What AES CORP's SEC filings said

10-Q for 2026Q3, filed 3 Nov 2026. Each line is something a filing stated, ranked by score and linked to its source.

Ranked highest

Impairment Charges65 · importance in its document · 10-Q · 2026Q3
Third-quarter asset impairment expense increased $60 million to $91 million, including $75 million of higher impairment expense at AES Clean Energy Development. The company wrote down development-stage projects following budget reviews…
Operating Cash Flow Trends59 · importance in its document · 10-Q · 2026Q3
Net cash provided by operating activities rose $629 million to $3.447 billion in the nine months ended September 30, 2026, from $2.818 billion in the prior-year period. Adjusted net income increased $196 million, primarily on higher…
Operating Margin Drivers58 · importance in its document · 10-Q · 2026Q3
Consolidated operating margin increased $247 million, or 34%, in the third quarter of 2026 and $685 million, or 42%, for the first nine months compared with 2025. Renewables margin growth reflected higher spot sales and prices in Colombia…
Revenue Performance and Mix54 · importance in its document · 10-Q · 2026Q3
Consolidated revenue rose 16% ($521 million) to $3.872 billion in the third quarter of 2026 and 15% ($1.342 billion) to $10.474 billion for the first nine months, compared with 2025. Third-quarter Renewables revenue increased $287…

Ranked by score, 0–100. A topic read from a document carries its importance within that document; an 8-K event carries the rule score that ranks a filing among filings. Neither is about the share price, and the two scales are named on each row because they are not the same measure.

Latest report: 10-Q · 2026Q3 filed 3 Nov 2026

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Impairment ChargesImportance 65
Third-quarter asset impairment expense increased $60 million to $91 million, including $75 million of higher impairment expense at AES Clean Energy Development. The company wrote down development-stage projects…
Operating Cash Flow TrendsImportance 59
Net cash provided by operating activities rose $629 million to $3.447 billion in the nine months ended September 30, 2026, from $2.818 billion in the prior-year period. Adjusted net income increased $196 million,…
Operating Margin DriversImportance 58 · +1 more on this subject
Consolidated operating margin increased $247 million, or 34%, in the third quarter of 2026 and $685 million, or 42%, for the first nine months compared with 2025. Renewables margin growth reflected higher spot sales…
Revenue Performance and MixImportance 54
Consolidated revenue rose 16% ($521 million) to $3.872 billion in the third quarter of 2026 and 15% ($1.342 billion) to $10.474 billion for the first nine months, compared with 2025. Third-quarter Renewables revenue…
Capital Expenditure ProgramImportance 53
Capital expenditures were $4.916 billion in the nine months ended September 30, 2026, up $522 million from the comparable 2025 period. The cash-flow table reports $363 million of capitalized interest on development and…
Other Income (Expense), NetImportance 51
Other expense declined 71% ($263 million) to $110 million for the first nine months of 2026 from $373 million in 2025. The decrease primarily reflected $177 million lower losses on commencement of sales-type leases at…
Operating Expense TrendsImportance 48
General and administrative expense rose 48% ($22 million) to $68 million in the third quarter of 2026 and 8% ($13 million) to $185 million for the first nine months. Merger-related costs contributed $12 million to the…
Interest Rate ExposureImportance 48
As of September 30, 2026, AES had $32.7 billion of total gross debt, of which approximately $10.4 billion accrued interest at variable rates. AES’s maximum outstanding hedges protecting current and expected…
Utilities Segment PerformanceImportance 46
For the three months ended September 30, 2026, Utilities SBU Operating Margin increased $73 million and Adjusted EBITDA increased $56 million. Higher retail rates following AES Ohio’s 2024 DRC Settlement, implemented…
Trade Policy and TariffsImportance 46
U.S. trade measures include Section 301 tariffs of 25% on certain Chinese lithium-ion batteries and related components effective January 1, 2026, and new Section 232 measures scheduled to impose a 15% tariff on…
U.S. Tax Law ChangesImportance 46
The U.S. enacted H.R. 1, the 2025 Act, on July 4, 2025, revising renewable-energy tax credits and taxation of certain foreign earnings, with potential material effects on AES’s future effective tax rate. Wind and solar…
Environmental Regulatory ChangesImportance 46
Federal environmental requirements affecting AES include EPA rules on emissions, coal-combustion residuals (CCR), cooling-water intake, and wastewater discharges; AES stated that related compliance or capital costs…

8-K filings last 12 months

Other officer change16 Sept 2026 · 8-K Item 5.02 · Routine · rule score 15
“Mr. Da Santos has accepted a position with Fluence Energy, Inc. to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.”
Auditor change27 Jul 2026 · 8-K Item 4.01 · Flagged · rule score 60
New debt16 Jun 2026 · 8-K Items 1.01, 2.03 · Routine · rule score 25
Management change (filing not read)16 Apr 2026 · 8-K Item 5.02 · Routine · rule score 20
Management change (filing not read)2 Mar 2026 · 8-K Item 5.02 · Routine · rule score 20
Impairment, first in three years16 Jan 2026 · 8-K Item 2.06 · Flagged · rule score 60

Earlier reports

10-Q · 2026Q2filed 4 Aug 2026
Capital Expenditure Program · Net Income and Profitability · Trade Policy and Tariffs

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