Ameren (NYSE:AEE) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Ameren (NYSE:AEE) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 4.850-5.050 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 4.910. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Ameren also updated its FY 2024 guidance to 4.550-4.690 EPS.

Ameren Price Performance

Shares of AEE traded up $3.64 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $90.19. The stock had a trading volume of 2,268,955 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,591,171. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.40, a quick ratio of 0.45 and a current ratio of 0.67. Ameren has a 12 month low of $67.03 and a 12 month high of $90.59. The stock has a market capitalization of $24.05 billion, a PE ratio of 21.22, a PEG ratio of 2.89 and a beta of 0.45. The company’s 50-day moving average is $86.35 and its two-hundred day moving average is $79.02.

Ameren Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 11th will be paid a $0.67 dividend. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.97%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 11th. Ameren’s dividend payout ratio is currently 63.06%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have weighed in on AEE. Jefferies Financial Group began coverage on shares of Ameren in a report on Thursday, September 19th. They set a “buy” rating and a $97.00 target price on the stock. Argus raised Ameren to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, September 19th. Bank of America upped their price target on Ameren from $86.00 to $87.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 29th. UBS Group began coverage on Ameren in a research report on Friday, July 19th. They set a “buy” rating and a $87.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Mizuho raised shares of Ameren from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $82.00 to $89.00 in a research note on Monday, September 16th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $87.80.

Insider Activity at Ameren

In other Ameren news, EVP Chonda J. Nwamu sold 1,610 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $81.94, for a total value of $131,923.40. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 44,432 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,640,758.08. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.42% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Ameren

Ameren Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a public utility holding company in the United States. The company operates through four segments: Ameren Missouri, Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution, Ameren Illinois Natural Gas, and Ameren Transmission. It engages in the rate-regulated electric generation, transmission, and distribution activities; and rate-regulated natural gas distribution business.