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Also trades as: AESC (NYSE) · $vol 7M · 0H6G.L (LSE) · $vol 0M · AES.DE (XETRA) · $vol 0M

AES NYSE

The AES Corporation
1W: +0.4% 1M: +1.1% 3M: +2.7% YTD: +5.2% 1Y: +8.5% 3Y: +26.0% 5Y: -23.8%
$15.03
+0.01 (+0.03%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±0.3%
$15 $15 $15 $15 $15
NYSE · Utilities · Diversified Utilities · Tech Score Buy · Power 64 · $10.7B mcap · 709M float · 1.15% daily turnover · Short 53% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 55% of companies Debt: 75.0% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $1.62 (down 89%), The AES Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $32.12B against a stock market value of $10.72B.
Distance to default 4.63 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $17.79B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 27.0%; Altman Z'' 0.24. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$4.3B +56.5% ▲
5Y CAGR: +9.3%
Capital Expenditures
$5.9B +19.8% ▲
5Y CAGR: +25.6%
Free Cash Flow
-$1.6B +65.0% ▲
Dividends Paid
$501M -3.7% ▼
Buybacks
$0 +0.0% ▲
Net Change in Cash
$112M -32.1% ▼

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income-$413M-$546M$242M$1.7B$939M
Depreciation & Amort.$1.1B$1.1B$1.1B$1.3B$1.5B
Stock-Based Comp.$0$0$0$0$0
Change in Working Capital-$1.4B-$289M$310M-$92M$199M
Other Non-Cash Items$3.0B$2.5B$1.4B-$217M$1.6B
Operating Cash Flow$1.9B$2.7B$3.0B$2.8B$4.3B
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$2.1B-$4.6B-$7.7B-$7.4B-$5.9B
Acquisitions (Net)-$507M-$102M$1.6B$1.6B$2.4B
Investment Purchases-$946M-$1.7B-$1.1B-$921M-$204M
Investment Sales$616M$1.0B$1.3B$796M$93M
Other Investing-$42M-$368M-$379M-$360M-$170M
Investing Cash Flow-$3.0B-$5.7B-$6.3B-$6.2B-$3.8B
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance-$37M$4.0B$4.0B$4.6B$130M
Stock Repurchased$0$0$0$0$0
Dividends Paid-$401M-$422M-$444M-$483M-$501M
Other Financing$12M-$62M-$454M-$666M-$1.0B
Financing Cash Flow$741M$3.6B$3.5B$3.5B-$403M
Net Change in Cash-$139M$663M-$114M$165M$112M
Cash End of Period$1.2B$1.9B$1.8B$2.0B$2.1B
Free Cash Flow-$214M-$1.8B-$4.7B-$4.6B-$1.6B

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