Alliant Energy (LNT) Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alliant Energy in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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9 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Alliant Energy's stock. Their LNT share price forecasts range from $49.00 to $61.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $54.39 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.3% from the stock's current price.
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Alliant Energy's stock was trading at $55.21 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, LNT shares have decreased by 12.2% and is now trading at $48.45.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 6th 2023.
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Alliant Energy Co. (NASDAQ:LNT) posted its earnings results on Friday, August, 4th. The company reported $0.64 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.05. The firm earned $912 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $956.42 million. Alliant Energy had a net margin of 15.73% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.63%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.63 earnings per share.
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Alliant Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 14th. Investors of record on Monday, July 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.4525 per share on Tuesday, August 15th. This represents a $1.81 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 28th.
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Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) pays an annual dividend of $1.81 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.74%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 20 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 69.08%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LNT will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.77% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Shares of Alliant Energy split on Friday, May 20th 2016. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, April 20th 2016. The newly created shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell 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 FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.82-$2.96 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.89. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Alliant Energy trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LNT."

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One share of LNT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.45.

Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) has a market capitalization of $12.24 billion and generates $4.21 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $686 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.62 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,129 workers across the globe.

Alliant Energy's mailing address is 4902 NORTH BILTMORE LANE, MADISON WI, 53718. The official website for the company is www.alliantenergy.com. The company can be reached via phone at (608) 458-3311, via email at susangille@alliantenergy.com, or via fax at 608-458-0132.