HITE Hedge Asset Management LLC Has $27.61 Million Holdings in Alliant Energy Corporation $LNT

HITE Hedge Asset Management LLC decreased its stake in shares of Alliant Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:LNT) by 5.3% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 409,529 shares of the company’s stock after selling 22,921 shares during the quarter. Alliant Energy accounts for approximately 1.5% of HITE Hedge Asset Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 19th biggest position. HITE Hedge Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Alliant Energy were worth $27,606,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Country Trust Bank bought a new stake in Alliant Energy in the 2nd quarter valued at $30,000. MRP Capital Investments LLC bought a new position in Alliant Energy during the 3rd quarter worth about $35,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its holdings in Alliant Energy by 256.7% during the 3rd quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 560 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 403 shares in the last quarter. Capital A Wealth Management LLC raised its stake 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 purchasing an additional 628 shares during the period. Finally, CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC bought a new stake in shares of Alliant Energy in the second quarter valued at about $40,000. 79.90% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Alliant Energy Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ LNT opened at $71.57 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.72, a PEG ratio of 2.90 and a beta of 0.66. The business has a 50-day moving average of $68.49 and a 200-day moving average of $67.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.49, a current ratio of 0.80 and a quick ratio of 0.66. Alliant Energy Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $57.09 and a fifty-two week high of $72.65.

Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) last released its earnings results on Friday, February 20th. The company reported $0.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.02. Alliant Energy had a return on equity of 11.51% and a net margin of 18.57%.The business had revenue of $1.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $673.11 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.70 earnings per share. Alliant Energy’s revenue was up 9.0% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Alliant Energy Corporation will post 3.23 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Alliant Energy Increases Dividend

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

Key Stories 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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have recently weighed in on LNT. Royal Bank Of Canada assumed coverage on Alliant Energy in a research report on Wednesday. They set an “outperform” rating and a $82.00 price objective for the company. Wells Fargo & Company reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $75.00 target price on shares of Alliant Energy in a research report on Sunday, February 22nd. Mizuho set a $73.00 price target on Alliant Energy in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Alliant Energy in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Wolfe Research reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $76.00 price objective on shares of Alliant Energy in a report on Monday, December 1st. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus 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.