LNT vs. AEP, EVRG, XEL, AEE, CMS, DTE, DUK, OGE, SO, 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), OGE Energy (OGE), Southern (SO), 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 businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 12 more articles in the media than Alliant Energy. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for American Electric Power and 8 mentions for Alliant Energy. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Alliant Energy's score of 1.41 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.
75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American Electric Power presently has a consensus target price of $111.63, suggesting a potential downside of 3.54%. Alliant Energy has a consensus target price of $66.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.14%. Given Alliant Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alliant Energy is more favorable than American Electric Power.
American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. 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 increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Alliant Energy has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. American Electric Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
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
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:LNT) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
