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AES stock buybacks

AES
—No share repurchases in the company’s standard SEC financial data for the last twelve months.

AES’s filings haven’t reported share repurchases in standard form since Q4 2017.

Stock repurchases by quarter
$0$1$1Q3 '20Q3 '21Q3 '22Q3 '23Q3 '24Q2 '26
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PeriodValue
Q3 '20$0
Q4 '20$0
Q1 '21$0
Q2 '21$0
Q3 '21$0
Q4 '21$0
Q1 '22$0
Q2 '22$0
Q3 '22$0
Q4 '22$0
Q1 '23$0
Q2 '23$0
Q3 '23$0
Q4 '23$0
Q1 '24$0
Q2 '24$0
Q3 '24$0
Q4 '24$0
Q1 '25$0
Q2 '25$0
Q3 '25$0
Q4 '25$0
Q1 '26$0
Q2 '26$0
Diluted shares outstanding
669.0M710.0M751.0MQ3 '20Q3 '21Q1 '23Q1 '24Q1 '25Q2 '26
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PeriodValue
Q3 '20665.0M
Q4 '20674.0M
Q1 '21666.0M
Q2 '21671.0M
Q3 '21711.0M
Q1 '22711.0M
Q2 '22668.0M
Q3 '22711.0M
Q1 '23712.0M
Q2 '23669.0M
Q3 '23712.0M
Q4 '23755.0M
Q1 '24712.0M
Q2 '24713.0M
Q3 '24713.0M
Q4 '24714.0M
Q1 '25713.0M
Q2 '25712.0M
Q3 '25714.0M
Q4 '25717.0M
Q1 '26715.0M
Q2 '26715.0M
$0last quarter (Q2 2026)
—net of stock compensation (—)
+0.4%diluted shares, 1 year
+6.9%diluted shares, 5 years
$502Mdividends, 12 months
—of free cash flow (−$1.7B) spent on buybacks
$0raised by issuing stock, 12 months
$264Mleft under its authorization as of Dec 31, 2025

AES Corporation’s recent filings don’t report repurchases in the standard XBRL fields we read. That usually means it didn’t buy back stock, but some companies report buybacks only in custom fields. Check its latest 10-Q to be sure.

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearBuybacksDividendsStock payFree cash flowDiluted sharesFiling
2018$0$344M$20M$222M665.0M10-K
2017$0$317M$8M$327M660.0M10-K
2016$79M$290M$10M$552M660.0M10-K
2015$482M$276M$8M−$174M689.0M10-K
2014$308M$144M—−$225M724.0M10-K
2013$322M$119M—$727M748.0M10-K
2012$301M$30M—$793M755.0M10-K
2011$279M$0—$454M783.0M10-K
2010$99M$0—$1.2B774.0M10-K
2009$0——−$309M670.0M10-K

Questions

Does AES Corporation buy back its stock?
AES’s filings haven’t reported share repurchases in standard form since Q4 2017.
How much did AES Corporation spend on buybacks in fiscal 2018?
$0, according to its 10-K for the fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2018.
Is AES Corporation's share count going down?
Its diluted share count changed +6.9% over five fiscal years and +0.4% over the last year.
Does AES Corporation have a buyback authorization?
Its filings show $264M remaining under its repurchase authorization as of Dec 31, 2025.

Latest filing used: 10-Q for the period ending Jun 30, 2026, filed Aug 4, 2026 · open on SEC.gov

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