Alliant Energy Corporation

NasdaqGS:LNT Stock Report

Market Cap: US$17.4b

Alliant Energy Valuation

Is LNT undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of LNT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: LNT ($67.26) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value ($67.71)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: LNT is trading below future cash flow value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LNT?

Key metric: As LNT is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for LNT. This is calculated by dividing LNT's market cap by their current earnings.
What is LNT's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio21.3x
EarningsUS$817.00m
Market CapUS$17.44b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does LNT's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for LNT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average19.2x
EVRG Evergy
20.3x11.63%US$18.8b
EIX Edison International
5.8x-3.33%US$21.5b
NRG NRG Energy
30.5x19.84%US$23.9b
PPL PPL
20.3x11.46%US$25.6b
LNT Alliant Energy
21.3x11.95%US$17.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LNT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.3x) compared to the peer average (19.2x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LNT's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Electric Utilities Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
NRGI.Y Neoenergia
0.00003xn/aUS$30.34k
No more companies available in this PE range
LNT 21.3xIndustry Avg. 20.3xNo. of Companies8PE01020304050+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LNT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.3x) compared to the US Electric Utilities industry average (20.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LNT's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

LNT PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio21.3x
Fair PE Ratio21.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: LNT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.7x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst LNT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$67.26
US$78.04
+16.03%
3.61%US$83.00US$73.00n/a12
Sep ’27US$67.92
US$78.04
+14.90%
3.61%US$83.00US$73.00n/a12
Aug ’27US$70.78
US$79.27
+11.99%
4.40%US$86.00US$73.00n/a13
Jul ’27US$75.79
US$79.13
+4.40%
4.21%US$85.00US$74.00n/a12
Jun ’27US$69.57
US$79.13
+13.73%
4.21%US$85.00US$74.00n/a12
May ’27US$74.06
US$78.55
+6.06%
4.42%US$84.00US$74.00n/a11
Apr ’27US$71.94
US$75.45
+4.89%
5.88%US$82.00US$67.00n/a11
Mar ’27US$72.34
US$74.09
+2.42%
5.23%US$80.00US$67.00n/a11
Feb ’27US$65.91
US$72.55
+10.07%
4.41%US$78.00US$67.00n/a11
Jan ’27US$65.01
US$72.10
+10.91%
4.94%US$78.00US$65.00n/a10
Dec ’26US$67.60
US$72.00
+6.51%
6.09%US$79.00US$65.00n/a10
Nov ’26US$66.82
US$70.90
+6.11%
6.51%US$79.00US$64.00n/a10
Oct ’26US$67.11
US$68.60
+2.22%
5.65%US$74.00US$60.00n/a10
Sep ’26US$65.07
US$68.95
+5.96%
6.12%US$74.50US$60.00US$67.9210
Aug ’26US$65.47
US$66.18
+1.09%
4.36%US$70.00US$60.00US$70.7811
Jul ’26US$61.36
US$65.65
+6.99%
4.46%US$71.00US$61.00US$75.7911
Jun ’26US$62.23
US$65.09
+4.60%
5.73%US$71.00US$57.00US$69.5712
May ’26US$60.55
US$65.09
+7.49%
5.63%US$70.00US$57.00US$74.0612
Apr ’26US$64.42
US$64.63
+0.32%
6.50%US$70.00US$57.00US$71.9412
Mar ’26US$64.53
US$63.57
-1.49%
5.80%US$69.00US$57.00US$72.3412
Feb ’26US$58.88
US$62.24
+5.70%
5.17%US$67.00US$56.00US$65.9112
Jan ’26US$59.14
US$62.40
+5.52%
5.62%US$69.00US$56.00US$65.0112
Dec ’25US$63.20
US$62.74
-0.73%
5.04%US$67.00US$56.00US$67.6012
Nov ’25US$57.74
US$63.16
+9.38%
5.12%US$67.00US$56.00US$66.8212
Oct ’25US$61.02
US$59.94
-1.77%
7.68%US$67.00US$52.00US$67.1112
Sep ’25US$58.27
US$59.02
+1.29%
6.73%US$64.00US$52.00US$65.0711
US$78.04
Fair Value
13.8% undervalued intrinsic discount
12
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/09/13 03:17
End of Day Share Price 2026/09/11 00:00
Earnings2026/06/30
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Alliant Energy Corporation is covered by 19 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jacob KilsteinArgus Research Company
David ParkerBaird
Daniel FordBarclays