Benzinga | Aug 5, 2020 12:20PM EDT

Preview: Ameren's Earnings

Ameren (NYSE: AEE) announces its next round of earnings this Thursday, August 06. Here is Benzinga's look at Ameren's Q2 earnings report.

Earnings and Revenue

Sell-side analysts expect Ameren's EPS to be near $0.87 on sales of $1.44 billion. In the same quarter last year, Ameren reported EPS of $0.720 on revenue of $1.38 billion. The analyst consensus estimate would represent a 20.83% increase in the company's EPS figure. Here's how the company's EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

Quarter Q1 2020 Q4 2020 Q3 2019 Q2 2019EPS Estimate 0.71 0.31 1.45 0.75EPS Actual 0.59 0.38 1.47 0.72Revenue Estimate 1.61 B 1.64 B 1.77 B 1.54 BRevenue Actual 1.44 B 1.32 B 1.66 B 1.38 B

Stock Performance

Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 7.36%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders can be content going into this earnings release.

Don't be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. Ameren is scheduled to hold the call at 09:00:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amereninvestors.com%2Finvestor-news-and-events%2Fevents-and-presentations%2Fdefault.aspx&eventid=2400504&sessionid=1&key=488656241CE6C6F506475C0D24508B7F&regTag=&sourcepage=register