NYSE:AEE - Ameren Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Ameren declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 11th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.495 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $1.98 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 10th. This is an increase from Ameren's previous quarterly dividend of $0.48. View Ameren's Dividend History.

Ameren Corp (NYSE:AEE) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November, 8th. The utilities provider reported $1.47 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.46 by $0.01. The utilities provider earned $1.66 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.79 billion. Ameren had a net margin of 13.34% and a return on equity of 10.10%. The business's revenue was down 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.50 earnings per share. View Ameren's Earnings History.

Ameren is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ameren.

Ameren will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 26th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Ameren updated its FY 2019 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.23-3.33 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.26.

12 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Ameren's stock. Their forecasts range from $77.00 to $86.00. On average, they anticipate Ameren's stock price to reach $81.56 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ameren.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ameren in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Ameren.

Media stories about AEE stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ameren earned a daily sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Ameren.

Ameren saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 11,840,000 shares, a drop of 5.2% from the December 31st total of 12,490,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,540,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 7.7 days. Approximately 4.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Ameren's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Ameren include Dominion Energy (D), Sempra Energy (SRE), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), DTE Energy (DTE), CMS Energy (CMS), Alliant Energy (LNT), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), NiSource (NI), PG&E (PCG), Mdu Resources Group (MDU), Black Hills (BKH), NorthWestern (NWE) and Avista (AVA).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Ameren investors own include AbbVie (ABBV), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), AT&T (T), Altria Group (MO), Verizon Communications (VZ), Chicago Bridge & Iron (CBI), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), Philip Morris International (PM), PepsiCo (PEP) and Boeing (BA).

Ameren's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.82%), Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (0.59%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.18%), Empire Life Investments Inc. (0.15%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%) and PGGM Investments (0.14%). 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, Mary P Heger, Michael L Moehn, Shawn E Schukar 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 Hexavest Inc., Whitehelm Capital Pty Ltd, PGGM Investments, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, United Services Automobile Association and Enterprise Financial Services Corp. Company insiders that have sold Ameren company stock in the last year include Bruce A Steinke, Fadi M Diya, Gregory L Nelson, Martin J Lyons, Mary P Heger, Michael L Moehn, Shawn E Schukar 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 Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., Braun Stacey Associates Inc., Sciencast Management LP, Everence Capital Management Inc., Strs Ohio, Larson Financial Group LLC and Central Bank & Trust Co.. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AEE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $80.32.

Ameren has a market capitalization of $19.76 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.View Additional Information About Ameren.

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]