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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000874761-24-000071"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AES"
cik: "0000874761"
company_name: "AES CORP"
filed_at: "2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T07:52:10.499284+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AES Q3 adjusted EPS $0.71 vs $0.60; reaffirms 2024 guidance; signed 2.2 GW of new contracts

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.72, up from $0.32; net income attributable to AES $502M vs $231M.
- Adjusted EBITDA $692M, down $298M YoY due to Colombia drought and Energy Infrastructure margins.
- Adjusted EBITDA with Tax Attributes $1,168M, up $160M on higher realized tax credits.
- Signed 1.3 GW renewables PPAs and 900 MW data center load at AES Ohio; 1.2 GW construction completed.
- Closed ~75% of $3.5B asset sale target; sold 30% of AES Ohio for $546M and AES Brasil stake for $630M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000874761-24-000071
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AES
- cik: 0000874761
- company_name: AES CORP
- filed_at: 2024-10-31T23:59:59+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/874761/000087476124000071/0000874761-24-000071-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874761/000087476124000071/aes-20241031.htm

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