---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000874761-24-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AES"
cik: "0000874761"
company_name: "AES CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T01:24:01.785322+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AES Q1 2024: diluted EPS $0.60 vs $0.21; reaffirms 2024 guidance; signs 1 GW Amazon deal

## Summary
- Diluted EPS of $0.60, up from $0.21 in Q1 2023; adjusted EPS of $0.50 vs $0.22.
- Net income $278M vs $189M; adjusted EBITDA $635M vs $628M; adjusted EBITDA with tax attributes $863M vs $641M.
- Constructed/acq 593 MW renewables in Q1; signed 1.2 GW PPAs incl 1 GW with Amazon at Bellefield (total 2 GW).
- Backlog of 12.7 GW signed; 5.8 GW under construction.
- Reaffirms 2024 adjusted EPS guidance $1.87-$1.97, adj EBITDA $2.6-2.9B, and long-term growth targets through 2027.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000874761-24-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AES
- cik: 0000874761
- company_name: AES CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-02T23:59:59+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/874761/000087476124000039/0000874761-24-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874761/000087476124000039/aes-20240502.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000874761-24-000039
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000874761-24-000039.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000874761-24-000039.txt

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