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Alliant Energy Corporation

LNT
42
Regulated Electric · Utilities
Price
$74.82
-0.93 (-1.23%)
Market Cap
$19.32B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
42
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+2.8% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 250.7M (2021) → 257.8M (2025)

Alliant Energy Corporation operates as a utility holding company that provides regulated electricity and natural gas services. It operates through three segments: Utility Electric Operations, Utility Gas Operations, and Utility Other. The company, through its subsidiary, Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), primarily generates and distributes electricity, and distributes and transports natural gas to retail customers in Iowa; sells electricity to wholesale customers in Minnesota, Illinois,

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+5.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+4.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.3%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~8 months

$115M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Alliant Energy Corporation has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin
36.1%
Modest — 36.1% gross margin
Operating Margin
21.0%
Excellent — 21.0% operating margin
ROCE
1.3%
Weak — 1.3% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+8.3%
Steady sales growth (8.3% YoY)
EPS YoY
+10.0%
Earnings growing (10.0% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
157%
Turns 157% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
-71.4%
Burning cash (-71.4%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
1.60
Elevated debt (1.60)
Interest Cover
1.90x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.9x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
23.5x
Growth-priced — P/E 23.5

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
+4.7
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (23.5 → 18.7)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
2.77%
Moderate income — 2.77% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth
+5.6%
Dividend growing modestly (5.6% YoY)

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