NYSE:AEE - Ameren Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Ameren announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 11th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 11th will be given a dividend of $0.495 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $1.98 annualized dividend 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) announced its earnings results on Friday, November, 8th. The utilities provider reported $1.47 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.46 by $0.01. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.66 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.79 billion. Ameren had a net margin of 13.34% and a return on equity of 10.10%. The firm's revenue was down 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.50 EPS. View Ameren's Earnings History.

Ameren is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ameren.

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

12 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Ameren's shares. 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 1.9% 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 5 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Ameren.

Media headlines about AEE stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ameren earned a news impact score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles 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 several days. View News Stories for Ameren.

Ameren saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 11,840,000 shares, a decline of 5.2% from the December 15th total of 12,490,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,560,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.6 days. Approximately 4.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View Ameren's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Ameren include Dominion Energy (D), Sempra Energy (SRE), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Consolidated Edison (ED), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), 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 many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Empire Life Investments Inc. (0.15%), PGGM Investments (0.14%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.14%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), United Services Automobile Association (0.05%) and Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.04%). 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., PGGM Investments, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, United Services Automobile Association, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and Hennessy Advisors Inc.. 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 Sciencast Management LP, Larson Financial Group LLC, Central Bank & Trust Co., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, TRH Financial LLC, Empire Life Investments Inc., IFM Investors Pty Ltd and Wealthfront Advisers 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AEE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $80.03.

Ameren has a market capitalization of $19.69 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]