The AES Corporation

The AES Corporation operates as a diversified power generation and utility company. It owns and/or operates power plants to generate and sell power to customers, such as utilities, industrial users, and other intermediaries. The company also owns and/or operates utilities to generate or purchase, distribute, transmit, and sell electricity to end-user customers in the residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental sectors; and generates and sells electricity on the wholesale market. It uses a range of fuels and technologies to generate electricity, including coal, gas, hydro, wind, solar, and biomass; and renewables, such as energy storage and landfill gas. The company owns and/or operates a generation portfolio of approximately 31,459 megawatts. It has operations in the United States, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia. The company was formerly known as Applied Energy Services, Inc. and changed its name to The AES Corporation in April 2000. The AES Corporation was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

The AES Corporation trades as AES on NYSE. The company is classified in Utilities / Independent Power Producers and reports in USD.

The current profile places the business in Independent Power Producers. This section is intended to summarize the operating segments, products, geographies, and main revenue lines from official filings.

Latest available fiscal data shows $12.23B of revenue and $949.00M of net income.

Use this area for management strategy, capital allocation priorities, target markets, and measurable goals from the latest annual report or investor presentation.

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The AES Corporation can be compared against peers such as Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P., Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P., Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais, Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais, Companhia Paranaense de Energia, Enea S.A..

A complete thesis should compare growth, margins, balance-sheet risk, valuation multiples, and market position against direct competitors.

Current signals to investigate include market capitalization of $10.46B, beta of 0.95, and return on equity of +13.8%.

This section should be validated with evidence such as durable margins, brand strength, regulation, switching costs, cost advantage, distribution, or technology.

Key risks should include financial leverage, cyclicality, customer concentration, regulatory exposure, currency risk, and execution risk.

AES currently shows total debt of $30.33B and beta of 0.95. Missing data should be treated as a research gap, not as low risk.

Production-capacity detail is not available as structured data yet. For industrial, defense, semiconductor, or real-estate companies, this should be reviewed from annual reports and investor presentations.

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Recent filings to review: 4 (2026-05-19 00:00:00), SC 13G/A (2026-05-18 00:00:00), DEFM14A (2026-05-15 00:00:00), 3 (2026-05-08 00:00:00).

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Company website: https://www.aes.com

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