Legal & General Group Plc Has $155.47 Million Position in Alliant Energy Corporation $LNT

Legal & General Group Plc cut its holdings in shares of Alliant Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:LNT) by 2.6% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 2,306,322 shares of the company’s stock after selling 62,430 shares during the quarter. Legal & General Group Plc owned approximately 0.90% of Alliant Energy worth $155,469,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Carnegie Investment Counsel boosted its position in Alliant Energy by 4.1% during the third quarter. Carnegie Investment Counsel now owns 622,821 shares of the company’s stock valued at $41,984,000 after purchasing an additional 24,482 shares during the last quarter. Liberty One Investment Management LLC grew its stake in Alliant Energy by 91.7% in the third quarter. Liberty One Investment Management LLC now owns 984,790 shares of the company’s stock valued at $66,389,000 after purchasing an additional 470,967 shares in the last quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Alliant Energy during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $4,015,000. AlphaQuest LLC acquired a new position in shares of Alliant Energy during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $1,314,000. Finally, Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd raised its stake in shares of Alliant Energy by 108.9% during the 3rd quarter. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd now owns 47,101 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,175,000 after purchasing an additional 24,549 shares in the last quarter. 79.90% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Alliant Energy Trading Up 1.1%

Shares of LNT stock opened at $71.57 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $68.49 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $67.12. 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 company has a market capitalization of $18.40 billion, a PE ratio of 22.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.90 and a beta of 0.66. Alliant Energy Corporation has a 12-month low of $57.09 and a 12-month high of $72.65.

Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) last posted its earnings results on Friday, February 20th. The company reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $1.06 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.70 earnings per share. As a group, analysts predict that Alliant Energy Corporation will post 3.23 earnings per share for the current year.

Alliant Energy Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 17th. Investors of record on Friday, January 30th were paid a $0.535 dividend. This is a boost from Alliant Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.51. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 30th. This represents a $2.14 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.0%. Alliant Energy’s dividend payout ratio is presently 67.94%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

LNT has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $78.00 price objective (up from $72.00) on shares of Alliant Energy in a report on Monday, February 23rd. Wolfe Research restated an “outperform” rating and set a $76.00 target price on shares of Alliant Energy in a report on Monday, December 1st. Wells Fargo & Company reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $75.00 price target on shares of Alliant Energy in a research report on Sunday, February 22nd. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $78.00 price target on shares of Alliant Energy in a research note on Monday, November 24th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Alliant Energy in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Alliant Energy presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $75.33.

Trending Headlines about 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

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.