19,745 Shares in Ameren Corporation $AEE Bought by Capital Analysts LLC

Capital Analysts LLC acquired a new stake in Ameren Corporation (NYSE:AEE) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 19,745 shares of the utilities provider’s stock, valued at approximately $2,232,000.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. California State Teachers Retirement System raised its stake in Ameren by 11,497.8% during the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 36,403,854 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $4,115,092,000 after acquiring an additional 36,089,967 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. bought a new position in shares of Ameren in the second quarter worth about $2,918,526,000. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Ameren by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 15,885,476 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,586,324,000 after acquiring an additional 362,052 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its stake in shares of Ameren by 3.3% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 14,503,721 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,448,342,000 after purchasing an additional 457,876 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Ameren by 3.0% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 6,223,010 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $597,673,000 after purchasing an additional 179,137 shares during the last quarter. 79.09% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

AEE has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Ameren from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of Ameren from $126.00 to $137.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. KeyCorp raised shares of Ameren from a “sector weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $122.00 target price on the stock in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on shares of Ameren from $118.00 to $114.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, August 21st. Finally, BTIG Research set a $126.00 price target on Ameren in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $121.42.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Michael L. Moehn sold 6,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $108.96, for a total value of $708,240.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 199,689 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $21,758,113.44. The trade was a 3.15% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, SVP Theresa A. Shaw sold 325 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $108.93, for a total value of $35,402.25. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 32,340 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,522,796.20. This trade represents a 0.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 0.29% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Ameren Price Performance

Shares of AEE opened at $106.23 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.38, a current ratio of 0.53 and a quick ratio of 0.37. Ameren Corporation has a 1 year low of $96.57 and a 1 year high of $118.32. The business has a 50-day moving average of $109.72 and a 200-day moving average of $110.19. The company has a market capitalization of $29.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.46.

Ameren (NYSE:AEE) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 30th. The utilities provider reported $1.13 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.08 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $2.09 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.27 billion. Ameren had a net margin of 17.86% and a return on equity of 10.95%. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 5.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.01 EPS. Ameren has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.250-5.450 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Ameren Corporation will post 5.4 earnings per share for the current year.

Ameren Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 8th will be paid a $0.75 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 8th. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.8%. Ameren’s payout ratio is 52.82%.

Ameren Profile

Ameren Corporation (NYSE:AEE) is a regulated electric and natural gas utility holding company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Through its operating companies, Ameren provides energy generation, transmission, distribution and related services to customers in Missouri and Illinois.

Ameren Missouri operates an integrated electric utility serving communities across Missouri and also provides natural gas distribution services in parts of the state. Ameren Illinois operates electric and natural gas distribution businesses serving customers throughout much of Illinois.