Ameren (AEE) reported $2.22 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 31.2%. EPS of $1.01 for the same period compares to $0.97 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.84 billion, representing a surprise of +20.65%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +1%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.00.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Ameren performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Electric Sales - Ameren Total: 15,672.00 GWh compared to the 17,176.59 GWh average estimate based on two analysts.
- Electric Revenues- Ameren Missouri- Total: $1.32 billion versus $951.36 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +52.2% change.
- Electric Revenues- Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution- Total: $573 million versus $542 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +12.6% change.
- Electric Revenues- Ameren Transmission- Total: $208 million compared to the $206.52 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +8.9% year over year.
- Operating Revenues- Natural gas: $183 million compared to the $175.2 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +6.4% year over year.
- Gas Revenues- Ameren Illinois Natural Gas: $158 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $152.05 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +6.8%.
- Operating Revenues- Electric: $2.04 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $1.62 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +34%.
- Gas Revenues- Ameren Missouri: $25 million compared to the $23.41 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +4.2% year over year.
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Shares of Ameren have returned +4.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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