Alliant Energy (LNT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alliant Energy in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" LNT shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LNT, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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7 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Alliant Energy's stock. Their LNT share price targets range from $43.00 to $61.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $53.31 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.1% from the stock's current price.
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Alliant Energy's stock was trading at $51.30 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, LNT shares have decreased by 6.4% and is now trading at $48.00.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 2nd 2024.
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Alliant Energy Co. (NASDAQ:LNT) released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February, 16th. The company reported $0.48 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.55 by $0.07. The firm earned $961 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.25 billion. Alliant Energy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.85% and a net margin of 17.46%. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.46 earnings per share.
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Alliant Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.48 per share on Wednesday, May 15th. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.00%.
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Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.00%. LNT has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 21 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 69.06%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LNT will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.90% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) stock in their portfolio include Invesco Dorsey Wright Utilities Momentum ETF (PUI), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RSPU), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU), First Trust EIP Carbon Impact ETF (ECLN), First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU), First Trust Global Wind Energy ETF (FAN), First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund (EMLP) and Invesco Bloomberg Analyst Rating Improvers ETF (RYJ).

Alliant Energy shares split on the morning of Friday, May 20th 2016. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, April 20th 2016. The newly issued shares were issued to shareholders after the market closes on Thursday, May 19th 2016. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Alliant Energy issued an update on its FY24 earnings guidance on Friday, February, 16th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.99-3.13 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.07.

Alliant Energy's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.14%), City State Bank (0.03%), Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.02%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.01%), Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.01%) and First Hawaiian Bank (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Lisa M Barton, Nancy Joy Falotico and Raja Sundararajan.
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Shares of LNT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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