ALLETE - ALE Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ALLETE in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research 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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5 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for ALLETE's stock. Their ALE share price forecasts range from $54.00 to $66.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $62.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.8%.
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ALLETE's stock was trading at $64.51 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ALE stock has decreased by 1.8% and is now trading at $63.33.
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ALLETE saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 1,020,000 shares, an increase of 9.1% from the February 13th total of 934,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 324,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.1 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 4th 2023.
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ALLETE, Inc. (NYSE:ALE) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 16th. The utilities provider reported $0.90 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.11 by $0.21. The utilities provider had revenue of $425.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $404.81 million. ALLETE had a net margin of 12.05% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.73%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 6.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.18 earnings per share.

ALLETE announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 15th will be given a dividend of $0.678 per share on Wednesday, March 1st. This represents a $2.71 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.28%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 14th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.65.
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ETFs with the largest weight of ALLETE (NYSE:ALE) stock in their portfolio include SPDR S&P Kensho Clean Power ETF (CNRG), Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF (PEY), KFA Value Line Dynamic Core Equity Index ETF (KVLE), Invesco S&P MidCap Low Volatility ETF (XMLV), VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF (CSB), Global X Alternative Income ETF (ALTY), InfraCap Equity Income Fund ETF (ICAP) and ProShares Russell 2000 Dividend Growers ETF (SMDV).

ALLETE (NYSE:ALE) pays an annual dividend of $2.71 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.46%. 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 79.71%. 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 67.41% 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 Monday, February, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.55-$3.85 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.84. 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.92%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.91%), ATLAS Infrastructure Partners UK Ltd. (2.64%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.32%), First Trust Advisors LP (2.27%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.85%).
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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 $63.33.

ALLETE (NYSE:ALE) has a market capitalization of $3.63 billion and generates $1.57 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $189.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.40 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.