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LNT vs. AEP, EVRG, XEL, AEE, CMS, DUK, ED, 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), Duke Energy (DUK), Consolidated Edison (ED), 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

Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) and American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

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

In the previous week, American Electric Power had 18 more articles in the media than Alliant Energy. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for American Electric Power and 13 mentions for Alliant Energy. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Alliant Energy's score of 1.25 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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
Alliant Energy$4.08B3.93$690M$2.9021.52
American Electric Power$20.16B2.80$2.97B$5.1920.33

Alliant Energy presently has a consensus target price of $64.32, suggesting a potential upside of 3.08%. American Electric Power has a consensus target price of $108.31, suggesting a potential upside of 2.64%. Given Alliant Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Alliant Energy is more favorable than American Electric Power.

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

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
Alliant Energy18.26% 12.01% 3.71%
American Electric Power 13.73%11.68%3.08%

Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Alliant Energy pays out 70.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Electric Power pays out 71.7% 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. Alliant Energy has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and American Electric Power has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held 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.

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$16.00B$25.11B$16.51B$9.00B
Dividend Yield3.31%3.77%5.62%4.03%
P/E Ratio21.4835.0620.1820.18
Price / Sales3.934.0128.72171.78
Price / Cash10.128.8019.0657.97
Price / Book2.292.222.155.61
Net Income$690M$1.43B$751.09M$248.59M
7 Day Performance1.16%-0.93%-0.40%4.67%
1 Month Performance2.52%1.98%1.95%7.18%
1 Year Performance19.99%19.28%15.76%21.21%

Alliant Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.3447 of 5 stars
$62.39
+1.1%
$64.32
+3.1%
+19.5%$16.00B$4.08B21.482,998Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
AEP
American Electric Power
4.5932 of 5 stars
$103.76
+1.3%
$108.31
+4.4%
+19.4%$55.43B$19.72B19.9917,000Positive News
EVRG
Evergy
4.1658 of 5 stars
$68.93
+0.9%
$73.19
+6.2%
+29.2%$15.86B$5.85B18.144,731
XEL
Xcel Energy
4.6157 of 5 stars
$68.10
+0.5%
$75.80
+11.3%
+29.3%$39.28B$13.44B20.0312,000Positive News
AEE
Ameren
4.0978 of 5 stars
$95.96
+0.7%
$101.64
+5.9%
+33.2%$25.94B$7.62B21.289,240Positive News
Options Volume
CMS
CMS Energy
4.2239 of 5 stars
$69.29
+0.4%
$77.00
+11.1%
+18.6%$20.73B$7.52B20.569,070Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DUK
Duke Energy
4.5425 of 5 stars
$118.02
+0.9%
$126.94
+7.6%
+16.2%$91.73B$30.36B19.5727,900Positive News
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.4826 of 5 stars
$100.40
+2.3%
$105.27
+4.9%
+12.7%$36.17B$15.26B18.5614,300
NI
NiSource
4.5254 of 5 stars
$40.36
+1.0%
$41.50
+2.8%
+36.2%$19.00B$5.93B21.827,746Positive News
OGE
OGE Energy
3.972 of 5 stars
$44.35
+0.7%
$46.80
+5.5%
+25.4%$8.93B$2.99B18.332,291Positive News
Ex-Dividend
WEC
WEC Energy Group
3.7851 of 5 stars
$104.22
+1.1%
$106.33
+2.0%
+33.8%$33.26B$8.60B20.327,020Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:LNT) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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