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Ameren Corp.: Q3 FY2025 earnings call

What management said about Q3 FY2025, from the documents filed with the SEC on 5 November 2025: press release. Guidance figures: 2 raised, 1 new. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • GAAP third-quarter earnings rose: GAAP net income attributable to common shareholders was $640 million, or $2.35 per diluted share, against $456 million, or $1.70, a year earlier. Source
  • Adjusted third-quarter earnings rose: Adjusted net income was $592 million, or $2.17 per diluted share, against $500 million, or $1.87, excluding a 2025 tax benefit and 2024 charges. Source
  • Infrastructure and new rates lifted earnings: Adjusted third-quarter earnings reflected increased infrastructure investments and new Ameren Missouri electric service rates effective June 1, 2025. Source
  • Ameren Missouri earnings rose: Ameren Missouri third-quarter earnings were $518 million, against $381 million GAAP and $415 million adjusted a year earlier. Source
  • Energy center and tree trimming spend: Ameren Missouri operations and maintenance expense rose on higher energy center and tree trimming expenditures. Source
  • Tax benefit excluded from 2025 adjusted: A third-quarter 2025 tax benefit of $48 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, from a FERC order on net operating loss carryforwards was excluded from adjusted earnings. Source

“We are executing across all elements of our strategy, including hardening the grid, expanding our balanced generation portfolio and supporting economic development,”

Martin J. Lyons, Jr., chairman, president and chief executive officer of Ameren Corporation

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
2025 GAAP diluted EPS Sourcefull year 2025$5.08 to $5.28Raised from $4.85 to $5.05
2025 adjusted diluted EPS Sourcefull year 2025$4.90 to $5.10Raised from $4.85 to $5.05
2026 diluted EPS Sourcefull year 2026$5.25 to $5.45New

What changed from last quarter

  • Guidance raised: The 2025 GAAP and adjusted diluted EPS guidance ranges were both raised from the original 2025 range. Source
  • New guidance: A 2026 diluted EPS guidance range was established; the release gives no earlier 2026 range. Source

Earnings results and drivers

  • GAAP third-quarter earnings rose: GAAP net income attributable to common shareholders was $640 million, or $2.35 per diluted share, against $456 million, or $1.70, a year earlier. Source
  • Adjusted third-quarter earnings rose: Adjusted net income was $592 million, or $2.17 per diluted share, against $500 million, or $1.87, excluding a 2025 tax benefit and 2024 charges. Source
  • Nine-month GAAP earnings rose: Nine-month GAAP net income was $1,204 million, or $4.43 per diluted share, against $975 million, or $3.65, in the prior-year period. Source
  • Nine-month adjusted earnings rose: Nine-month adjusted net income was $1,156 million, or $4.25 per diluted share, against $1,030 million, or $3.86 a year earlier. Source
  • Infrastructure and new rates lifted earnings: Adjusted third-quarter earnings reflected increased infrastructure investments and new Ameren Missouri electric service rates effective June 1, 2025. Source

Segment results

  • Ameren Missouri earnings rose: Ameren Missouri third-quarter earnings were $518 million, against $381 million GAAP and $415 million adjusted a year earlier. Source
  • Transmission earnings rose: Transmission third-quarter GAAP and adjusted earnings were $151 million and $103 million, against $90 million and $100 million a year earlier. Source
  • Illinois electric distribution earnings rose: Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution earned $57 million in the third quarter, against $56 million a year earlier. Source
  • Illinois gas loss widened: Ameren Illinois Natural Gas lost $13 million in the third quarter, against a $10 million loss a year earlier. Source
  • Parent loss widened: Ameren Parent lost $73 million in the third quarter, against a $61 million loss a year earlier. Source

“These efforts reflect our commitment to investing in a reliable and resilient energy future that provides value for our customers and communities.”

Martin J. Lyons, Jr., chairman, president and chief executive officer of Ameren Corporation

Electric sales and volumes

  • Off-system sales and capacity revenue rose: Off-system sales and capacity revenue for Ameren Missouri was $300 million in the third quarter, against $155 million a year earlier. Source
  • Illinois industrial sales declined: Ameren Illinois electric distribution industrial sales were 2,791 million kWh in the third quarter, against 2,880 million a year earlier. Source
  • Gas revenue edged lower: Total natural gas revenue was $136 million in the third quarter, against $138 million a year earlier. Source
  • Weather lifted nine-month sales: Higher nine-month Ameren Missouri electric retail sales were attributed to a colder winter and warmer July. Source
  • Guidance assumes normal temperatures: The company's earnings guidance assumes normal temperatures for the last three months of 2025 and for the full year 2026. Source

Costs, interest and depreciation

  • Fuel and purchased power costs rose: Fuel and purchased power expense was $768 million in the third quarter, against $499 million a year earlier. Source
  • Other O&M expense declined: Other operations and maintenance expense was $502 million in the third quarter, against $520 million, and $1,447 million for nine months against $1,455 million. Source
  • Energy center and tree trimming spend: Ameren Missouri operations and maintenance expense rose on higher energy center and tree trimming expenditures. Source
  • Higher interest at Parent and Missouri: Higher interest expense at Ameren Parent and Ameren Missouri partly offset the quarter's earnings gains, the company said. Source
  • Interest charges rose: Interest charges were $208 million in the third quarter, against $173 million a year earlier. Source
  • Depreciation and amortization rose: Depreciation and amortization was $415 million in the third quarter, against $388 million, and $1,168 million for nine months against $1,125 million. Source

Cash flow, debt and dividends

  • Operating cash flow rose: Nine-month net cash provided by operating activities was $2,397 million, against $1,946 million a year earlier. Source
  • Long-term debt issuance rose: Nine-month long-term debt issuances were $1,960 million, against $1,610 million. Net short-term debt was a $239 million reduction, against a $1,002 million increase. Source
  • Common dividends rose: Nine-month dividends on common stock were $576 million, against $535 million a year earlier. Source
  • Shares outstanding and book value: At September 30, 2025, shares outstanding were 270.5 million and book value per share was $47.25, against $44.88 at December 31, 2024. Source

Pretax income, taxes and shares

  • Pretax income rose: Third-quarter income before income taxes was $693 million, against $514 million a year earlier. Source
  • Income taxes declined: Income taxes were $52 million in the third quarter, against $57 million, and net income was $641 million against $457 million. Source
  • Diluted share count rose: Weighted-average diluted shares were 272.2 million in the third quarter, against 267.3 million a year earlier. Source

Adjusted earnings reconciliation

  • Rush Island charge excluded in 2024: Third-quarter 2024 adjusted figures excluded a $44 million pre-tax Rush Island mitigation charge, or $34 million after tax. Source
  • Customer refund charge excluded in 2024: A $12 million customer refund charge tied to a FERC order on MISO's allowed base return on equity was excluded in 2024, or $10 million after tax. Source
  • Tax benefit excluded from 2025 adjusted: A third-quarter 2025 tax benefit of $48 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, from a FERC order on net operating loss carryforwards was excluded from adjusted earnings. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Capital expenditures, nine months Source3,118 million (2025) vs 3,029 million (2024)
Ameren Missouri retail load (million kWh) SourceQ3: 8,982 vs 8,497; nine months: 24,400 vs 23,664
Customers served Source2.5 million electric; more than 900,000 natural gas
Rate case filing (Ameren Illinois gas) SourceRegulatory rate review filed with ICC, January 2025

Risks management discussed

  • Regulatory: Guidance is subject to regulatory, judicial and legislative actions, and to energy center and transmission and distribution operations. Source
  • Demand: Guidance also depends on energy, economic, capital and credit market conditions, and on customer usage. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Not stated: The Q2 release said the company remained on track for 2025 earnings within the original range. The Q3 release raised that range.

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.