Alliant Energy (LNT) Competitors

Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) and Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Which has more risk and volatility, CEG or LNT?

Constellation Energy has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CEG or LNT?

Constellation Energy received 140 more outperform votes than Alliant Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.20% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote while only 34.09% of users gave Alliant Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Constellation Energy	Outperform Votes 170 63.20%	Underperform Votes 99 36.80%
Alliant Energy	Outperform Votes 30 34.09%	Underperform Votes 58 65.91%

Do analysts recommend CEG or LNT?

Constellation Energy presently has a consensus target price of $279.86, suggesting a potential upside of 16.31%. Alliant Energy has a consensus target price of $63.55, suggesting a potential upside of 4.95%. Given Constellation Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Constellation Energy is more favorable than Alliant Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Constellation Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Alliant Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Is CEG or LNT a better dividend stock?

Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Constellation Energy pays out 13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliant Energy pays out 75.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alliant Energy has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Alliant Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CEG or LNT?

Constellation Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Alliant Energy. Constellation Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alliant Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Constellation Energy	$23.57B	3.20	$1.62B	$11.89	20.24
Alliant Energy	$3.98B	3.91	$703M	$2.69	22.51

Is CEG or LNT more profitable?

Alliant Energy has a net margin of 17.33% compared to Constellation Energy's net margin of 15.91%. Constellation Energy's return on equity of 21.96% beat Alliant Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Constellation Energy	15.91%	21.96%	5.26%
Alliant Energy	17.33%	11.39%	3.55%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CEG or LNT?

82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer CEG or LNT?

In the previous week, Alliant Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Constellation Energy. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Alliant Energy and 10 mentions for Constellation Energy. Alliant Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Constellation Energy's score of 0.79 indicating that Alliant Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Constellation Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alliant Energy	11 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Constellation Energy beats Alliant Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.