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

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

Ameren announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 11th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 12th. View Ameren's Dividend History.

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

Ameren is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 9th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Ameren.

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

7 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Ameren's shares. Their forecasts range from $61.00 to $77.00. On average, they expect Ameren's share price to reach $68.8333 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for Ameren.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ameren in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ameren.

News coverage about AEE stock has trended positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ameren earned a media sentiment score of 2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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), PG&E (PCG), Alliant Energy (LNT), NiSource (NI), 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), General Electric (GE), KKR & Co Inc (KKR), Altria Group (MO), First Solar (FSLR), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and ConocoPhillips (COP).

Ameren's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Hexavest Inc. (0.39%), First Manhattan Co. (0.30%), PGGM Investments (0.23%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.16%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.13%) and Chartwell Investment Partners LLC (0.09%). 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 PGGM Investments, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, First Manhattan Co., Aurora Investment Counsel, Capital Investment Advisors LLC, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Strs Ohio. 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 Chartwell Investment Partners LLC, Hexavest Inc., Northpointe Capital LLC, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV, Empire Life Investments Inc., Meeder Asset Management Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc. and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $70.48.

Ameren has a market capitalization of $17.30 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]