Alliant Energy Corporation $LNT Shares Sold by Swiss National Bank

Swiss National Bank lessened its stake in Alliant Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:LNT) by 4.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 740,500 shares of the company’s stock after selling 37,000 shares during the period. Swiss National Bank’s holdings in Alliant Energy were worth $49,917,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Country Trust Bank acquired a new position in Alliant Energy during the second quarter worth $30,000. MRP Capital Investments LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Alliant Energy in the third quarter valued at $35,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. grew its stake in shares of Alliant Energy by 256.7% in the third quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 560 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,000 after buying an additional 403 shares in the last quarter. Capital A Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Alliant Energy by 5,709.1% in the 2nd quarter. Capital A Wealth Management LLC now owns 639 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,000 after buying an additional 628 shares during the period. Finally, CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Alliant Energy in the 2nd quarter valued at $40,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.90% of the company’s stock.

Alliant Energy News Summary

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 Price Performance

Alliant Energy stock opened at $71.57 on Friday. 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 company has a fifty day simple moving average of $68.49 and a 200-day simple moving average of $67.12. The stock has a market cap of $18.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.90 and a beta of 0.66. Alliant Energy Corporation has a 12-month low of $57.09 and a 12-month high of $72.65.

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

Alliant Energy Increases Dividend

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently commented on LNT shares. Barclays upgraded Alliant Energy from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and raised their target price for the company from $65.00 to $67.00 in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Royal Bank Of Canada started coverage on shares of Alliant Energy in a research report on Wednesday. They set an “outperform” rating and a $82.00 price target on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $78.00 price objective on shares of Alliant Energy in a research note on Monday, November 24th. BMO Capital Markets restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $78.00 price objective (up from $72.00) on shares of Alliant Energy in a report on Monday, February 23rd. Finally, HSBC upgraded shares of Alliant Energy from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Alliant Energy has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $75.33.

About Alliant Energy

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.