---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000874761-25-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AES"
cik: "0000874761"
company_name: "AES CORP"
filed_at: "2025-02-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T00:49:30.748008+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AES beats 2024 Adjusted EPS guidance at $2.14; initiates 2025 outlook

## Summary
- FY24 diluted EPS $2.37 (vs $0.34 loss in 2023); Adjusted EPS $2.14, above guidance of $1.87-$1.97.
- FY24 Adjusted EBITDA $2,639M (in $2,600-$2,900M guidance); Adj. EBITDA w/ tax attributes $3,952M, up from $3,439M.
- 2025 guidance: Adj. EBITDA $2,650-$2,850M, Adj. EPS $2.10-$2.26; reaffirms 5-7% EBITDA and 7-9% EPS growth through 2027.
- Signed 6.8 GW new contracts in 2024: 4.4 GW renewables PPAs, 2.1 GW data center load at AES Ohio; completed 3.0 GW renewables.
- Closed $2.8B of $3.5B asset sale target; sold AES Brasil for ~$630M and 30% AES Ohio stake to CDPQ for ~$546M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000874761-25-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AES
- cik: 0000874761
- company_name: AES CORP
- filed_at: 2025-02-28T23:59:59+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/874761/000087476125000006/0000874761-25-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874761/000087476125000006/aes-20250228.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000874761-25-000006
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000874761-25-000006.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000874761-25-000006.txt

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