ALLETE - ALE Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ALLETE in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings 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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2 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for ALLETE's stock. Their ALE share price forecasts range from $50.00 to $63.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $56.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.4% from the stock's current price.
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ALLETE's stock was trading at $66.35 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, ALE shares have decreased by 20.7% and is now trading at $52.62.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 3rd 2022.
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ALLETE, Inc. (NYSE:ALE) released its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 3rd. The utilities provider reported $0.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.63 by $0.04. The utilities provider had revenue of $373.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $350.12 million. ALLETE had a net margin of 12.89% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.29%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.53 earnings per share.

ALLETE announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 29th. Investors of record on Monday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.65 per share on Thursday, September 1st. This represents a $2.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.94%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 12th.
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ALLETE (NYSE:ALE) pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.04%. 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 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 71.82%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ALE will have a dividend payout ratio of 65.33% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ALLETE updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 10th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.60-$3.90 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share 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."

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One share of ALE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $52.62.

ALLETE (NYSE:ALE) has a market capitalization of $3.00 billion and generates $1.42 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $169.20 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.62 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,365 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 or via fax at 218-723-3944.