Korea Investment CORP Sells 51,942 Shares of Alliant Energy Corporation $LNT

Korea Investment CORP lessened its position in shares of Alliant Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:LNT) by 35.4% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 94,932 shares of the company’s stock after selling 51,942 shares during the quarter. Korea Investment CORP’s holdings in Alliant Energy were worth $6,399,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Magellan Asset Management Ltd boosted its stake in shares of Alliant Energy by 802.8% in the 3rd quarter. Magellan Asset Management Ltd now owns 1,553,695 shares of the company’s stock valued at $104,735,000 after purchasing an additional 1,381,593 shares during the last quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. bought a new position in Alliant Energy during the second quarter worth $82,265,000. Reaves W H & Co. Inc. lifted its holdings in Alliant Energy by 54.3% in the third quarter. Reaves W H & Co. Inc. now owns 1,779,087 shares of the company’s stock valued at $119,928,000 after buying an additional 626,410 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its position in Alliant Energy by 98.7% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,084,562 shares of the company’s stock valued at $69,792,000 after acquiring an additional 538,603 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Alliant Energy by 1.5% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 33,303,702 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,013,875,000 after acquiring an additional 481,487 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 79.90% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently weighed in on LNT. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Alliant Energy in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada began coverage on Alliant Energy in a research note on Wednesday. They set an “outperform” rating and a $82.00 target price for the company. HSBC upgraded Alliant Energy from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Mizuho set a $73.00 price target on Alliant Energy in a report on Monday, February 23rd. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Alliant Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Sunday, March 1st. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $75.33.

More Alliant Energy News

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%

Alliant Energy stock opened at $71.57 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $18.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.90 and a beta of 0.66. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $68.49 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $67.12. Alliant Energy Corporation has a 1-year low of $57.09 and a 1-year high of $72.65. The company has a current ratio of 0.80, a quick ratio of 0.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.49.

Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) last posted its earnings results on Friday, February 20th. The company reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.02. Alliant Energy had a net margin of 18.57% and a return on equity of 11.51%. The company 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 business posted $0.70 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 9.0% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research 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 announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 30th were issued a $0.535 dividend. This is a boost from Alliant Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.51. This represents a $2.14 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.0%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 30th. Alliant Energy’s dividend payout ratio is 67.94%.

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.