Ameren Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ameren in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Ameren stock.
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Ameren saw a decline in short interest in February. As of February 12th, there was short interest totaling 3,280,000 shares, a decline of 23.7% from the January 28th total of 4,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,580,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.1 days.
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Ameren is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 10th 2021.
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Ameren Co. (NYSE:AEE) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 17th. The utilities provider reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.04. Ameren had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.17% and a net margin of 14.70%. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.38 earnings per share.
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Ameren's stock was trading at $80.87 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AEE stock has decreased by 13.1% and is now trading at $70.27.
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Ameren announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 12th. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 10th will be given a dividend of $0.65 per share on Wednesday, March 31st. This represents a $2.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.70%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 9th. This is a positive change from Ameren's previous quarterly dividend of $0.52.
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Ameren pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.88%. Ameren has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Ameren is 61.49%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Ameren will have a dividend payout ratio of 54.64% next year. This indicates that Ameren will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Ameren updated its FY 2021 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 18th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.65-3.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.77.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Ameren's shares. Their forecasts range from $78.00 to $95.00. On average, they expect Ameren's share price to reach $86.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.4% from the stock's current price.
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114 employees have rated Ameren CEO Warner L. Baxter on Glassdoor.com. Warner L. Baxter has an approval rating of 97% among Ameren's employees. This puts Warner L. Baxter in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Ameren include Dominion Energy (D), Sempra Energy (SRE), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), WEC Energy Group (WEC), DTE Energy (DTE), Consolidated Edison (ED), PG&E (PCG), CMS Energy (CMS), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), NiSource (NI), MDU Resources Group (MDU), Black Hills (BKH) and Avista (AVA).
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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 investors include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (12.90%), BlackRock Inc. (7.65%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.30%), Northern Trust Corp (1.25%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.23%) and Jennison Associates LLC (0.97%). Company insiders that own Ameren stock include Bruce A Steinke, Fadi M Diya, Gregory L Nelson, Martin J Lyons, Mary P Heger, Michael L Moehn, Richard J Mark, Shawn E Schukar and Warner L Baxter.
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AEE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Bessemer Group Inc., Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Korea Investment CORP, and Sei Investments Co..
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AEE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., BlackRock Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Morgan Stanley, and Alliancebernstein L.P..
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Shares of AEE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AEE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $70.27.

Ameren has a market capitalization of $17.80 billion and generates $5.91 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $828 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.35 on an earnings per share basis.

Ameren employs 9,183 workers across the globe.

Ameren was founded in 1881.

The official website for Ameren is www.ameren.com.

Ameren is headquartered at 1901 CHOUTEAU AVE MC 1370, ST LOUIS MO, 63103.

Ameren's mailing address is 1901 CHOUTEAU AVE MC 1370, ST LOUIS MO, 63103. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 314-621-3222 or via email at [email protected]