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Ameren Corp.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Strong business, valuation above the sector
2 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Stable quality
1 signal unavailable
Profitability
4/4
Debt & liquidity
1/3
Efficiency
1/2
Ranked highest against the sector: revenue growth yoy: 42% above the median (10.9%). Ameren Corp. operates in the Utilities sector; its F-Score for the latest cycle is 6/9 (Stable quality). The archetype for the latest cycle reads Stable business, higher valuation, and the composite of 49/100 frames where the company sits against its sector. Among the key figures, the P/E is 21.9× against a sector median of 18.0×, revenue moved 15.4% year over year, operating margin was 23.0%, and ROE was 11.5% against a median of 10.7%. Free cash flow for the latest fiscal year came to $-775.0M, net debt to $18.2B, and market cap to $31.3B. The figures rest on 10-K/10-Q filings from SEC EDGAR; the full read, with all twelve percentile metrics, is on the methodology page.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEE | Ameren Corp. | 6/9 | 11% | +15% |
The market prices in earnings growth; analyst sentiment is strengthening; has mostly beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
Ameren's 10.9% revenue growth outpaces the sector median by 42%. At the next report, track whether this momentum holds and examine management's commentary on regulated utility rate increases and customer additions. Revenue quality matters as much as the headline figure.
Debt/EBITDA sits at 4.98×, running 9% above the sector median. Review the 10-K's management discussion section for refinancing plans, interest rate exposure, and any covenants that constrain flexibility. FCF yield of 3.00% trails the median by 176%, so capital allocation trade-offs deserve scrutiny.
Select two or three companies from the sector table and line up their Debt/EBITDA and FCF yield figures against Ameren's. This will show whether the company's higher leverage and lower free cash flow are structural to its business model or signals of relative strain within the utility universe.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: -134%
Over 4 years: 3.123.35
Over 4 years: +2%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 6 of 8 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| 23% |
| AEP | American Electric Power | 5/9 | 13% | +11% | 24% |
| D | Dominion Energy | 6/9 | 11% | +14% | 27% |
| DTE | DTE Energy | 7/9 | 11% | +19% | 14% |
| DUK | Duke Energy | 8/9 | 5% | +2% | 23% |
| ED | Consolidated Edison | 6/9 | 9% | +11% | 17% |
| ES | Eversource Energy | 6/9 | 11% | +14% | 22% |
| EXC | Exelon | 5/9 | 10% | +5% | 21% |
| NEE | NextEra Energy | 7/9 | 6% | -7% | 23% |
| PEG | Public Service Enterprise | 7/9 | 14% | +18% | 24% |
| PPL | PPL Corporation | 5/9 | 8% | +7% | 24% |
| SO | Southern Company | 4/9 | 13% | +11% | 25% |
| SRE | Sempra | 4/9 | 6% | +4% | — |
| WEC | WEC Energy | 5/9 | 14% | +14% | 23% |
| XEL | Xcel Energy | 7/9 | 8% | +1% | 17% |
A sample of 15 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.