NYSE:AEE - Ameren Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 3.3% and is now trading at $78.17. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ameren in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Ameren.

Ameren is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 14th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Ameren.

Ameren Corp (NYSE:AEE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 26th. The utilities provider reported $0.38 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.31 by $0.07. The utilities provider earned $1.32 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.64 billion. Ameren had a net margin of 14.01% and a return on equity of 10.29%. Ameren's revenue was down 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.28 earnings per share. View Ameren's earnings history.

Ameren declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 13th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be given a dividend of $0.495 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $1.98 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 10th. View Ameren's dividend history.

Ameren updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.40-$3.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.46.

14 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Ameren's shares. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $95.00. On average, they anticipate Ameren's stock price to reach $82.91 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Ameren.

News stories about AEE stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing 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 -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutAmeren.

Ameren saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 13,446,900 shares, an increase of 7.1% from the February 27th total of 12,560,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,800,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.5 days. Approximately 5.5% of the company's stock are short sold. View Ameren's Current Options Chain.

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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 State Street Corp (5.38%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (4.23%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.86%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (1.70%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.62%) and Jennison Associates LLC (0.99%). 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 AQR Capital Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Brookfield Public Securities Group LLC, Hexavest Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, and Point72 Asset Management L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Ameren company stock in the last year include Mary P Heger, and Shawn E Schukar. View insider buying and selling activity for Ameren.

AEE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Franklin Resources Inc., Franklin Resources Inc., Maple Brown Abbott Ltd, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC, State Street Corp, and MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $78.17.

Ameren has a market capitalization of $19.25 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 9,323 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 investorr[email protected]