** Public utility holding company Ameren Corp's shares
AEE.N rise 1.4% to $71.09
** Barclays upgrades to "overweight" from "equal weight",
liftS PT to $77 from $73
** The new price target represents a ~10% upside to the
stock's last close
** Says co's management well positioned to hit its 6-8% long
term EPS CAGR target, notes potential upside to estimates
** Five brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, nine
"hold" and one "sell"; their median PT is $78.00 - LSEG data
** Stock had fallen 1.9% YTD
(Reporting by Aatreyee Dasgupta)
((Aatreyee.Dasgupta@thomsonreuters.com))