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Ameren (AEE) Competitors

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$94.30 +0.45 (+0.47%)
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AEE vs. SRE, D, PCG, PEG, ED, WEC, DTE, CNP, CMS, and NI

Should you be buying Ameren stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ameren include Sempra (SRE), Dominion Energy (D), PG&E (PCG), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), DTE Energy (DTE), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), CMS Energy (CMS), and NiSource (NI). These companies are all part of the "multi-utilities" industry.

Ameren vs.

Ameren (NYSE:AEE) and Sempra (NYSE:SRE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

79.1% of Ameren shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Sempra shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Ameren shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Sempra shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Sempra has a net margin of 22.63% compared to Ameren's net margin of 15.52%. Ameren's return on equity of 10.09% beat Sempra's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameren15.52% 10.09% 2.81%
Sempra 22.63%8.06%3.04%

Ameren pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Ameren pays out 63.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sempra pays out 54.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Ameren has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Sempra has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Sempra is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Ameren currently has a consensus target price of $89.89, suggesting a potential downside of 4.68%. Sempra has a consensus target price of $91.60, suggesting a potential upside of 7.47%. Given Sempra's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sempra is more favorable than Ameren.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ameren
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Sempra
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Sempra has higher revenue and earnings than Ameren. Sempra is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameren, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameren$7.50B3.36$1.15B$4.2522.19
Sempra$16.72B3.23$3.08B$4.5418.77

In the previous week, Ameren had 1 more articles in the media than Sempra. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Ameren and 17 mentions for Sempra. Sempra's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Ameren's score of 0.32 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameren
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Sempra
10 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Sempra received 127 more outperform votes than Ameren when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.50% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote while only 51.44% of users gave Ameren an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AmerenOutperform Votes
357
51.44%
Underperform Votes
337
48.56%
SempraOutperform Votes
484
60.50%
Underperform Votes
316
39.50%

Ameren has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sempra has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sempra beats Ameren on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AEE vs. The Competition

MetricAmerenElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$25.17B$19.53B$12.86B$19.97B
Dividend Yield3.04%3.57%4.12%3.71%
P/E Ratio22.1919.6793.5041.38
Price / Sales3.3612.9725.2317.05
Price / Cash8.688.0418.3819.84
Price / Book2.161.952.315.76
Net Income$1.15B$857.71M$634.80M$993.25M
7 Day Performance6.25%2.80%1.89%3.12%
1 Month Performance5.62%-1.74%0.48%4.75%
1 Year Performance36.12%4.15%4.68%18.83%

Ameren Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEE
Ameren
3.8562 of 5 stars
$94.31
+0.5%
$89.89
-4.7%
+36.1%$25.17B$7.50B22.199,372Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
SRE
Sempra
4.9068 of 5 stars
$77.31
-1.8%
$91.60
+18.5%
+17.0%$48.97B$12.92B17.0315,400
D
Dominion Energy
4.1336 of 5 stars
$53.27
-0.2%
$56.58
+6.2%
+22.1%$44.75B$14.59B18.6917,700
PCG
PG&E
4.3507 of 5 stars
$16.40
-4.5%
$22.64
+38.0%
+0.7%$42.89B$24.83B12.8128,010
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.377 of 5 stars
$84.08
-0.2%
$89.17
+6.0%
+50.7%$41.89B$10.43B20.6612,500Analyst Revision
Positive News
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.0844 of 5 stars
$87.73
-0.5%
$100.64
+14.7%
+4.3%$30.39B$15.03B16.5214,592Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↑
WEC
WEC Energy Group
4.6343 of 5 stars
$93.40
0.0%
$98.40
+5.4%
+23.9%$29.55B$8.53B22.847,000Positive News
DTE
DTE Energy
4.3873 of 5 stars
$117.56
-1.2%
$134.31
+14.2%
+18.3%$24.35B$12.75B15.939,950
CNP
CenterPoint Energy
3.6587 of 5 stars
$31.34
+0.5%
$31.27
-0.2%
+17.4%$20.43B$8.56B20.7612,500
CMS
CMS Energy
4.1217 of 5 stars
$64.61
-0.7%
$70.36
+8.9%
+20.7%$19.30B$7.48B18.468,356Positive News
NI
NiSource
4.3596 of 5 stars
$36.18
+0.4%
$37.50
+3.6%
+49.0%$16.89B$5.29B21.937,120Positive News

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This page (NYSE:AEE) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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