Alliant Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:LNT) Receives $74.50 Consensus Target Price from Brokerages

Alliant Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:LNT) has earned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the eleven analysts that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and nine have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $75.3333.

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on LNT. Argus reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Alliant Energy in a report on Friday, January 9th. HSBC raised shares of Alliant Energy from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. UBS Group set a $75.00 target price on shares of Alliant Energy and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. Wells Fargo & Company restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $75.00 target price on shares of Alliant Energy in a research report on Sunday, February 22nd. Finally, Barclays upgraded shares of Alliant Energy from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and raised their price target for the company from $65.00 to $67.00 in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in LNT. Carnegie Investment Counsel increased its stake in Alliant Energy by 4.1% during the 3rd quarter. Carnegie Investment Counsel now owns 622,821 shares of the company’s stock valued at $41,984,000 after buying an additional 24,482 shares during the period. Liberty One Investment Management LLC raised its position in shares of Alliant Energy by 91.7% during the 3rd quarter. Liberty One Investment Management LLC now owns 984,790 shares of the company’s stock worth $66,389,000 after buying an additional 470,967 shares in the last quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Alliant Energy in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $4,015,000. AlphaQuest LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Alliant Energy in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $1,314,000. Finally, Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of Alliant Energy by 108.9% in the third quarter. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd now owns 47,101 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,175,000 after acquiring an additional 24,549 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.90% of the company’s stock.

Alliant Energy Trading Up 1.1%

Shares of NASDAQ LNT opened at $71.57 on Friday. Alliant Energy has a 12-month low of $57.09 and a 12-month high of $72.65. The company has a market cap of $18.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.90 and a beta of 0.66. The company has a current ratio of 0.80, a quick ratio of 0.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.49. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $68.49 and its 200 day simple moving average is $67.12.

Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February 20th. The company reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.02. Alliant Energy had a return on equity of 11.51% and a net margin of 18.57%.The firm had revenue of $1.06 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $673.11 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.70 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 9.0% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts expect that Alliant Energy will post 3.23 EPS for the current year.

Alliant Energy Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 17th. Investors of record on Friday, January 30th were given a $0.535 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 30th. This represents a $2.14 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.0%. This is an increase from Alliant Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.51. Alliant Energy’s payout ratio is 67.94%.

Key Headlines Impacting Alliant Energy

Here are the key news stories impacting Alliant Energy this week:

• Positive Sentiment: RBC Capital initiated coverage with an “outperform” rating and an $82 price target, signaling institutional conviction and providing upside vs. current levels. RBC Capital Initiates Coverage
• Positive Sentiment: Zacks Research raised several near-term quarterly estimates (notably Q2 2026 and Q3 2026, and Q2 2027), suggesting some upward momentum in expected utility earnings for specific quarters; these upward tweaks can support sentiment for the stock.
• Positive Sentiment: Travero, an Alliant Energy subsidiary, sold Logistics Park Dubuque to LOGISTEC; such a divestiture can free capital or reduce non-core exposure and is a tidy corporate-action positive. RJM Advises Travero on Sale
• Neutral Sentiment: Zacks issued longer-term FY2028 estimates (FY2028 EPS view at $3.94) — useful for modeling but further out and less likely to move near-term price materially.
• Neutral Sentiment: Public short-interest notices show anomalous “0” and NaN values for March filings, indicating the published short-interest data is noisy/unreliable this cycle and not a meaningful signal of bearish positioning.
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks reduced several near-term and full-year estimates (Q4 2026 cut from $0.70 to $0.60, Q1 2026 trimmed, Q1 2027 and parts of 2027 also nudged lower, and FY2026 slightly lowered), signaling some moderation in expected near-term earnings that could weigh on guidance-driven expectations.
• Positive Sentiment: Additional media coverage highlighting the new “outperform” starts points to growing analyst attention on Iowa’s regulatory construct as supportive for returns—an incremental positive for sentiment. Alliant Energy Started at Outperform

Alliant Energy Company Profile

Alliant Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: LNT) is a publicly traded energy holding company headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, that provides regulated electric and natural gas utility services in the American Midwest. The company serves customers primarily in Wisconsin and Iowa through its regulated utility subsidiaries and operates as an integrated provider responsible for generation, transmission and distribution of energy to residential, commercial and industrial customers.

Alliant Energy’s core activities include operating and maintaining electric generation assets, managing the regional transmission and distribution network, and delivering natural gas service to its franchise territories.