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 Friday, October 12th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.475 per share on Monday, December 31st. This represents a $1.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 11th. This is a boost from Ameren's previous quarterly dividend of $0.46. View Ameren's Dividend History.

Ameren Corp (NYSE:AEE) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 31st. The utilities provider reported $1.50 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.31 by $0.19. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.72 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.82 billion. Ameren had a net margin of 10.95% and a return on equity of 11.38%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.24 EPS. View Ameren's Earnings History.

Ameren is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 15th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Ameren.

Ameren updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 31st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.35-3.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.26.

8 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Ameren's stock. Their forecasts range from $61.00 to $71.00. On average, they anticipate Ameren's share price to reach $65.2857 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.8%. 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 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ameren.

News articles about AEE stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ameren earned a news sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few 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), Avista (AVA) and NorthWestern (NWE).

Ameren's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.18%), Bank of Montreal Can (2.20%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.90%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.89%), FMR LLC (1.52%) and AQR Capital Management LLC (1.43%). Company insiders that own Ameren stock include Bruce A Steinke, Gregory L Nelson, Mark C Birk, Mark C Lindgren, Martin J Lyons, Maureen A Borkowski, 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 AQR Capital Management LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Hsbc Holdings PLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Company insiders that have sold Ameren company stock in the last year include Bruce A Steinke, Gregory L Nelson, Mark C Birk, Mark C Lindgren, Martin J Lyons and Michael L Moehn. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ameren.

AEE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Bessemer Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., BlackRock Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Renaissance Technologies LLC, LSV Asset Management and Bank of Montreal Can. 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 $69.30.

Ameren has a market capitalization of $16.93 billion and generates $6.18 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $523 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.83 on an earnings per share basis. Ameren employs 8,615 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]