past 28.8 years, 1279.9 points behind SPY at 1198.9%.

Applied Energetics develops, manufactures, and sells advanced high-performance lasers and optical systems, along with integrated guided energy systems for defense, national security, industrial, biomedical, and scientific applications. The company does not currently distribute dividends to shareholders. This operating company appeals primarily to growth-oriented investors seeking exposure to directed energy technology and laser systems development.

AERG performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-02.

Total return is -81.0% over the past 28.8 years, 1279.9 points behind SPY at 1198.9%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -58.6%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 68.1%.

AERG key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

12/31/1997

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$0.78 (as of 2026-10-02)

Market cap

$179,942,112

Average volume

55700.0

Last ex-dividend date

02/12/2001

Beta

0.753

Payout ratio

0.0%

Forward P/E

16.8919

EPS

$-0.08

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) is the latest regular payout annualized by the fund's stated frequency, divided by the last close. Issuers often publish this as “Distribution Rate” on the fact sheet. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of distributions paid in the last 12 months, split-adjusted, divided by the last close. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

AERG risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 68.1%.

Who may consider AERG — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (AERG does not currently distribute); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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