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The cash flow of THE AES CORPORATION over the past 10 years

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In fiscal 2025, the latest fiscal year on file, THE AES CORPORATION's operating cash flow was $4.31B and its capital expenditures $5.93B, leaving free cash flow of -$1.62B. Free cash flow was above zero in 5 of the 10 years shown. It ranged from -$4.69B in fiscal 2023 to $855M in fiscal 2020. Capital expenditures were highest in fiscal 2023, at $7.72B.

Year by year

Fiscal yearOperating cash flowCapital expendituresFree cash flow*
2025ended Dec 31, 2025$4.31B$5.93B-$1.62B
2024ended Dec 31, 2024$2.75B$7.39B-$4.64B
2023ended Dec 31, 2023$3.03B$7.72B-$4.69B
2022ended Dec 31, 2022$2.71B$4.55B-$1.84B
2021ended Dec 31, 2021$1.9B$2.12B-$214M
2020ended Dec 31, 2020$2.75B$1.9B$855M
2019ended Dec 31, 2019$2.47B$2.4B$61M
2018ended Dec 31, 2018$2.34B$2.12B$222M
2017ended Dec 31, 2017$2.5B$2.18B$327M
2016ended Dec 31, 2016$2.9B$2.35B$552M

Fiscal years as THE AES CORPORATION reports them. * Calculated by us from the company's filed figures; — no figure on file. From SEC filings, updated nightly. How each line is read.

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