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NASDAQ:LNT

Alliant Energy (LNT) Competitors

$51.98
+1.07 (+2.10%)
(As of 06/2/2023 08:48 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$50.51
$52.24
50-Day Range
$50.91
$55.75
52-Week Range
$47.19
$64.62
Volume
2.68 million shs
Average Volume
1.49 million shs
Market Capitalization
$13.07 billion
P/E Ratio
19.92
Dividend Yield
3.48%
Price Target
$58.44

LNT vs. NI, CMS, AEE, ALE, NWE, WEC, PEG, ED, XEL, and EXC

Should you be buying Alliant Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alliant Energy include NiSource (NI), CMS Energy (CMS), Ameren (AEE), ALLETE (ALE), NorthWestern (NWE), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), Xcel Energy (XEL), and Exelon (EXC). These companies are all part of the "electric & other services combined" industry.

Alliant Energy vs.

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

Alliant Energy has a net margin of 15.60% compared to NiSource's net margin of 11.72%. NiSource's return on equity of 11.14% beat Alliant Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alliant Energy 15.60% 10.74% 3.36%
NiSource 11.72% 11.14% 2.65%

Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NiSource has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

75.9% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of NiSource shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of NiSource shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. NiSource pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Alliant Energy pays out 69.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NiSource pays out 68.0% 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. NiSource is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Alliant Energy presently has a consensus price target of $58.44, indicating a potential upside of 12.44%. NiSource has a consensus price target of $29.17, indicating a potential upside of 8.99%. Given Alliant Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alliant Energy is more favorable than NiSource.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alliant Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
NiSource
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

NiSource has higher revenue and earnings than Alliant Energy. NiSource 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
Alliant Energy$4.21 billion3.10$686 million$2.6119.92
NiSource$5.94 billion1.86$804.10 million$1.4718.20

NiSource received 394 more outperform votes than Alliant Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.20% of users gave NiSource an outperform vote while only 32.61% of users gave Alliant Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alliant EnergyOutperform Votes
15
32.61%
Underperform Votes
31
67.39%
NiSourceOutperform Votes
409
55.20%
Underperform Votes
332
44.80%

In the previous week, Alliant Energy had 3 more articles in the media than NiSource. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Alliant Energy and 4 mentions for NiSource. NiSource's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Alliant Energy's score of 1.11 indicating that NiSource is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alliant Energy
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NiSource
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

NiSource beats Alliant Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LNT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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 EnergyElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$13.07B$16.94B$13.57B$6.28B
Dividend Yield3.56%5.19%3.95%6.52%
P/E Ratio19.9215.6994.9114.86
Price / Sales3.102.071,507.7998.18
Price / Cash9.507.6724.15103.58
Price / Book2.071.781.996.89
Net Income$686M$796.70M$446.52M$193.27M
7 Day Performance1.98%1.74%2.24%2.27%
1 Month Performance-5.68%-0.86%-1.43%5.71%
1 Year Performance-16.31%-10.29%-8.26%1.69%

Alliant Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NI
NiSource
2.4548 of 5 stars
$26.60
-0.9%
$29.17
+9.6%
-14.8%$10.99B$5.85B18.107,162Positive News
CMS
CMS Energy
2.1782 of 5 stars
$56.90
-0.4%
$67.56
+18.7%
-18.0%$16.60B$8.60B24.429,073Positive News
AEE
Ameren
2.7151 of 5 stars
$80.14
-0.8%
$95.00
+18.5%
-13.0%$21.05B$7.96B19.229,244
ALE
ALLETE
2.5254 of 5 stars
$59.94
-0.5%
$64.17
+7.1%
-1.6%$3.44B$1.57B18.851,494Positive News
NWE
NorthWestern
2.1794 of 5 stars
$56.61
+0.9%
$56.56
-0.1%
-4.6%$3.38B$1.48B17.581,530
WEC
WEC Energy Group
2.4805 of 5 stars
$86.47
-0.5%
$100.10
+15.8%
-16.4%$27.28B$9.58B20.207,022
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
3.0179 of 5 stars
$59.47
-0.2%
$67.25
+13.1%
-10.9%$29.67B$9.80B12.8212,525
ED
Consolidated Edison
2.39 of 5 stars
$92.55
-0.2%
$91.42
-1.2%
-6.3%$32.07B$15.67B13.1814,319
XEL
Xcel Energy
2.8738 of 5 stars
$64.15
-0.3%
$71.50
+11.5%
-15.7%$35.31B$15.31B19.8611,982Analyst Downgrade
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EXC
Exelon
2.8387 of 5 stars
$39.34
-0.1%
$46.30
+17.7%
-18.6%$39.13B$19.08B17.4819,063

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This page (NASDAQ:LNT) was last updated on 6/5/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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