With 2.59 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.42 million shares. The 52-week range on AEE shows that it touched its highest point at $100.61 and its lowest point at $69.31 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $101.00. With its current market cap of 26.24 billion, AEE has annualized dividend of $2.68 while the current yield stands at 2.76%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.51.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of AEE was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -0.05%, but this was up by 1.01% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 6.57% while six-month performance rose 17.82%. The stock gained 39.85% in the past year, while it has gained 9.05% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AEE yields 4.42 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.30. For the next quarter, that number is 1.06. This implies an EPS growth rate of 6.73% for this year and 7.29% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 7.21% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 5.70%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 269.90 million AEE shares are outstanding with a float of 268.50 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for AEE since 8 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $4.64861 being high and $4.60863 being low. For AEE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $4.62862.
