---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000874761-22-000076"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AES"
cik: "0000874761"
company_name: "AES CORP"
filed_at: "2022-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T07:26:57.996349+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AES Q3 adj EPS $0.63 beats prior year; now expects FY 2022 adj EPS at high-end of $1.55-1.65

## Summary
- Q3 2022 Diluted EPS $0.59 (up from $0.48); Adjusted EPS $0.63 (up from $0.50), driven by higher LNG margins in MCAC.
- Year-to-date Adjusted EPS $1.18; expects full-year 2022 Adjusted EPS near high-end of $1.55-$1.65 range.
- Signed 1.6 GW of new PPAs since Q2 call; backlog now 11.2 GW; pipeline 64 GW (80% US).
- Reaffirmed 7%-9% annualized growth target through 2025 off base year 2020.
- Signed agreements to redirect excess LNG from Panama to international customers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000874761-22-000076
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AES
- cik: 0000874761
- company_name: AES CORP
- filed_at: 2022-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874761/000087476122000076/0000874761-22-000076-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874761/000087476122000076/aes-20221104.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000874761-22-000076
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000874761-22-000076.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000874761-22-000076.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  AES CORP updated its the quarter and year ended September 30, 2022 guidance (raised).
  - Period: the quarter and year ended September 30, 2022
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On November 4, 2022, The AES Corporation (“AES” or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter and year ended September 30, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874761/000087476122000076/0000874761-22-000076-index.htm

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