---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000874761-22-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AES"
cik: "0000874761"
company_name: "AES CORP"
filed_at: "2022-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T00:12:00.514921+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AES Q1 adjusted EPS $0.21, down $0.07 YoY; reaffirms 2022 guidance; backlog reaches 10.3 GW

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $0.16 vs ($0.22) in Q1 2021; Adjusted EPS $0.21 vs $0.28, down $0.07 YoY.
- Reaffirms 2022 Adjusted EPS guidance $1.55-$1.65 and 7%-9% annualized growth target through 2025.
- Attained third investment grade rating (Moody's); now investment grade from all three major agencies.
- Signed or awarded 1,087 MW renewables PPAs in Q1; backlog now 10,307 MW expected through 2025.
- Construction on schedule for >2 GW renewable projects in 2022; solar panels secured for all US projects.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000874761-22-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AES
- cik: 0000874761
- company_name: AES CORP
- filed_at: 2022-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874761/000087476122000045/0000874761-22-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874761/000087476122000045/aes-20220505.htm

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