ALLETE (ALE) Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ALLETE in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" ALE shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ALE, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for ALLETE's shares. Their ALE share price forecasts range from $54.00 to $74.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $64.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.5% from the stock's current price.
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ALLETE's stock was trading at $64.51 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, ALE stock has decreased by 6.6% and is now trading at $60.26.
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ALLETE saw a decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 800,100 shares, a decline of 30.4% from the April 30th total of 1,150,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 291,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 2nd 2023.
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ALLETE, Inc. (NYSE:ALE) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The utilities provider reported $1.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.19 by $0.17. The utilities provider had revenue of $564.90 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $376 million. ALLETE had a net margin of 10.34% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.40%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 47.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.24 EPS.

ALLETE announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 27th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.678 per share on Thursday, June 1st. This represents a $2.71 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.50%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 12th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of ALLETE (NYSE:ALE) stock in their portfolio include Timothy Plan Market Neutral ETF (TPMN), SPDR S&P Kensho Clean Power ETF (CNRG), Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF (PEY), VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF (CSB), KFA Value Line Dynamic Core Equity Index ETF (KVLE), Invesco S&P MidCap Low Volatility ETF (XMLV), Global X Alternative Income ETF (ALTY) and

ALLETE (NYSE:ALE) pays an annual dividend of $2.71 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.50%. ALE has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 13 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 85.22%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, ALE will have a dividend payout ratio of 67.75% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ALLETE updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.55-$3.85 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.74. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

5 employees have rated ALLETE Chief Executive Officer Alan R. Hodnik on Glassdoor.com. Alan R. Hodnik has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Alan R. Hodnik in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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ALLETE trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ALE."

ALLETE's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (12.71%), State Street Corp (4.09%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.75%), ATLAS Infrastructure Partners UK Ltd. (2.77%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.30%) and First Trust Advisors LP (2.28%).
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Shares of ALE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of ALE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $60.26.

ALLETE (NYSE:ALE) has a market capitalization of $3.45 billion and generates $1.57 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $189.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.18 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,494 workers across the globe.

ALLETE's mailing address is 30 W SUPERIOR STREET, DULUTH MN, 55802. The official website for the company is www.allete.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (218) 279-5000, via email at arutledge@allete.com, or via fax at 218-723-3944.