Buyback yield (TTM)
N/A
Shareholder yield (TTM)
2.63%
5Y share count change
9.4%
Buyback spend (TTM)
N/A
Cumulative buybacks
$222M
Key takeaways
- Diluted share count is up 9.4% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Ameren (AEE)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Ameren (AEE)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Ameren (AEE)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Ameren (AEE)
Latest: $0.00
Overview
Ameren (AEE) most recent annual buyback spend stands at $0.00 (2025).
Ameren buyback spend plunged from $63.9M in 1997 to $0.00 in 2025, a 100.0% drawdown.
Across the available history, buyback spend reached its high of $63.9M in 1997 and its low of $0.00 in 1998.
Ameren Buyback Spend 2025: $0.00
Ameren buyback spend in 2025 was $0.00.
Ameren Buyback Spend 2024: $0.00
Ameren buyback spend in 2024 was $0.00.
Ameren Buyback Spend 2023: $0.00
Ameren buyback spend in 2023 was $0.00.
Ameren Buyback Spend 2022: $0.00
Ameren posted buyback spend of $0.00 in 2022, plunged 100.0% below 2021.
Ameren Buyback Spend 2021: $13M
Ameren buyback spend in 2021 was $13M.
See more financial history for Ameren (AEE).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $0.00 | $28M | -$28M | — | 272M | +1.8% | |
| 2024 | $0.00 | $28M | -$28M | — | 267M | +1.5% | |
| 2023 | $0.00 | $26M | -$26M | — | 263M | +1.5% | |
| 2022 | $0.00 | $24M | -$24M | — | 260M | +0.7% | |
| 2021 | $13M | $22M | -$9M | 0.06% | 258M | +3.6% | |
| 2020 | $0.00 | $21M | -$21M | — | 249M | +0.6% | |
| 2019 | $0.00 | $20M | -$20M | — | 247M | +0.5% | |
| 2018 | $0.00 | $20M | -$20M | — | 246M | +0.7% | |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $17M | -$17M | — | 244M | +0.3% | |
| 2016 | $0.00 | $17M | -$17M | — | 243M | -0.1% | |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $24M | -$24M | — | 244M | -0.3% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $25M | -$25M | — | 244M | -0.0% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $27M | -$27M | — | 245M | +0.8% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $29M | -$29M | — | 243M | +0.5% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $17M | -$17M | — | 242M | +1.1% | |
| 2010 | $52M | $0.00 | $52M | 0.77% | 239M | +8.3% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 220M | +4.9% | |
| 2008 | $16M | $0.00 | $16M | 0.23% | 210M | +1.3% | |
| 2007 | $1M | $0.00 | $1M | 0.01% | 207M | +0.9% | |
| 2006 | $1M | $0.00 | $1M | 0.01% | 206M | +2.4% | |
| 2005 | $1M | $0.00 | $1M | 0.01% | 201M | +7.6% | |
| 2004 | $1M | $0.00 | $1M | 0.01% | 187M | +15.7% | |
| 2003 | $31M | $0.00 | $31M | 0.39% | 161M | +10.2% | |
| 2002 | $42M | $0.00 | $42M | 0.65% | 146M | +6.1% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 138M | +0.5% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 137M | +0.0% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 137M | 0.0% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 137M | +0.0% | |
| 1997 | $63.9M | $0.00 | $63.9M | — | 137M | — |
- 2025$0.00
- 2024$0.00
- 2023$0.00
- 2022$0.00
- 2021$13M
- 2020$0.00
- 2019$0.00
- 2018$0.00
- 2017$0.00
- 2016$0.00
- 2015$0.00
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$52M
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$16M
- 2007$1M
- 2006$1M
- 2005$1M
- 2004$1M
- 2003$31M
- 2002$42M
- 2001$0.00
- 2000$0.00
- 1999$0.00
- 1998$0.00
- 1997$63.9M
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Ameren (AEE)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 0.00×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Ameren (AEE)
How Ameren splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Ameren, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $0.00 (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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