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LNT vs. AEP, EVRG, XEL, AEE, CMS, DUK, NI, 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), Duke Energy (DUK), NiSource (NI), 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Alliant Energy has a net margin of 18.26% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 13.73%. Alliant Energy's return on equity of 12.01% beat American Electric Power's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Electric Power13.73% 11.68% 3.08%
Alliant Energy 18.26%12.01%3.71%

American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. American Electric Power pays out 71.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliant Energy pays out 70.0% 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 presently has a consensus target price of $108.31, suggesting a potential upside of 0.85%. Alliant Energy has a consensus target price of $64.23, suggesting a potential upside of 0.15%. Given American Electric Power's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe American Electric Power is more favorable than Alliant Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Electric Power
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.31
Alliant Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36

In the previous week, American Electric Power had 10 more articles in the media than Alliant Energy. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for American Electric Power and 14 mentions for Alliant Energy. Alliant Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat American Electric Power's score of 1.18 indicating that Alliant Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Electric Power
20 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alliant Energy
8 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

American Electric Power has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Electric Power$19.72B2.91$2.97B$5.1920.69
Alliant Energy$3.98B4.14$690M$2.9022.11

Summary

Alliant Energy beats American Electric Power on 12 of the 18 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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LNT vs. The Competition

MetricAlliant EnergyUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$16.24B$24.53B$15.74B$9.41B
Dividend Yield3.21%3.75%5.59%4.03%
P/E Ratio22.1119.4316.4320.09
Price / Sales4.144.17212.7299.01
Price / Cash10.458.7918.9758.27
Price / Book2.352.232.155.65
Net Income$690M$1.43B$747.76M$257.91M
7 Day Performance3.30%0.73%17.65%2.09%
1 Month Performance6.87%3.06%32.28%11.13%
1 Year Performance16.58%19.39%213.70%18.40%

Alliant Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.5766 of 5 stars
$64.13
+1.4%
$64.23
+0.2%
+13.8%$16.24B$3.98B22.112,998Positive News
Dividend Announcement
AEP
American Electric Power
4.4533 of 5 stars
$104.17
+0.3%
$108.31
+4.0%
+13.3%$55.65B$19.72B20.0716,330Positive News
EVRG
Evergy
3.5625 of 5 stars
$69.30
-1.3%
$73.19
+5.6%
+22.7%$15.95B$5.85B18.244,731Trending News
Analyst Forecast
XEL
Xcel Energy
4.0045 of 5 stars
$67.88
-0.5%
$75.80
+11.7%
+25.9%$39.15B$13.70B19.9611,380Positive News
AEE
Ameren
3.9907 of 5 stars
$95.84
-0.2%
$101.64
+6.0%
+29.4%$25.90B$7.62B21.258,981Analyst Forecast
CMS
CMS Energy
3.7859 of 5 stars
$69.60
-1.2%
$77.00
+10.6%
+14.2%$20.82B$7.52B20.658,324Positive News
DUK
Duke Energy
4.5739 of 5 stars
$117.25
-0.1%
$126.88
+8.2%
+9.3%$91.13B$30.36B19.4426,413Trending News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
NI
NiSource
4.4498 of 5 stars
$39.62
+0.2%
$41.50
+4.7%
+31.2%$18.65B$5.46B21.427,746Positive News
OGE
OGE Energy
3.831 of 5 stars
$43.99
-1.1%
$46.80
+6.4%
+19.2%$8.86B$2.99B18.182,291News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
SO
Southern
4.0591 of 5 stars
$91.66
+0.2%
$92.93
+1.4%
+14.4%$100.74B$26.72B21.8828,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WEC
WEC Energy Group
4.5206 of 5 stars
$104.33
0.0%
$106.33
+1.9%
+29.1%$33.29B$8.60B20.347,017Positive News
Dividend Cut

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This page (NASDAQ:LNT) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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