LNT vs. ET, AEP, TRP, EXC, VG, XEL, CQP, FTS, EBR, and EVRG
Should you be buying Alliant Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alliant Energy include Energy Transfer (ET), American Electric Power (AEP), TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Venture Global (VG), Xcel Energy (XEL), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Fortis (FTS), Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras (EBR), and Evergy (EVRG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Alliant Energy vs. Its Competitors
Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) and Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability and dividends.
Energy Transfer has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Energy Transfer has higher revenue and earnings than Alliant Energy. Energy Transfer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alliant Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Energy Transfer pays an annual dividend of $1.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Energy Transfer pays out 99.2% 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 pays out 70.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Energy Transfer has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Alliant Energy has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Energy Transfer had 12 more articles in the media than Alliant Energy. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Energy Transfer and 14 mentions for Alliant Energy. Alliant Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Energy Transfer's score of 1.06 indicating that Alliant Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alliant Energy has a net margin of 18.26% compared to Energy Transfer's net margin of 5.88%. Alliant Energy's return on equity of 12.01% beat Energy Transfer's return on equity.
Energy Transfer currently has a consensus price target of $22.64, indicating a potential upside of 26.39%. Alliant Energy has a consensus price target of $63.95, indicating a potential upside of 5.25%. Given Energy Transfer's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Energy Transfer is more favorable than Alliant Energy.
38.2% of Energy Transfer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Energy Transfer 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Energy Transfer beats Alliant Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:LNT) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
