Barclays PLC Has $113.32 Million Position in Ameren Corporation $AEE

Barclays PLC reduced its position in shares of Ameren Corporation (NYSE:AEE) by 11.7% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,134,784 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after selling 149,998 shares during the quarter. Barclays PLC’s holdings in Ameren were worth $113,320,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd grew its holdings in shares of Ameren by 104,698.0% during the 3rd quarter. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd now owns 1,370,758 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $143,091,000 after acquiring an additional 1,369,450 shares in the last quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Ameren by 5.3% during the 3rd quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 543,726 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $56,754,000 after acquiring an additional 27,461 shares in the last quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Ameren during the 3rd quarter valued at $4,868,000. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its holdings in shares of Ameren by 3.6% during the 3rd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 3,378,053 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $352,601,000 after acquiring an additional 116,819 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Tudor Investment Corp ET AL boosted its holdings in Ameren by 23.7% in the third quarter. Tudor Investment Corp ET AL now owns 155,836 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $16,266,000 after purchasing an additional 29,807 shares in the last quarter. 79.09% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Ameren

In other news, SVP Theresa A. Shaw sold 1,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $109.35, for a total transaction of $164,025.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 32,943 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,602,317.05. This represents a 4.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Corporate insiders own 0.29% of the company’s stock.

Ameren Stock Up 0.6%

AEE stock opened at $109.69 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.39, a current ratio of 0.62 and a quick ratio of 0.44. Ameren Corporation has a 52-week low of $93.50 and a 52-week high of $115.58. The company has a 50-day moving average of $110.05 and a two-hundred day moving average of $106.82. The stock has a market capitalization of $30.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 0.47.

Ameren (NYSE:AEE) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The utilities provider reported $1.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.17 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $2.18 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.24 billion. Ameren had a net margin of 17.17% and a return on equity of 10.94%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.07 earnings per share. 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 5.36 EPS for the current year.

Ameren Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 9th will be given a dividend of $0.75 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 9th. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.7%. Ameren’s dividend payout ratio is currently 53.96%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. BTIG Research assumed coverage on shares of Ameren in a report on Thursday, April 9th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $131.00 price objective for the company. Morgan Stanley set a $110.00 price objective on shares of Ameren in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Wells Fargo & Company reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $120.00 price objective on shares of Ameren in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Ameren from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Finally, Truist Financial decreased their price objective on shares of Ameren from $126.00 to $121.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, May 18th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Ameren currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $117.54.

Ameren Profile

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.