secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AES CORP (AES)
CIK:        0000874761
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000874761-24-000056
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AES Q2 adjusted EPS $0.38, up 81% YoY; signs 2.2 GW data center deals; raises 2024 EPS guidance to upper half
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- Q2 adj. EPS $0.38 vs $0.21 YoY; GAAP diluted EPS $0.27 vs ($0.06) YoY.
- Signed 2.2 GW of new agreements directly with data center hyperscalers; PPA backlog now 12.6 GW.
- Now expects 2024 adj. EPS in upper half of $1.87-$1.97 range; reaffirms 7-9% growth targets.
- Adj. EBITDA (w/ tax attributes) $843M vs $607M; reaffirms $2.6-$2.9B adj. EBITDA guidance.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874761/000087476124000056/0000874761-24-000056-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874761/000087476124000056/aes-20240801.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000874761-24-000056

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