Compare Stocks: AVA, LNT, NWE, and AEE

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AEE Ameren	$103.77 -0.8%	$104.57	$96.57 ▼ $118.32	$28.95B	0.44	2.18 million shs	1.40 million shs
AVA Avista	$36.20 -0.9%	$36.86	$34.46 ▼ $43.50	$3.06B	0.23	733,804 shs	735,523 shs
LNT Alliant Energy	$67.10 -0.6%	$67.01	$62.54 ▼ $78.81	$17.50B	0.52	3.04 million shs	2.67 million shs
NWE NorthWestern	$73.85 -0.9%	$70.53	$58.57 ▼ $76.68	$4.58B	0.3	619,882 shs	365,944 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AEE Ameren	+0.17%	+3.27%	+0.51%	-7.43%	+0.21%
AVA Avista	+0.67%	+3.55%	-0.62%	-13.80%	-2.53%
LNT Alliant Energy	+0.82%	+3.53%	+0.88%	-10.88%	-1.20%
NWE NorthWestern	-1.02%	+0.70%	+8.51%	+1.67%	+27.70%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AEE Ameren	$103.77 -0.8%	$104.57	$96.57 ▼ $118.32	$28.95B	0.44	2.18 million shs	1.40 million shs
AVA Avista	$36.20 -0.9%	$36.86	$34.46 ▼ $43.50	$3.06B	0.23	733,804 shs	735,523 shs
LNT Alliant Energy	$67.10 -0.6%	$67.01	$62.54 ▼ $78.81	$17.50B	0.52	3.04 million shs	2.67 million shs
NWE NorthWestern	$73.85 -0.9%	$70.53	$58.57 ▼ $76.68	$4.58B	0.3	619,882 shs	365,944 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AEE Ameren	+0.17%	+3.27%	+0.51%	-7.43%	+0.21%
AVA Avista	+0.67%	+3.55%	-0.62%	-13.80%	-2.53%
LNT Alliant Energy	+0.82%	+3.53%	+0.88%	-10.88%	-1.20%
NWE NorthWestern	-1.02%	+0.70%	+8.51%	+1.67%	+27.70%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AEE Ameren	2.71	Moderate Buy	$117.77	13.49% Upside
AVA Avista	2.00	Hold	$38.75	7.06% Upside
LNT Alliant Energy	2.64	Moderate Buy	$75.09	11.91% Upside
NWE NorthWestern	2.57	Moderate Buy	$73.92	0.09% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest AVA, LNT, NWE, and AEE Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/15/2026	NWE NorthWestern	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$85.00
10/14/2026	LNT Alliant Energy	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Set Price Target		$75.00
10/14/2026	LNT Alliant Energy	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$75.00
10/14/2026	AEE Ameren	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Buy	$120.00 ➝ $116.00
10/13/2026	AEE Ameren	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$116.00 ➝ $122.00
10/13/2026	LNT Alliant Energy	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Set Price Target	Equal Weight	$73.00 ➝ $68.00
10/12/2026	LNT Alliant Energy	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$75.00
10/9/2026	AVA Avista	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Hold (C+)
10/9/2026	AVA Avista	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$37.00 ➝ $35.00
10/8/2026	NWE NorthWestern	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
10/6/2026	NWE NorthWestern	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$73.00 ➝ $70.00

(Data available from 10/15/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AEE Ameren	$8.80B	3.26	$10.97 per share	9.46	$48.95 per share	2.12
AVA Avista	$1.96B	1.54	$6.07 per share	5.96	$33.29 per share	1.09
LNT Alliant Energy	$4.36B	3.99	$6.48 per share	10.35	$28.53 per share	2.35
NWE NorthWestern	$1.61B	2.82	$7.65 per share	9.65	$46.99 per share	1.57

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AEE Ameren	$1.46B	$5.68	19.51	17.89	3.05	17.86%	10.95%	3.00%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
AVA Avista	$193M	$2.77	13.89	13.41	3.41	11.83%	7.85%	2.57%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
LNT Alliant Energy	$810M	$3.16	21.23	18.23	2.84	18.45%	11.16%	3.31%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)
NWE NorthWestern	$181.09M	$2.77	19.76	18.65	3.85	10.13%	8.03%	2.73%	11/4/2026 (Confirmed)

Latest AVA, LNT, NWE, and AEE Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
11/4/2026	Q3 2026	AEE Ameren	$2.31	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.83 billion	N/A
11/4/2026	Q3 2026	AVA Avista	$0.4110	N/A	N/A	N/A	$418.50 million	N/A
10/29/2026	Q3 2026	LNT Alliant Energy	$1.27	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.29 billion	N/A
7/31/2026	Q2 2026	AVA Avista	$0.2294	$0.43	+$0.2006	$0.4179	$426.93 million	$413.00 million
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	AEE Ameren	$1.08	$1.13	+$0.05	$1.13	$2.27 billion	$2.09 billion
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	LNT Alliant Energy	$0.5790	$0.65	+$0.0710	$0.65	$896.94 million	$971.00 million
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	NWE NorthWestern	$0.42	$0.50	+$0.08	$0.40	$386.22 million	$392.60 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AEE Ameren	$3.00	2.89%	+7.26%	52.82%	12 Years
AVA Avista	$1.97	5.44%	+3.88%	71.12%	23 Years
LNT Alliant Energy	$2.14	3.19%	+5.96%	67.72%	22 Years
NWE NorthWestern	$2.68	3.63%	+1.92%	96.75%	21 Years

Latest AVA, LNT, NWE, and AEE Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
10/9/2026	AEE Ameren	quarterly	$0.75	2.94%	12/8/2026	12/8/2026	12/31/2026
8/14/2026	AEE Ameren	quarterly	$0.75	2.81%	9/8/2026	9/8/2026	9/30/2026
8/4/2026	AVA Avista	quarterly	$0.4925	5.12%	8/18/2026	8/18/2026	9/14/2026
7/29/2026	NWE NorthWestern	quarterly	$0.67	3.78%	8/17/2026	8/17/2026	9/1/2026
7/16/2026	LNT Alliant Energy	quarterly	$0.5350	3.02%	7/31/2026	7/31/2026	8/17/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AEE Ameren	1.38	0.53	0.37
AVA Avista	1.08	1.10	0.69
LNT Alliant Energy	1.41	0.47	0.35
NWE NorthWestern	1.19	0.83	0.58

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AEE Ameren	79.09%
AVA Avista	85.24%
LNT Alliant Energy	79.90%
NWE NorthWestern	96.07%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AEE Ameren	0.29%
AVA Avista	0.78%
LNT Alliant Energy	0.26%
NWE NorthWestern	0.94%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AEE Ameren	8,913	276.84 million	276.04 million	Optionable
AVA Avista	1,929	83.75 million	83.10 million	Optionable
LNT Alliant Energy	2,948	259.29 million	258.61 million	Optionable
NWE NorthWestern	1,667	61.52 million	60.94 million	N/A

AVA, LNT, NWE, and AEE Headlines

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Jefferies Starts Northwestern Corp. (NWE) at Buy

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NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Sets New 52-Week High - Here's What Happened

October 15 at 10:59 AM | marketbeat.com

NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Coverage Initiated by Analysts at Jefferies Financial Group

October 15 at 10:05 AM | marketbeat.com

NorthWestern Energy to Host Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results Webinar

October 13 at 6:00 PM | businesswire.com

NorthWestern Energy and Smart Wires to Deploy Advanced Transmission Technologies on Montana-Wyoming Transmission Corridor

October 13 at 12:12 PM | electricenergyonline.comE

J.P. Morgan Sticks to Their Hold Rating for Northwestern (NWE)

October 10, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) vs. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP) Critical Review

October 9, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

This utility merger pair surges on Alphabet AI deal

October 8, 2026 | msn.com

Analysts’ Opinions Are Mixed on These Utilities Stocks: Consolidated Edison (ED) and Northwestern (NWE)

October 8, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

NorthWestern Energy Group (NWE) Jumps On Barclays Call But Is It Already Fully Valued

October 8, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Hits New 52-Week High - Still a Buy?

October 8, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Hits New 1-Year High - Here's What Happened

October 8, 2026 | marketbeat.com

NorthWestern Energy Group rises 7% to 52-week high

October 7, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

NorthWestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Shares Gap Up - Should You Buy?

October 7, 2026 | marketbeat.com

NorthWestern Energy: Price Increases Help, But Cost Recovery Still Lags

October 4, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

NorthWestern Corporation (NASDAQ:NWE) Stock Rated "Moderate Buy" by Wall Street Analysts

September 28, 2026 | marketbeat.com

J.P. Morgan Reaffirms Their Hold Rating on Northwestern (NWE)

September 11, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

NorthWestern customers report ‘significant increase’ in bills, PSC reviewing complaints

August 27, 2026 | yahoo.com

PSC offers help to NWE customers with August billing spikes

August 26, 2026 | dillontribune.comD

NorthWestern Energy customers question sudden spike in summer power bills

August 24, 2026 | ktvh.comK

NorthWestern Energy Group Inc NWE

August 15, 2026 | morningstar.comM

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AVA, LNT, NWE, and AEE Company Descriptions

Ameren NYSE:AEE

$103.77 -0.81 (-0.77%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

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$103.73 -0.04 (-0.04%)

As of 08:00 PM Eastern

Ameren Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a public utility holding company in the United States. The company operates through four segments: Ameren Missouri, Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution, Ameren Illinois Natural Gas, and Ameren Transmission. It engages in the rate-regulated electric generation, transmission, and distribution activities; and rate-regulated natural gas distribution business. In addition, the company generates electricity through coal, nuclear, and natural gas, as well as renewable sources, such as hydroelectric, wind, methane gas, and solar. It serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The company was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Avista NYSE:AVA

$36.20 -0.34 (-0.92%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

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$36.18 -0.02 (-0.04%)

As of 07:30 PM Eastern

Avista Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an electric and natural gas utility company. It operates in two segments, Avista Utilities and AEL&P. The Avista Utilities segment provides electric distribution and transmission, and natural gas distribution services in parts of eastern Washington and northern Idaho; and natural gas distribution services in parts of northeastern and southwestern Oregon, as well as generates electricity in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana. This segment also engages in the supply of electricity to customers in Montana; and wholesale purchase and sale of electricity and natural gas. The AEL&P segment offers electric services in Juneau, Alaska. The company generates electricity through hydroelectric, thermal, wind, and solar generation facilities. As of December 31, 2023, it supplied retail electric services to approximately 416,000 customers; and retail natural gas services to approximately 381,000 customers. The company also operates five hydroelectric generation facilities with capacity of 102.7 MW; and four diesel generating facilities with a capacity of 107.5 MW. It also engages in venture fund investments, real estate investments, and other investments. Avista Corporation was incorporated in 1889 and is headquartered in Spokane, Washington.

Alliant Energy NASDAQ:LNT

$67.10 -0.41 (-0.61%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$67.27 +0.17 (+0.25%)

As of 07:30 PM Eastern

Alliant Energy Corporation operates as a utility holding company that provides regulated electricity and natural gas services in the United States. It operates in three segments: Utility Electric Operations, Utility Gas Operations, and Utility Other. The company, through its subsidiary, Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), primarily generates and distributes electricity, and distributes and transports natural gas to retail customers in Iowa; sells electricity to wholesale customers in Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa; and generates and distributes steam in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Alliant Energy Corporation, through its other subsidiary, Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), generates and distributes electricity, and distributes and transports natural gas to retail customers in Wisconsin; and sells electricity to wholesale customers in Wisconsin. It serves retail customers in the farming, agriculture, industrial manufacturing, chemical, packaging, and food industries, as well as wholesale customers comprising municipalities and rural electric cooperatives. In addition, the company owns and operates a short-line rail freight service in Iowa; a Mississippi River barge, rail, and truck freight terminal in Illinois; freight brokerage services; wind turbine blade recycling services; and a rail-served warehouse in Iowa. Further, it holds interests in a natural gas-fired electric generating unit near Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin; and a wind farm located in Oklahoma. The company was formerly known as Interstate Energy Corp. and changed its name to Alliant Energy Corporation in May 1999. Alliant Energy Corporation was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.

NorthWestern NASDAQ:NWE

$73.85 -0.64 (-0.86%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$73.86 +0.02 (+0.02%)

As of 07:30 PM Eastern

NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. provides electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and various industrial customers. It generates, purchases, transmits, and distributes electricity; and produces, purchases, stores, transmits, and distributes natural gas, as well as owns municipal franchises to provide natural gas service in the communities. The company operates 6,600 miles of electric transmission and 18,674 miles of electric distribution lines with approximately 395 transmission and distribution substations; and 2,235 miles of natural gas transmission and 5,155 miles of natural gas distribution lines with approximately 133 city gate stations in Montana. It also operates 1,310 miles of electric transmission and 2,365 miles of electric distribution lines in South Dakota with approximately 124 transmission and distribution substations; and 55 miles of natural gas transmission and 2,573 miles of natural gas distribution lines in South Dakota and Nebraska. The company provides electricity and/or natural gas to approximately 775,300 customers in Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Yellowstone National Park. NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. was founded in 1923 and is based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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