After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Recently, Yahoo Finance discussed the stock, revealing that Ameren Missouri customers benefit from investments in stronger, smarter grid.
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Stocks Info
AEE belongs to the Utilities sector of the NYSE while operating in the Utilities – Regulated Electric industry. At the end of the last regular session, the stock closed at $71.60 and fluctuated between $72.38 as its day high and $70.47 as its day low. The current market capitalization of Ameren Corp. is $18.83B. A total of 2.92 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 2.15M shares.
Insider Activity
Investors also take into account insider trades in predicting how the stock will perform in the future. During the recent three months, AEE has seen 0 BUY and 0 SELL insider trades, representing the acquisition of 0 and the disposition of 0 shares. Over the last 12 months, there were 2 BUYs and 29 SELLs from insiders. Insiders purchased 50,202 shares during that period but sold 260,197.
In the most recent transaction, Flores Rafael sold 1,500 shares of AEE for 77.65 per share on Nov 29. After the transaction, the Director now owns 13,007 company shares. In a previous transaction on Nov 15, MOEHN MICHAEL L sold 3,244 shares at 77.28 per share. AEE shares that Sr Executive VP & CFO owns now total 198,937.
Among the insiders who sold shares, MOEHN MICHAEL L disposed of 3,155 shares on Sep 01 at a per-share price of $79.63. This resulted in the Sr Executive VP & CFO holding 161,369 shares of AEE after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Diya Fadi M sold 36,940 shares at $82.37 per share on Jun 13. Company shares held by the SVP & CNO of Subsidiary now total 57,676.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Ameren Corp. pays an annual dividend of $2.52, resulting in a dividend yield of 3.52%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.37. AEE’s most recent ex-dividend date was 3/12/2024 when it declared a $0.67 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 3/29/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 12/29/2023 with an ex-dividend date of 12/12/2023. The AEE stock dividend was $0.63 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. According to analysts who have offered 12-month price targets for AEE in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $76.30 with high estimates of $82.00 and low estimates of $69.00. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, AEE has a high of $91.18 and a low of $67.03.
As of this writing, AEE has an earnings estimate of $0.61 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 11 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.63 per share and a lower estimate of $0.58. The company reported an EPS of $0.9 in the last quarter, which was 12.50% higher than expectations of $0.8.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. AEE’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $8.00M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $13.61B in debt and $2.83B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $42.62, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $9.83B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for AEE is Buy with a score of 3.50.
