Alpha Windward raised its stake in Ameren Corp (NYSE:AEE) by 4,254.5% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 10,625 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 10,381 shares during the period. Alpha Windward’s holdings in Ameren Corp were worth $459,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft boosted its stake in Ameren Corp by 123.7% in the third quarter. Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft now owns 255,442 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,708,000 after buying an additional 141,251 shares in the last quarter. Churchill Management boosted its stake in Ameren Corp by 7.9% in the fourth quarter. Churchill Management now owns 322,882 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,958,000 after buying an additional 23,515 shares in the last quarter. Jennison Associates boosted its stake in Ameren Corp by 72.5% in the third quarter. Jennison Associates now owns 2,341,872 shares of the company’s stock valued at $98,991,000 after buying an additional 984,497 shares in the last quarter. ICON Advisers boosted its stake in Ameren Corp by 2.6% in the third quarter. ICON Advisers now owns 303,500 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,829,000 after buying an additional 7,600 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capstone Asset Management Company boosted its stake in Ameren Corp by 21.1% in the fourth quarter. Capstone Asset Management Company now owns 32,593 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,409,000 after buying an additional 5,670 shares in the last quarter.

Ameren Corp (NYSE:AEE) traded down 0.65% on Monday, hitting $42.67. The stock had a trading volume of 1,760,812 shares. Ameren Corp has a one year low of $37.26 and a one year high of $46.73. The firm has a market cap of $10.35 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.00. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $43.15 and its 200 day moving average price is $42.05.

Ameren Corp (NYSE:AEE) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November 6th. The company reported $1.41 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $1.30 by $0.11. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.20 EPS. The firm had revenue of $1.83 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.78 billion. Ameren Corp’s revenue was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts expect that Ameren Corp will post $2.60 earnings per share for the current year.

Several research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Zacks Investment Research lowered Ameren Corp from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, December 7th. Barclays reiterated an “equal weight” rating and issued a $46.00 price objective (up from $45.00) on shares of Ameren Corp in a research report on Monday, January 4th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. The stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $47.50.

Ameren Corporation (NYSE:AEE) is a utility holding company. The Company operates in two segments: Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois. The Company’s subsidiaries include Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois. Ameren also has a subsidiary, ATXI that operates a FERC rate-regulated electric transmission business. Ameren Missouri operates a rate-regulated electric generation, transmission, and distribution business and a rate-regulated natural gas transmission and distribution business in Missouri. It supplies electric and natural gas service to a 24,000-square-mile area in central and eastern Missouri. Ameren Illinois operates rate-regulated electric and natural gas transmission and distribution businesses in Illinois. Ameren Illinois supplies electric and natural gas utility service to portions of central and southern Illinois in an area of 40,000 square miles.

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