Short interest in The AES Corp (NYSE:AES) increased during the last reporting period, rising from 35.97M to 40.26M. This put 8.62% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Short interest in AES Corp (XNYS:AES) decreased during the last reporting period, falling from 280.30M to 275.20M. This put 1.17% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Based on the recent average volume of 15.30M shares traded per day, it would take 2.63 day(s) for holders of this short interest to close out their positions without sending the stock sharply higher.