Ameren Corp Dividend yield

Ameren Corp is part of Gas Water and Multiutilities business, which is part of Utilities industry. Ameren Corp is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Ameren Corp stock dividend

Ameren Corp paid a total dividend of 663 million USD last year, for a market value of 20,848 millions (Market Cap 20,720 millions). Ameren Corp dividend per share is 2.52 USD, and his stock market price 79.27 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Ameren Corp has a dividend yield of 3.18%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Utilities industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Ameren Corp stocks dividend with other Gas Water and Multiutilities companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Ameren Corp Dividend Payout

About the ability of Ameren Corp to maintain his current dividend of USD 2.52 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.18%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Ameren Corp payout on ernings is currently 61.61%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures show that Ameren Corp can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Ameren Corp is USD 8.62 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 2.52, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Ameren Corp, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Utilities industry and Gas Water and Multiutilities sector companies.

Ameren Corp Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Ameren Corp's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	3.18%	2.52	61.61%	263
2022	2.65%	2.36	61.62%	258
2021	2.47%	2.20	64.52%	255
2020	2.64%	2.06	61.49%	247
2019	2.58%	1.98	59.64%	246
2018	2.83%	1.85	66.55%	244
2017	3.10%	1.83	68.03%	243
2016	3.46%	1.70	65.13%	242
2015	3.75%	1.64	67.49%	242

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Ameren Corp dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Gas Water and Multiutilities stocks.

Ameren Corp Stock performance

Finally, last moth Ameren Corp showed a return of -7.50% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -14.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Gas Water and Multiutilities firms.