Swiss National Bank Sells 37,000 Shares of Alliant Energy Corporation $LNT

Swiss National Bank lowered its position in Alliant Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:LNT) by 4.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 740,500 shares of the company’s stock after selling 37,000 shares during the quarter. Swiss National Bank owned approximately 0.29% of Alliant Energy worth $49,917,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Alliant Energy by 0.3% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 33,401,682 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,251,607,000 after acquiring an additional 97,980 shares during the period. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA grew its stake in shares of Alliant Energy by 5.7% during the second quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 7,082,060 shares of the company’s stock worth $428,252,000 after acquiring an additional 384,204 shares during the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc increased its stake in Alliant Energy by 6.7% during the 2nd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 2,368,752 shares of the company’s stock valued at $143,238,000 after purchasing an additional 149,679 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Alliant Energy by 0.9% in the 2nd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,291,630 shares of the company’s stock valued at $138,575,000 after acquiring an additional 21,036 shares during the period. Finally, Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Alliant Energy by 2.9% in the third quarter. Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 1,979,718 shares of the company’s stock valued at $133,453,000 after purchasing an additional 55,489 shares during the period. 79.90% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently commented on LNT. BMO Capital Markets reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $78.00 target price (up from $72.00) on shares of Alliant Energy in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. UBS Group set a $75.00 price objective on shares of Alliant Energy and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. HSBC raised shares of Alliant Energy from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Barclays upgraded shares of Alliant Energy from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $65.00 to $67.00 in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut Alliant Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Sunday, March 1st. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $75.33.

Alliant Energy News Roundup

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 Stock Up 1.1%

NASDAQ LNT opened at $71.57 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.66, a current ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.49. The firm has a market cap of $18.40 billion, a PE ratio of 22.72, a P/E/G ratio of 2.90 and a beta of 0.66. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $68.49 and its 200-day simple moving average is $67.12. Alliant Energy Corporation has a 52 week low of $57.09 and a 52 week high of $72.65.

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

Alliant Energy Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 17th. Investors of record on Friday, January 30th were given a dividend of $0.535 per share. This represents a $2.14 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 30th. This is a positive change from Alliant Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.51. Alliant Energy’s dividend payout ratio is 67.94%.

Alliant Energy Company Profile

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.