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AES CORP

AESNYSE

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Signs● 3 good● 1 warning● 1 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$12.23B$12.28B$12.67B$12.62B$11.14B$9.66B
Operating income——————
Net income$910.0M$1.68B$249.0M−$546.0M−$409.0M$46.0M
Total assets$51.77B$47.41B$44.80B$38.36B$32.96B$34.60B
Total liabilities——————
Equity$4.06B$3.64B$2.49B$2.44B$2.80B$2.63B
EPS (diluted)$1.26$2.36$0.35$-0.82$-0.61$0.07
Shares out.711.9M710.3M668.8M667.4M665.5M664.0M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
—
Net margin
7.4%
Return on equity
22.4%
Return on assets
1.8%
Return on capital (ROCE)
—
Liabilities / assets
—
Debt / equity
—
Book value / share
$5.71
Revenue growth (YoY)
−0.4%
Net income growth (YoY)
−45.8%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Accruals / assets
−6.6%clean
Piotroski F-Score
3/7weak

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
57
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 0Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 50

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

● 1 severe● 1 warning● 3 good
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 202617.7M1.3-6.5%
Apr 30, 202618.9M1.8-9.5%
Apr 15, 202620.9M2.6-14.8%
Mar 31, 202624.5M1.6+27.0%
Mar 13, 202619.3M1.0+7.6%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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