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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Earnings Per Share Basic And Diluted Table | The following table is a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the basic and diluted earnings per share computation for income from continuing operations for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, where income represents the numerator and weighted average shares represent the denominator.
Three Months Ended March 31, | 2020 |  | 2019
(in millions, except per share data) | Income |  | Shares |  | $ per Share |  | Income |  | Shares |  | $ per Share
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income from continuing operations attributable to The AES Corporation common stockholders | $ | 144 |  |  | 664 |  |  | $ | 0.22 |  |  | $ | 154 |  |  | 663 |  |  | $ | 0.23 |
EFFECT OF DILUTIVE SECURITIES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |
Restricted stock units | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE | $ | 144 |  |  | 668 |  |  | $ | 0.22 |  |  | $ | 154 |  |  | 667 |  |  | $ | 0.23 |

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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/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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