Ameren (AEE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

10 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ameren in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" AEE shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AEE, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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10 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Ameren's stock. Their AEE share price targets range from $72.00 to $94.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $79.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.4% from the stock's current price.
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Ameren's stock was trading at $72.34 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, AEE shares have decreased by 0.6% and is now trading at $71.93.
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Ameren saw a drop in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,320,000 shares, a drop of 9.1% from the March 15th total of 4,750,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,840,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 2nd 2024.
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Ameren will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, May 3rd at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Ameren Co. (NYSE:AEE) released its earnings results on Friday, February, 23rd. The utilities provider reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.61 by $0.01. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.62 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.03 billion. Ameren had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.42% and a net margin of 15.36%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 20.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.63 EPS.
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Ameren declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 9th. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.67 per share on Friday, March 29th. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 12th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.63.
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Ameren (NYSE:AEE) pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.73%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 61.33%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AEE will have a dividend payout ratio of 54.81% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Ameren (NYSE:AEE) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RSPU), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU), First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU), Invesco Dorsey Wright Utilities Momentum ETF (PUI), Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU), iShares U.S. Utilities ETF (IDU), Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU) and Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF (FUTY).

Ameren updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 22nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 4.520-4.720 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 4.570. 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.

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Ameren's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.13%), Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.03%), Ausbil Investment Management Ltd (0.03%), Czech National Bank (0.02%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.02%) and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Chonda J Nwamu, Fadi M Diya, Fadi M Diya, Mark C Birk, Mark C Lindgren, Martin J Lyons, Michael L Moehn, Rafael Flores, Richard J Mark, Shawn E Schukar and Warner L Baxter.
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