Ameren - AEE Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ameren in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" AEE shares.
View AEE analyst ratings or view top-rated stocks.

9 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Ameren's stock. Their AEE share price forecasts range from $84.00 to $104.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $93.70 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.4% from the stock's current price.
View analysts price targets for AEE or view top-rated stocks among Wall Street analysts.

Ameren's stock was trading at $89.01 at the start of the year. Since then, AEE stock has decreased by 2.0% and is now trading at $87.24.
View the best growth stocks for 2022 here.

Ameren saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,850,000 shares, an increase of 15.5% from the October 15th total of 4,200,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,400,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.5 days.
View Ameren's Short Interest.

The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 16th 2023.
View our AEE earnings forecast.

Ameren Co. (NYSE:AEE) issued its earnings results on Friday, November, 4th. The utilities provider reported $1.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.72 by $0.02. The utilities provider had revenue of $2.31 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.89 billion. Ameren had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.33% and a net margin of 13.90%. The business's revenue was up 27.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.65 earnings per share.
Read the conference call transcript.

Ameren declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 14th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.59 per share on Friday, December 30th. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.71%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 6th.
Read our dividend analysis for AEE.

Ameren (NYSE:AEE) pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.68%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 59.15%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AEE will have a dividend payout ratio of 53.88% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
Read our dividend analysis for AEE.

Ameren updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 10th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.00-$4.15 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.07. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

114 employees have rated Ameren Chief Executive Officer Warner L. Baxter on Glassdoor.com. Warner L. Baxter has an approval rating of 97% among the company's employees. This puts Warner L. Baxter in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Pfizer (PFE), Verizon Communications (VZ), Altria Group (MO), Cisco Systems (CSCO), PepsiCo (PEP) and Activision Blizzard (ATVI).

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 Vanguard Group Inc. (12.03%), BlackRock Inc. (7.20%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (6.61%), State Street Corp (5.54%), Pictet Asset Management SA (1.54%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.27%). Insiders that own company stock include Chonda J Nwamu, Fadi M Diya, Mark C Birk, Mark C Lindgren, Martin J Lyons, Michael L Moehn, Rafael Flores, Richard J Mark, Richard J Mark, Shawn E Schukar and Warner L Baxter.
View institutional ownership trends.

Shares of AEE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
Compare Top Brokerages Here.

One share of AEE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $87.24.

Ameren (NYSE:AEE) has a market capitalization of $22.55 billion and generates $6.39 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $990 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.99 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 9,116 workers across the globe.

Ameren's mailing address is 1901 CHOUTEAU AVE MC 1370, ST LOUIS MO, 63103. The official website for the company is www.ameren.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (314) 621-3222, via email at invest@ameren.com, or via fax at 314-621-2888.