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AEE Ameren

utility · 2026-10-05

N/A
too hard · 36
Owner-earnings value$96.14
Price$99.94
Margin of safety -3.8%

Quality gate · 36/100

Returns on capital 0.6/30
Consistency 17.4/22
Margins / pricing power 13.3/16
Balance sheet 1.5/16
Cash conversion 0/10
Capital allocation 2.7/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 6% < 9%) · over-levered (net debt/EBITDA 4.8x > 4x)

Median ROIC6.2%
Gross margin48.6%
Net debt / EBITDA4.8x
FCF conversion-99%
Share count / yr+1.8%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)1.52B
Owner-earnings yield5.5%
Free-cash-flow yield-4.9%
Growth used (normalized)3.4%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)4.3%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
11.58B 3.4%1.45B
21.63B 3.4%1.37B
31.68B 3.3%1.30B
41.74B 3.3%1.23B
51.79B 3.2%1.17B
61.85B 3.2%1.10B
71.91B 3.1%1.04B
81.97B 3.1%987.88M
92.03B 3.0%933.91M
102.09B 3.0%882.51M

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~4%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 3%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-05 36 $99.94 $96.14 -3.8% N/A
2026-08-24 36 $106.13 $96.14 -9.4% N/A
2026-07-13 36 $112.94 $96.17 -14.8% N/A
2026-07-02 36 $112.19 $96.17 -14.3% N/A
2026-06-25 36 $113.32 $96.17 -15.1% N/A
2026-06-23 36 $111.70 $96.17 -13.9% N/A