NYSE:AEE - Ameren Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Ameren declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 11th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.475 per share on Friday, March 29th. This represents a $1.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.57%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 12th. View Ameren's Dividend History.

Ameren Corp (NYSE:AEE) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 14th. The utilities provider reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.32 by $0.04. The utilities provider earned $1.42 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.56 billion. Ameren had a return on equity of 10.87% and a net margin of 12.95%. Ameren's revenue for the quarter was up 1.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.39 earnings per share. View Ameren's Earnings History.

Ameren is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 8th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Ameren.

Ameren updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 14th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.15-3.35 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.30.

8 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Ameren's shares. Their predictions range from $61.00 to $77.00. On average, they anticipate Ameren's share price to reach $68.4286 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for Ameren.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ameren in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ameren.

Media stories about AEE stock have trended negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ameren earned a news sentiment score of -2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Some companies that are related to Ameren include Duke Energy (DUK), Exelon (EXC), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), E.ON SE Sponsored ADR (Germany) (EONGY), CMS Energy (CMS), Alliant Energy (LNT), NiSource (NI), PG&E (PCG), United Utilities Group (UUGRY), SCANA (SCG), ALLETE (ALE), NorthWestern (NWE) and Avista (AVA).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Ameren investors own include AbbVie (ABBV), Chicago Bridge & Iron (CBI), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), KKR & Co Inc (KKR), General Electric (GE), Philip Morris International (PM), Altria Group (MO), ConocoPhillips (COP) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Ameren's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.28%), Bank of Montreal Can (1.72%), FMR LLC (1.54%), Northern Trust Corp (1.39%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.39%) and Jennison Associates LLC (1.13%). Company insiders that own Ameren stock include Bruce A Steinke, Fadi M Diya, Gregory L Nelson, Mark C Birk, Mark C Lindgren, Martin J Lyons, Michael L Moehn and Warner L Baxter. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ameren.

AEE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Hsbc Holdings PLC, First Quadrant L P CA, Two Sigma Investments LP, Beach Investment Counsel Inc. PA, Squarepoint Ops LLC and D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Ameren company stock in the last year include Bruce A Steinke, Fadi M Diya, Gregory L Nelson, Mark C Birk, Mark C Lindgren, Martin J Lyons, Michael L Moehn and Warner L Baxter. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ameren.

AEE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, LSV Asset Management, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Jennison Associates LLC, Northern Trust Corp and Lord Abbett & CO. LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ameren.

Shares of AEE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AEE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $74.04.

Ameren has a market capitalization of $18.11 billion and generates $6.29 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $815 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.37 on an earnings per share basis. Ameren employs 8,838 workers across the globe.

The official website for Ameren is http://www.ameren.com.

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]