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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Earnings Per Share Basic And Diluted Table | resented below is a reconciliation, for the periods indicated, of the numerator and denominator of the basic and diluted earnings per share computation for income from continuing operations, where income represents the numerator and weighted average shares represents the denominator:
(in millions except per share data) | 2015 |  | 2014
Three Months Ended September 30, | Income |  | Shares |  | $ per Share |  | Income |  | Shares |  | $ per Share
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income from continuing operations attributable to The AES Corporation common stockholders | $ | 180 |  |  | 679 |  |  | $ | 0.27 |  |  | $ | 488 |  |  | 721 |  |  | $ | 0.68 |
EFFECT OF DILUTIVE SECURITIES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Convertible securities | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 6 |  |  | 15 |  |  | (0.01 | )
Stock options | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |
Restricted stock units | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | (0.01 | ) |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE | $ | 180 |  |  | 682 |  |  | $ | 0.26 |  |  | $ | 494 |  |  | 740 |  |  | $ | 0.67 |
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income from continuing operations attributable to The AES Corporation common stockholders | $ | 391 |  |  | 692 |  |  | $ | 0.57 |  |  | $ | 583 |  |  | 724 |  |  | $ | 0.81 |
EFFECT OF DILUTIVE SECURITIES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restricted stock units | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | (0.01 | ) |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE | $ | 391 |  |  | 694 |  |  | $ | 0.56 |  |  | $ | 583 |  |  | 727 |  |  | $ | 0.81 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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