Alliant Energy (LNT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

6 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alliant Energy in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" LNT shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LNT, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Alliant Energy's stock. Their LNT share price targets range from $43.00 to $59.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $52.21 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.9% from the stock's current price.
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Alliant Energy's stock was trading at $51.30 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, LNT shares have decreased by 4.8% and is now trading at $48.84.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 2nd 2024.
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Alliant Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, May 3rd at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Alliant Energy Co. (NASDAQ:LNT) announced its earnings results on Friday, February, 16th. The company reported $0.48 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $961 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.25 billion. Alliant Energy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.85% and a net margin of 17.46%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.46 earnings per share.
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Alliant Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 30th will be given a dividend of $0.48 per share on Wednesday, May 15th. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 29th.
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Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.97%. LNT 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 21 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 69.06%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LNT will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.90% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Shares of Alliant Energy split on Friday, May 20th 2016. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, April 20th 2016. The newly issued shares were issued to shareholders after the market closes on Thursday, May 19th 2016. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Alliant Energy updated its FY24 earnings guidance on Friday, February, 16th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.99-3.13 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $3.07.

Alliant Energy's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.14%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.07%), City State Bank (0.03%), Alpha Omega Wealth Management LLC (0.02%), Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO (0.02%) and Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Lisa M Barton, Nancy Joy Falotico and Raja Sundararajan.
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