Alliant Energy (LNT)
NASDAQUtilitiesRegulated ElectricSnapshot 2026-11-04
$73.77+2.29%
Close 2026-11-04 · 1-day change
NASDAQUtilitiesRegulated ElectricSnapshot 2026-11-04
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Industries move in repeating boom-and-bust cycles. This shows where this stock’s industry sits in that cycle, stage by stage (recovery → expansion → supercycle → steady → deceleration → contraction), from its fundamentals (orders, revenue, capital spending), not the stock’s price.
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Electric Utilities is in steady. Describes the industry's cycle state, not a call on this stock.
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Primary pillar under pressure — Revenue growth of about 5% per year: Revenue growth: 6.2%.
View ThesisRevenue growth is slowing — up about 5% over the past year and decelerating.
View GrowthRanks in the weakest quality tier of its industry — roughly the bottom 27%, softest on free-cash-flow margins.
View QualityManagement screens strong on capital allocation, market reaction to earnings.
View ManagementExpectations look high — the market is pricing in about 20% growth a year, above the roughly 2% analysts expect, leaving little room for error.
View ValuationRelatively steady — typically moves about 1% a day.
View RiskLNT's data center demand has to keep compounding to justify the price. Revenue growth is running at 6.2% per year. The company beat its third quarter earnings estimate. It also narrowed its full-year guidance. LNT trades at 2.5 times book value. The peer median is 2.0 times book value. The market is pricing in more growth than we forecast. The premium to peers must be earned. A guidance cut would be a meaningful negative. Peer multiples imply a price about 20% below where it trades. The thesis is on watch. This read is provisional.
Trailing returns as of 2026-11-04. LNT is total return (includes dividends); the S&P 500 benchmark is price return (the index excludes dividends).
Based on 14 analysts currently covering LNT (as of Nov 2026).
Based on 6 Wall Street analysts offering 12-month price targets for LNT in the last 4 months.
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A consensus fair price across 10 valuation methods, at three horizons. As of 2026-11-04. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
Today's peer multiple on trailing earnings, with no growth credited. This is the headline read.
Adds projected growth, so it leans optimistic by design. Read it as upside context, not a base case.
A price-focused, side-by-side fair-value read versus Electric Utilities — fair value, gap to price, and forward P/E.
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Advances: Convert data center demand into durable growth
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End-of-day figures as of 2026-11-04. EPS is implied from price ÷ P/E. Not investment advice.
Current $73.77
The last 12 months of price, then the range of analyst 12-month targets from today’s $73.77.
Analyst ratings and price targets are third-party Wall Street estimates, not QuarterlyIQ’s view. Not investment advice.
A long-thesis check that carries the widest uncertainty of the three horizons.
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
Slides cite data centers supporting an 8%+ growth outlook, advancing durable-demand objectives.
Advances: Convert data center demand into durable growth
A 1 GW contracting target directly supports data-center growth, though it is a target rather than secured demand.
Advances: Reaffirm EPS guidance for 2026
Raises long-term growth and capex outlook, supporting earnings guidance and investment objectives.
Advances: Support growth via data center electric service agreements
A 1 GW contracting target could materially support data-center growth, but is not a signed agreement.
Advances: Prudent capital allocation including debt issuance and share buybacks
Closed federal financing supports capital needs and may reduce funding costs, though adds debt.
Advances: Invest in generation and energy storage capital projects
Federal loan supports financing for planned generation and storage investments.
Advances: Invest in generation and energy storage capital projects
Federal loan supports financing for planned generation and storage investments.
Advances: Invest in generation and energy storage capital projects
Large loan supports planned generation and storage investment, though financing terms and execution remain relevant.
