Ameren Corporation (NYSE:AEE) Receives $108.80 Consensus Price Target from Analysts

Ameren Corporation (NYSE:AEE) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the thirteen ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price target among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $108.80.

Several equities analysts have issued reports on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada upgraded Ameren to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. UBS Group decreased their price target on Ameren from $121.00 to $115.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. Barclays set a $113.00 price objective on Ameren in a report on Tuesday, October 21st. Mizuho raised their target price on Ameren from $108.00 to $114.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, October 27th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Ameren in a research report on Monday, December 29th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Ameren news, CFO Michael L. Moehn sold 6,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $101.44, for a total transaction of $659,360.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 198,973 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,183,821.12. This represents a 3.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.34% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Ameren

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Ameren by 3.7% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 35,582,578 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $3,417,351,000 after purchasing an additional 1,268,457 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its holdings in Ameren by 2.4% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 14,045,845 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,466,105,000 after buying an additional 328,401 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Ameren by 2.7% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 7,242,392 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $692,794,000 after buying an additional 192,808 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in shares of Ameren by 1.0% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 6,283,529 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $655,892,000 after acquiring an additional 60,519 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Ameren by 1.0% during the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 5,140,239 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $536,538,000 after acquiring an additional 49,282 shares during the period. 79.09% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Ameren Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of Ameren stock opened at $100.18 on Friday. Ameren has a one year low of $87.55 and a one year high of $106.73. The company has a market cap of $27.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.26, a PEG ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.49, a quick ratio of 0.64 and a current ratio of 0.93. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $101.47 and a two-hundred day moving average of $100.99.

Ameren (NYSE:AEE) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The utilities provider reported $2.17 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.10 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $2.70 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.64 billion. Ameren had a net margin of 15.75% and a return on equity of 10.92%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 24.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.87 earnings per share. Ameren has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.250-5.450 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance at 4.900-5.100 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that Ameren will post 4.93 earnings per share for the current year.

About Ameren

Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE) is an integrated energy company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, that provides electric and natural gas delivery and related services in portions of Missouri and Illinois. The company operates regulated utility businesses that serve a broad mix of residential, commercial and industrial customers, and it participates in wholesale energy markets and transmission operations that support reliable service across its service territories.

Ameren’s core activities include generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, distribution of natural gas, and the provision of customer energy solutions such as demand-side management and energy efficiency programs.