Q1 EPS Estimates for Alliant Energy Cut by Zacks Research

Alliant Energy Co. (NASDAQ:LNT) – Research analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Alliant Energy in a research note issued on Thursday, March 13th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.53 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.65. The consensus estimate for Alliant Energy’s current full-year earnings is $3.23 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Alliant Energy’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.51 EPS and Q3 2025 earnings at $1.07 EPS.

Several other analysts also recently issued reports on LNT. Guggenheim reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $57.00 price target on shares of Alliant Energy in a research report on Monday, February 24th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on shares of Alliant Energy from $60.00 to $66.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research report on Monday, February 24th. Finally, Scotiabank downgraded shares of Alliant Energy from a “sector outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $64.00 to $67.00 in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Alliant Energy has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $63.25.

Alliant Energy Stock Performance

NASDAQ LNT opened at $63.35 on Monday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $60.98 and a 200 day simple moving average of $60.45. Alliant Energy has a 12-month low of $47.23 and a 12-month high of $66.54. The company has a current ratio of 0.86, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.33. The company has a market cap of $16.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.55, a PEG ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 0.54.

Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.70 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.02. Alliant Energy had a net margin of 17.33% and a return on equity of 11.39%. The company had revenue of $976.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.14 billion.

Alliant Energy Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 18th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 31st were paid a dividend of $0.5075 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 31st. This is a boost from Alliant Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.48. This represents a $2.03 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.20%. Alliant Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 75.46%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Alliant Energy

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in LNT. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Alliant Energy by 9,113.1% during the 4th quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 4,187,345 shares of the company’s stock worth $247,640,000 after purchasing an additional 4,141,895 shares during the period. Point72 Asset Management L.P. raised its stake in shares of Alliant Energy by 92.7% during the 3rd quarter. Point72 Asset Management L.P. now owns 1,604,272 shares of the company’s stock worth $97,363,000 after purchasing an additional 771,919 shares during the period. Jennison Associates LLC bought a new stake in shares of Alliant Energy during the 4th quarter worth $32,225,000. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S bought a new stake in shares of Alliant Energy during the 4th quarter worth $31,201,000. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA raised its stake in shares of Alliant Energy by 8.5% during the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 6,512,770 shares of the company’s stock worth $395,260,000 after purchasing an additional 512,429 shares during the period. 79.90% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Alliant Energy

Alliant Energy Corporation operates as a utility holding company that provides regulated electricity and natural gas services in the United States. It operates in three segments: Utility Electric Operations, Utility Gas Operations, and Utility Other. The company, through its subsidiary, Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), primarily generates and distributes electricity, and distributes and transports natural gas to retail customers in Iowa; sells electricity to wholesale customers in Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa; and generates and distributes steam in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.