Ameren Corp (NYSE: AEE) is 10.76% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $69.39 and a high of $104.10 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The AEE stock was last observed hovering at around $100.00 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.27%.
Currently trading at $98.73, the stock is 0.11% and 4.70% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.54 million and changing -1.27% at the moment leaves the stock 16.09% off its SMA200. AEE registered 38.43% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 19.66%.
The stock witnessed a 2.83% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 4.60%, and is -0.60% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.52% over the week and 1.82% over the month.
Ameren Corp (AEE) has around 8981 employees, a market worth around $26.65B and $7.62B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 22.33 and Fwd P/E is 18.63. Profit margin for the company is 15.51%. Distance from 52-week low is 42.28% and -5.16% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.02%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 6.75% this year
The shares outstanding are 269.90M, and float is at 268.54M with Short Float at 1.55%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 33.75 million shares valued at $2.4 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.669 of the AEE Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ with 23.17 million shares valued at $1.65 billion to account for 8.6893 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 19.2 million shares representing 7.2091 and valued at over $1.37 billion, while T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. holds 5.1404 of the shares totaling 13.71 million with a market value of $974.88 million.
Ameren Corp (AEE) Insider Activity
A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at Ameren Corp (AEE) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times. The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Schukar Shawn E, the company’s Chmn & President of Subsidiary. SEC filings show that Schukar Shawn E sold 4,743 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 04 ’25 at a price of $103.79 per share for a total of $0.49 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 57486.0 shares.
Ameren Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 04 ’25 that Nwamu Chonda J (Executive Vice President) sold a total of 5,500 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 04 ’25 and was made at $101.37 per share for $0.56 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 43344.0 shares of the AEE stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 04 ’25, Lindgren Mark C (EVP & Chief HR Officer of Sub) disposed off 1,870 shares at an average price of $103.79 for $0.19 million. The insider now directly holds 46,480 shares of Ameren Corp (AEE).
Ameren Corp (AEE): Who are the competitors?
One of the company’s main competitors (and peers) include Southern Co. (SO) that is trading 29.27% up over the past 12 months.Exelon Corp. (EXC) lies in the list of competitors of the Ameren Corp and is 18.24% higher over the same period from AEEXcel Energy Inc. (XEL) is 41.89% up on the 1-year trading charts.
