Ameren Stock Forecast, Price & News

Ameren's stock was trading at $80.87 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AEE shares have decreased by 9.9% and is now trading at $72.88.
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7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ameren in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Ameren stock.
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114 employees have rated Ameren CEO Warner L. Baxter on Glassdoor.com. Warner L. Baxter has an approval rating of 97% among Ameren's employees. This puts Warner L. Baxter in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Ameren is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 18th 2021.
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Ameren will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, February 19th 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 Co. (NYSE:AEE) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November, 9th. The utilities provider reported $1.47 EPS for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.47. The utilities provider earned $1.63 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.69 billion. Ameren had a net margin of 14.70% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.17%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.47 earnings per share.
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Ameren declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 9th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.515 per share on Thursday, December 31st. This represents a $2.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.83%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 8th. This is a boost from Ameren's previous quarterly dividend of $0.50.
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Ameren pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.87%. Ameren has been increasing its dividend for 6 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Ameren is 61.49%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Ameren will have a dividend payout ratio of 54.64% next year. This indicates that Ameren will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Ameren issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.40-3.55 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.47.

7 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Ameren's shares. Their forecasts range from $79.00 to $95.00. On average, they expect Ameren's stock price to reach $86.14 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.2% from the stock's current price.
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Ameren saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 7,140,000 shares, an increase of 61.9% from the December 15th total of 4,410,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,290,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.5 days.
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Some companies that are related to Ameren include Dominion Energy (D), Sempra Energy (SRE), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), WEC Energy Group (WEC), DTE Energy (DTE), PG&E (PCG), Consolidated Edison (ED), CMS Energy (CMS), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), NiSource (NI), MDU Resources Group (MDU), Black Hills (BKH) and Avista (AVA).
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Ameren trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AEE."

Ameren's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.13%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd (0.03%), Hexavest Inc. (0.02%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.02%) and Eastern Bank (0.02%). Company insiders that own Ameren stock include Bruce A Steinke, Fadi M Diya, Gregory L Nelson, Martin J Lyons, Mary P Heger, Michael L Moehn, Richard J Mark, Shawn E Schukar and Warner L Baxter.
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AEE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Central Bank & Trust Co., Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd, Avantax Advisory Services Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc., Raymond James Trust N.A., and Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc..
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AEE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Kestra Advisory Services LLC, Viking Fund Management LLC, TIAA FSB, Pendal Group Limited, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Clarius Group LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, and Donaldson Capital Management LLC.
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Shares of AEE 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.

One share of AEE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $72.88.

Ameren has a market capitalization of $18.02 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.

The official website for Ameren is 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]