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AEE vs. AEP, CMS, DTE, DUK, ED, ES, ETR, NEE, NI, and PEG

Should you be buying Ameren stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ameren include American Electric Power (AEP), CMS Energy (CMS), DTE Energy (DTE), Duke Energy (DUK), Consolidated Edison (ED), Eversource Energy (ES), Entergy (ETR), NextEra Energy (NEE), NiSource (NI), and Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG). These companies are all part of the "util - elec pwr" industry.

Ameren vs. Its Competitors

American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) and Ameren (NYSE:AEE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

American Electric Power has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameren has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

American Electric Power presently has a consensus price target of $108.31, suggesting a potential upside of 2.24%. Ameren has a consensus price target of $101.36, suggesting a potential upside of 4.09%. Given Ameren's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ameren is more favorable than American Electric Power.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Electric Power
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.31
Ameren
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69

American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Ameren pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. American Electric Power pays out 71.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameren pays out 63.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. American Electric Power has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Ameren has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. American Electric Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of Ameren shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Ameren shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, American Electric Power had 13 more articles in the media than Ameren. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for American Electric Power and 12 mentions for Ameren. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Ameren's score of 0.69 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Electric Power
21 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ameren
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than Ameren. American Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameren, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Electric Power$19.72B2.87$2.97B$5.1920.41
Ameren$7.62B3.45$1.18B$4.5121.59

Ameren has a net margin of 15.31% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 13.73%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.68% beat Ameren's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Electric Power13.73% 11.68% 3.08%
Ameren 15.31%10.40%2.85%

Summary

Ameren beats American Electric Power on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AEE vs. The Competition

MetricAmerenUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$26.18B$24.48B$15.73B$20.75B
Dividend Yield2.93%3.75%5.59%3.67%
P/E Ratio21.5933.6719.9427.60
Price / Sales3.454.17198.1459.14
Price / Cash9.048.7718.9622.13
Price / Book2.122.202.134.66
Net Income$1.18B$1.43B$747.76M$994.58M
7 Day Performance1.23%-0.50%14.47%-0.69%
1 Month Performance3.13%2.58%31.27%5.41%
1 Year Performance29.42%17.57%208.00%9.18%

Ameren Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEE
Ameren
3.8856 of 5 stars
$97.38
+0.5%
$101.36
+4.1%
+31.0%$26.18B$7.62B21.598,981Analyst Forecast
AEP
American Electric Power
4.4598 of 5 stars
$104.05
+0.2%
$108.31
+4.1%
+14.9%$55.58B$19.72B20.0516,330Positive News
CMS
CMS Energy
3.7925 of 5 stars
$69.67
-1.1%
$77.00
+10.5%
+15.4%$20.84B$7.52B20.678,324Positive News
DTE
DTE Energy
4.639 of 5 stars
$130.81
-0.9%
$140.93
+7.7%
+17.0%$27.15B$12.46B17.689,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
DUK
Duke Energy
4.5835 of 5 stars
$117.18
-0.1%
$126.88
+8.3%
+10.6%$91.08B$30.36B19.4326,413Positive News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.3745 of 5 stars
$99.54
-0.8%
$105.27
+5.8%
+9.7%$35.86B$15.26B18.4015,097Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
ES
Eversource Energy
3.5371 of 5 stars
$64.31
-0.4%
$65.67
+2.1%
+8.5%$23.63B$11.90B27.7210,680Positive News
ETR
Entergy
4.1673 of 5 stars
$81.66
-0.3%
$86.25
+5.6%
+54.1%$35.18B$11.88B26.5112,267Trending News
Analyst Forecast
NEE
NextEra Energy
4.7019 of 5 stars
$74.66
+1.1%
$84.55
+13.2%
+4.0%$153.70B$24.75B27.969,300Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
NI
NiSource
4.4534 of 5 stars
$39.59
+0.1%
$41.50
+4.8%
+33.7%$18.64B$5.46B21.407,746Positive News
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.5282 of 5 stars
$82.22
+1.3%
$89.46
+8.8%
+10.2%$41.03B$10.29B22.4626,094Positive News

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This page (NYSE:AEE) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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