LNT vs. AEP, EVRG, XEL, AEE, CMS, DTE, DUK, NI, OGE, and WEC
Should you be buying Alliant Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alliant Energy include American Electric Power (AEP), Evergy (EVRG), Xcel Energy (XEL), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), DTE Energy (DTE), Duke Energy (DUK), NiSource (NI), OGE Energy (OGE), and WEC Energy Group (WEC). These companies are all part of the "util - elec pwr" industry.
Alliant Energy vs. Its Competitors
American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) and Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Alliant Energy has a net margin of 20.07% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 17.68%. Alliant Energy's return on equity of 12.25% beat American Electric Power's return on equity.
American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. American Electric Power pays out 54.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliant Energy pays out 62.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. American Electric Power has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Alliant Energy has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. American Electric Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 20 more articles in the media than Alliant Energy. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for American Electric Power and 17 mentions for Alliant Energy. Alliant Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat American Electric Power's score of 1.20 indicating that Alliant Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
75.2% of American Electric Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than Alliant Energy. American Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alliant Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Electric Power has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American Electric Power currently has a consensus price target of $111.71, suggesting a potential upside of 3.54%. Alliant Energy has a consensus price target of $65.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.28%. Given American Electric Power's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe American Electric Power is more favorable than Alliant Energy.
Summary
Alliant Energy beats American Electric Power on 11 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 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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