03:10 PM EDT, 05/08/2026 (MT Newswires) -- CFRA, an independent research provider, has provided MT Newswires with the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows:

We trim our 12-month target by $2 to $120, based on 22.6x our next-12-month EPS estimate of $5.32, above peers and a premium to AEE's five-year historical forward average of 19.3x. We lower our 2026 EPS view by $0.02 to $5.37 and raise our 2027 EPS view by $0.06 to $5.80. AEE has made significant progress on data center development, with Ameren Missouri executing energy service agreements representing 2.2 gigawatts (GW) of new demand in February 2026. This represents a subset of the approximately 3.4 GW of signed transmission interconnection construction agreements in Missouri. AEE targets a $31.8B capex plan for 2026-2030, implying a rate-base CAGR of approximately 10.6%, which we view as attractive relative to peers. We anticipate revenues will increase to $9.3B in 2026 and $9.8B in 2027, supported by higher electric and natural gas rates and higher retail electric sales. Shares yield 2.7%, compared to the multi-utility peer median of 3.2%.