Alliant Energy Corporation [LNT] stock is trading at $52.19, up 0.79%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The LNT shares have gain 2.76% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 3.84%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Alliant Energy Corporation [NASDAQ: LNT] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on September 18, 2023, when Barclays initiated its Overweight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $55.
Alliant Energy Corporation [LNT] stock has fluctuated between $47.19 and $62.05 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $54.22 within the next 12 months. Alliant Energy Corporation [NASDAQ: LNT] shares were valued at $52.19 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 3.89% based on the average LNT price forecast.
Analyzing the LNT fundamentals
Alliant Energy Corporation [NASDAQ:LNT] reported sales of 912.0 million for the most recent quarter, which represents a drop of -3.20%. In this publicly-traded organization, revenue per employee is $1,343,880, while income per employee is $219,239. Gross Margin for this corporation currently stands at +24.68% with Operating Margin at +22.07%, Pretax Margin comes in at +16.84%, and Net Margin reading is +16.31%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 3.41, Equity is 11.19, Total Capital is 6.39, and Invested Capital is 5.11. An extended look at the Principal structure reveals enduring liabilities to the total capital of 58.56 and enduring liabilities to assets of 42.36.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 51.90 points at the first support level, and at 51.61 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 52.39, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 52.60.
Alliant Energy Corporation [LNT] reported earnings per share of $0.64 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 6/29/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $0.57/share, meaning a difference of $0.07 and a surprise factor of 12.30%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 3/30/2023 were $0.65 per share as compared to estimates of $0.73 per share, a difference of -$0.08 representing a surprise of -11.00%.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Alliant Energy Corporation’s Current Ratio is 0.60. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.39, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.01. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.30, the price to book ratio is 2.21 and the P/E (TTM) ratio is 19.97.
Transactions by insiders
We now turn our attention to insider trading, which in the past 3 months has resulted in 0 insider buyings of 0 shares and 1 insider sellings of 500 shares.