LNT Stock Analysis: Alliant Energy | NASDAQ
Utilities - Regulated Electric | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 16.983m USD | 12M Return: 1% | US0188021085 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 180M
EPS Trend: 83.9%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 82.0%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 11.7 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Alliant Energy Corporation is a U.S. utility holding company that delivers regulated electricity and natural gas services through two operating segments: Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), serving customers in Iowa, and Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), serving customers in Wisconsin. Both segments supply retail customers across sectors such as farming, agriculture, industrial manufacturing, chemicals, packaging, and food, while also selling electricity wholesale to municipalities and rural electric cooperatives. Beyond its core utility operations, Alliant Energy owns ancillary businesses including a short-line rail freight service in Iowa, a Mississippi River barge, rail, and truck freight terminal in Illinois, freight brokerage services, wind turbine blade recycling, and a rail-served warehouse in Iowa.
The company also holds ownership interests in a natural gas-fired generating unit near Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, and a wind farm in Oklahoma, reflecting a diversified generation mix that includes renewable energy. Originally known as Interstate Energy Corp., the company adopted its current name in May 1999 and is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.
As a regulated utility operating in the GICS Electric Utilities sub-industry, Alliant Energys earnings are largely determined by state public utility commissions, which set rates that allow the company to recover costs and earn a regulated return on its capital investments. The companys dual-state footprint in Iowa and Wisconsin provides geographic diversification across two adjacent, agriculturally driven Midwestern markets.
- Iowa rate case approval boosts IPL electric margins
- Wisconsin PSCW grants renewable energy rider to WPL
- Rising capital expenditure on wind and solar expansion increases rate base
| Net Income: 817.0m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.01 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 4.27 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -31.02% < 20% (prev -26.65%; Δ -4.37% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.05 > 3% & CFO 1.16b > Net Income 817.0m |
| Net Debt (12.1b) to EBITDA (2.07b): 5.84 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.47 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (260.9m) vs 12m ago 1.40% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 42.06% > 18% (prev 42.04%; Δ 0.02% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 18.05% > 50% (prev 17.46%; Δ 0.60% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 2.17 > 6 (EBIT TTM 1.20b / Interest Expense TTM 554.0m) |
| A: -0.05 (Total Current Assets 1.20b - Total Current Liabilities 2.57b) / Total Assets 25.3b |
| B: 0.17 (Retained Earnings 4.36b / Total Assets 25.3b) |
| C: 0.05 (EBIT TTM 1.20b / Avg Total Assets 24.5b) |
| D: 0.42 (Book Value of Equity 7.53b / Total Liabilities 17.8b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 0.98 = BB |
| DSRI: 0.76 (Receivables 421.0m/518.0m, Revenue 4.43b/4.15b) |
| GMI: 1.00 (GM 42.04% / 42.06%) |
| AQI: 0.99 (AQ_t 0.12 / AQ_t-1 0.12) |
| SGI: 1.07 (Revenue 4.43b / 4.15b) |
| TATA: -0.01 (NI 817.0m - CFO 1.16b) / TA 25.3b) |
| Beneish M = -3.18 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of October 11, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 65.85 with a total of 2,268,559 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +2.36%, over one month by -2.96%, over three months by -12.35% and over the past year by +0.98%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 64.20 (which is 2.5% or 1.5 ATR below the current price).
Alliant Energy has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.08. Therefore, it is recommended to buy LNT.
- StrongBuy: 6
- Buy: 2
- Hold: 5
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 77.4 | 17.5% |
P/E Trailing = 20.7278
P/E Forward = 17.452
P/S = 3.8345
P/B = 2.1927
P/EG = 1.96
Revenue TTM = 4.43b USD
EBIT TTM = 1.20b USD
EBITDA TTM = 2.07b USD
Long Term Debt = 11.0b USD (from longTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Short Term Debt = 1.48b USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 12.1b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 12.1b USD (calculated: Debt 12.1b - CCE 25.0m)
Enterprise Value = 29.1b USD (17.0b + Debt 12.1b - CCE 25.0m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 2.17 (Ebit TTM 1.20b / Interest Expense TTM 554.0m)
EV/FCF = -111.8x (Enterprise Value 29.1b / FCF TTM -260.0m)
FCF Yield = -0.89% (FCF TTM -260.0m / Enterprise Value 29.1b)
FCF Margin = -5.87% (FCF TTM -260.0m / Revenue TTM 4.43b)
Net Margin = 18.45% (Net Income TTM 817.0m / Revenue TTM 4.43b)
Gross Margin = 42.06% ((Revenue TTM 4.43b - Cost of Revenue TTM 2.57b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 45.11% (prev 36.06%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.15 (Enterprise Value 29.1b / Total Assets 25.3b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 4.57% (Interest Expense 554.0m / Debt 12.1b)
Taxrate = 21.0% (US federal default 21%)
NOPAT = 948.0m (EBIT 1.20b * (1 - 21.00%))
Current Ratio = 0.47 (Total Current Assets 1.20b / Total Current Liabilities 2.57b)
Debt / Equity = 1.61 (Debt 12.1b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 7.53b)
Debt / EBITDA = 5.84 (Net Debt 12.1b / EBITDA 2.07b)
Debt / FCF = -46.51 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt 12.1b / FCF TTM -260.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 7.40b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 3.33% (Net Income 817.0m / Total Assets 25.3b)
RoE = 11.04% (Net Income TTM 817.0m / Total Stockholder Equity 7.40b)
RoCE = 6.54% (EBIT 1.20b / Capital Employed (Equity 7.40b + L.T.Debt 11.0b))
RoIC = 3.92% (NOPAT 948.0m / Invested Capital 24.2b)
WACC = 5.12% (E(17.0b)/V(29.1b) * Re(6.20%) + D(12.1b)/V(29.1b) * Rd(4.57%) * (1-Tc(0.21)))
Discount Rate = 6.20% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 90.91 | Cagr: 0.81%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -260.0m)
EPS Correlation: 83.92 | EPS CAGR: 7.81% | SUE: -0.16 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 81.97 | Revenue CAGR: 3.99% | SUE: 0.81 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=1.22 | Chg30d=+0.24% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=5
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=3.42 | Chg30d=+0.10% | Revisions=+50% | GrowthEPS=+6.3% | GrowthRev=+4.7%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=3.69 | Chg30d=+0.04% | Revisions=+25% | GrowthEPS=+7.7% | GrowthRev=+5.8%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +38% (up=4, down=1)