Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for AEE in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Ameren (AEE) Stock Analysis & Forecast
$102.23−1.67 (−1.6%)
Close on Sep 18, 2026. Page updated Sep 19, 9:16 pm ET.
Gekko Brief
AI summaryAmeren closes at $102.23, down 1.6% on the day, with the close sitting below both its 50-day average of $108.46 and its 200-day average of $107.81. The GekkoIndex reads 72.5, placing the stock in the Buying zone, while the price sits 9.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $113.24. Over the past month the stock is down 6.5%, and the one-year return stands at 3.3%, with the 52-week range spanning $96.57 to $118.32.
This week's activity centers on financing and analyst repositioning. Ameren completed a sale of $900 million in junior subordinated notes due 2057, generating net proceeds of $891.0 million, against total debt of $21.8 billion. Morgan Stanley lowered its price target on the stock to $108 from $114 while keeping an Equalweight rating, even as other commentary pointed to analysts raising 2026 EPS estimates by 0.2% and referenced Ameren's 10-year, $71 billion investment plan tied to grid modernization and data center power demand. Bank of America Corp DE also disclosed a new stake valued at $245.88 million.
The next earnings report is scheduled for 4 November 2026, 45 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day hold. The last quarter produced EPS of $1.13 against an estimate of $1.08, with a -0.3% reaction, and the company has beaten estimates in 5 of the last 8 quarters. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged -1.5% over 5 years, with gains in 2 of those years, a pattern worth noting alongside the current gap to Gekko Fair Value.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 20, 2026 from the data above.
Price vs fair value
Close $102.23200-day averageGekko Fair Value $113.24
Key stats
- Market cap
- $28.29B
- P/E ratio
- 18.2
- Forward P/E
- 17.8
- EPS, TTM
- $5.72
- Revenue, TTM
- $8.41B
- Profit margin
- 18.6%
- Dividend yield
- 2.83%
- Beta
- 0.47
- Volume
- 2.84M avg 1.43M
- 1-year return
- +3.3%
- Typical daily move
- ±1.6%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±3.4%
- 50-day average
- $108.46
- 200-day average
- $107.81
- Next earnings
- Nov 4
- Shares outstanding
- 276.8M
Ameren swing-trade checklist
Ameren scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $102.23 sits between the 50-day ($108.46) and 200-day ($107.81) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
72.5, Buying
Reading 72.5 is in the Buying zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
9.7% below
Price is 9.7% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 45 days
Next report Nov 4, 2026, 45 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalityheadwind
−1.5% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged −1.5% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
See seasonality
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Ameren stock chart and price history
Ameren closed at $102.23 on Sep 18, 2026, +3.3% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $96.57 to $118.32.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −6.5%
- 3 months
- −5.9%
- 6 months
- −6.7%
- 1 year
- +3.3%
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About Ameren
Ameren serves as a holding company for utility operations within the United States. It generates, moves, and delivers electricity under regulated rate structures, while also handling the regulated distribution and transmission of natural gas. Ameren is known for producing power through a mix of coal, nuclear, and natural gas plants, alongside renewable sources like hydroelectric, wind, methane gas, and solar.
The company runs its business through four segments: Ameren Missouri, Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution, Ameren Illinois Natural Gas, and Ameren Transmission. Through these divisions, it provides power and gas service to households, commercial establishments, and industrial customers.
Ameren traces its founding back to 1881 and keeps its headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker AEE.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Electric utilities
- Website
- amereninvestors.com
Ameren GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Ameren’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 72.5, in the Buying zone, up 5.3 points over five sessions.
72.5Buying
Up 5.3 points over five sessions, from the Accumulation zone.
Reading for Sep 18, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying (current zone) | 14 | +1.0% | +2.3% | ||
| Accumulation | 184 | +0.9% | +3.3% | ||
| Neutral | 437 | +0.1% | +0.8% | ||
| Distribution | 26 | +0.1% | −0.2% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average AEE share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Buying readings averaged +3.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Buying zone: Smart money likely accumulating heavily. About the five zones →
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Is Ameren stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Ameren trades 9.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $113.24, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Ameren shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$113.24
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 19, 2026
9.7% Undervalued
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Ameren insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Ameren, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in AEE were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Ameren has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, year ended Dec 31, 2021
- $13.00M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.05%
From company filings.
Ameren earnings: next date and track record
Ameren reports on Nov 4, 2026 (45 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 4, 2026
45 days away
- EPS estimate
- $2.30
- Revenue estimate
- $2.82B
5 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±1.4%average move across the report
5 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $1.13 est $1.08 | $2.09B est $2.27B | −0.3% |
| May 5, 2026 | $1.28 est $1.18 | $2.18B est $2.24B | −2.5% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $0.78 est $0.77 | $1.78B est $1.60B | +3.4% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $2.17 est $2.11 | $2.70B est $2.48B | +0.1% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $1.01 est $0.99 | $2.22B est $1.78B | +2.3% |
| May 1, 2025 | $1.07 est $1.07 | $2.10B est $1.92B | +0.2% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $0.77 est $0.80 | $1.94B est $1.90B | +0.8% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $1.87 est $1.91 | $2.17B est $2.17B | −1.3% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Ameren stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Ameren is $120.40, +17.8% from the last close, from 12 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$120.40consensus 12-month target, +17.8% from the last close
Now $102.23Avg $120.40
Low $108High $137
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 12 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | Morgan Stanley | $108 | +5.6% |
| Aug 21 | Morgan Stanley | $114 | +11.5% |
| Aug 17 | Truist Financial | $120 | +17.4% |
| Aug 3 | Truist Financial | — | — |
| Aug 3 | BTIG | $126 | +23.3% |
+2.3%average 20-day move after past Buying readings
−1.5%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±1.6%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Ameren seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 19, Ameren averaged −1.5% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −1.3% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −2.8% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −3.4% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | −1.5% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | −2.2% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, AEE’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 3.4%.
Ameren market cap and key statistics
Ameren’s market cap is $28.29B, with a P/E ratio of 18.2 and revenue of $8.41B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $28.29B
- P/E ratio
- 18.2
- Forward P/E
- 17.8
- EPS, TTM
- $5.72
- Gekko Fair Value
- $113.24
Trading
- Volume
- 2.84M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 1.43M
- 52-week high
- $118.32
- 52-week low
- $96.57
- Shares outstanding
- 276.8M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $8.41B
- Profit margin
- 18.6%
- Return on equity
- 11.9%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +11.9%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.47
- Typical daily move
- ±1.6%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±3.4%
- Dividend yield
- 2.83%
Ameren stock news this week
Coverage of Ameren this week reads neutral: 1 positive, 5 neutral and 1 negative headlines.
- Ameren sells $900 million in junior subordinated notes due 2057 By Investing.comInvesting.com Nigeria, Sep 18
- Form 8K Ameren Corp For: 18 September By Investing.comInvesting.com India, Sep 18
- Morgan Stanley Adjusts Price Target on Ameren to $108 From $114, Keeps Equalweight Ratingwww.marketscreener.com, Sep 18
- Ameren stock heads into the open after a slight September 16, 2026 dipad-hoc-news.de, Sep 17
- Bank of America Corp DE Invests $245.88 Million in Ameren Corporation $AEEDefense World, Sep 17
- Ameren Corp. stock gains support as analysts see earnings improvementad-hoc-news.de, Sep 16
Ameren peers
Ameren’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| NEENextEra Energy | Buying | 23.4% below |
| SOSouthern | Buying | 8.1% above |
| DUKDuke Energy | Accumulation | 14.0% above |
| CEGConstellation Energy | Accumulation | 2.8% below |
| AEPAmerican Electric Power | Buying | 3.7% above |
| DDominion Energy | Accumulation | 8.5% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Ameren stock FAQ
What is Ameren’s market cap?
Ameren’s market cap is $28.29B at the Sep 18, 2026 close of $102.23, with 276.8M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 18.2.
What is the Ameren stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Ameren is $120.40, +17.8% from the last close. Of the 12 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 7 rate it a buy, 5 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Ameren stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Ameren is undervalued: the Sep 18, 2026 close of $102.23 is 9.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $113.24. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Ameren report earnings next?
Ameren is expected to report on Nov 4, 2026 (45 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $2.30 per share on revenue of $2.82B. Ameren beat the earnings estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports, moving 1.4% on average across the report.
What is Ameren’s 52-week high and low?
Ameren’s 52-week high is $118.32 and its 52-week low is $96.57; it closed at $102.23 on Sep 18, 2026, +3.3% over the past year.
Is Ameren stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and earnings risk), 1 as mixed (trend) and 1 as a headwind (seasonality). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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