Ameren (AEE) Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ameren in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" AEE shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AEE, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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9 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Ameren's shares. Their AEE share price forecasts range from $87.00 to $101.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $94.22 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.1% from the stock's current price.
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Ameren's stock was trading at $88.92 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, AEE stock has decreased by 8.7% and is now trading at $81.17.
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Ameren saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,460,000 shares, an increase of 9.0% from the April 30th total of 4,090,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,270,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.5 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 3rd 2023.
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Ameren Co. (NYSE:AEE) posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May, 5th. The utilities provider reported $1.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.94 by $0.06. The utilities provider earned $2.06 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.95 billion. Ameren had a net margin of 13.34% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.41%. Ameren's quarterly revenue was up 9.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.97 EPS.
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Ameren announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 12th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.63 per share on Friday, June 30th. This represents a $2.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.10%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 13th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Ameren (NYSE:AEE) stock in their portfolio include WBI BullBear Value 3000 ETF (WBIF), Virtus Reaves Utilities ETF (UTES), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU), Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU), Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF (FUTY), Invesco DWA Utilities Momentum ETF (PUI), iShares U.S. Utilities ETF (IDU) and Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU).

Ameren (NYSE:AEE) pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.10%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 60.43%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AEE will have a dividend payout ratio of 53.96% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Ameren issued an update on its FY23 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.25-$4.45 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.36.

114 employees have rated Ameren Chief Executive Officer Warner L. Baxter on Glassdoor.com. Warner L. Baxter has an approval rating of 97% among the company's employees. This puts Warner L. Baxter in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Ameren trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AEE."

Ameren's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.15%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (6.21%), State Street Corp (5.18%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (2.46%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.37%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.12%). Insiders that own company stock include Chonda J Nwamu, Fadi M Diya, Fadi M Diya, Mark C Birk, Mark C Lindgren, Martin J Lyons, Michael L Moehn, Rafael Flores, Richard J Mark, Richard J Mark, Shawn E Schukar and Warner L Baxter.
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One share of AEE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $81.17.

Ameren (NYSE:AEE) has a market capitalization of $21.32 billion and generates $7.96 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $1.07 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.17 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 9,244 workers across the globe.

Ameren's mailing address is 1901 CHOUTEAU AVE MC 1370, ST LOUIS MO, 63103. The official website for the company is www.ameren.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (314) 621-3222, via email at invest@ameren.com, or via fax at 314-621-2888.