Ameren declares quarterly dividend of 71 cents per share

ST. LOUIS - Ameren Corporation (NYSE:AEE) announced today that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 71 cents per share on its common stock, payable September 30, 2025, to shareholders of record as of September 9, 2025. According to InvestingPro data, this represents a 2.8% yield, with the company maintaining dividend payments for 28 consecutive years and raising them for 11 straight years.

The utility holding company also reported that its subsidiary, Union Electric Company (Ameren Missouri), declared regular quarterly cash dividends on all classes of its preferred stock. These dividends will be payable November 15, 2025, to shareholders of record as of October 16, 2025.

Additionally, Ameren Illinois Company’s board declared regular quarterly cash dividends on all classes of its preferred stock, with payment scheduled for November 3, 2025, to shareholders of record as of October 10, 2025.

Ameren Corporation serves approximately 2.5 million electric customers and more than 900,000 natural gas customers across a 64,000-square-mile service area through its regulated utility subsidiaries. Ameren Missouri provides electric generation, transmission, and distribution services, along with natural gas distribution. Ameren Illinois delivers electric transmission and distribution service as well as natural gas distribution service.

The dividend announcement was made in a company press release issued today.

In other recent news, Ameren Corp reported strong financial results for the second quarter of 2025. The company achieved earnings per share of $1.01, surpassing the forecast of $0.99, and reported a revenue of $2.22 billion, which significantly exceeded the expected $1.8 billion. Following these results, BMO Capital raised its price target for Ameren to $110 from $108, maintaining an Outperform rating. Similarly, Mizuho increased its price target to $108 from $105, also maintaining an Outperform rating. The company reaffirmed its 2025 earnings per share guidance of $4.85-$5.05, with expectations now trending toward the upper half of that range. Ameren also reiterated its 6%-8% EPS compound annual growth rate for 2025-2029, anticipating results toward the high end in the mid-to-late years of the plan. These developments reflect a strong outlook for the company, as noted by the analysts.

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