Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.150-3.250 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 3.230. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Alliant Energy Stock Down 0.0 %

Shares of NASDAQ LNT opened at $61.62 on Friday. 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 stock has a market capitalization of $15.81 billion, a PE ratio of 23.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 0.60. Alliant Energy has a 12-month low of $46.80 and a 12-month high of $64.19. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $59.39 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $59.60.

Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.70 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.02. Alliant Energy had a net margin of 16.66% and a return on equity of 10.56%. As a group, analysts expect that Alliant Energy will post 3.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Alliant Energy Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 18th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 31st were issued a $0.5075 dividend. This is a positive change from Alliant Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.48. This represents a $2.03 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 31st. Alliant Energy’s payout ratio is currently 78.68%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on LNT shares. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on Alliant Energy from $66.00 to $65.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, November 4th. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price target on Alliant Energy from $65.00 to $61.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Scotiabank downgraded shares of Alliant Energy from a “sector outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $64.00 to $67.00 in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Finally, Barclays lowered their target price on shares of Alliant Energy from $61.00 to $59.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Alliant Energy currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $63.39.

Alliant Energy Company Profile

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.