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Alliant Energy rises on normal session as company sets Q3 report date

Session of October 12, 2026 · Published October 13, 2026 · 4 min read

What happened

Alliant Energy (LNT) rose 0.9% on October 12, 2026, after it scheduled third-quarter results and a conference call for late October. The company said it would release third-quarter results on Thursday, October 29, after markets close, and would hold a public conference call to review the results on Friday, October 30 at 9 a.m. CT, with a live webcast available at www.alliantenergy.com/investors, according to Business Wire. Trading volume was 1.0 times its 20-day average, and the move occurred while the S&P 500 fell 0.1% on the day.

Closing price over the last 30 trading sessions. On October 12, 2026, LNT closed at $66.46, up 0.9% on the day and 2.2% lower than 30 sessions earlier.

How big was the move

The stock rose 0.9%, a move equal to 0.9 times a typical daily move for this stock, which the company classifies as an ordinary session. Over the last five sessions the stock rose 3.4%, compared with the S&P 500, which rose 0.4% over the same span. The utilities sector median rose 0.6% on the day, leaving the stock 0.4 percentage points better than the sector median. The stock’s market sensitivity is measured by a beta of 0.09, meaning the stock tends to move less than the market.

Each bar is one day's price change; the outlined bar is October 12, 2026. A typical daily move over the past year was 1.0%, so the latest move equals 0.9 times that. Moves outside the dashed lines (about 2.1%) are unusual.

The technical picture

The stock opened 0.1% above the previous close and traded 2.5% above its 20-day moving average, yet 1.2% below its 50-day moving average and 5.5% below its 200-day moving average. The 50-day average is below the 200-day average, a sign of a weak longer-term trend. The Relative Strength Index (14 days) stood at 55, in a neutral range. The stock is 15.7% below its 52-week high.

Closing price over the past year. LNT ends the period 14.8% below its 52-week high, below its 50-day average ($67.25) and below its 200-day average ($70.31).

Performance over medium horizons has been uneven: the stock fell 1.2% over one month and fell 12.9% over three months, while it fell 1.2% over one year and lagged the S&P 500 by 17.1 percentage points over that period. Volatility was 16% annualized over 60 days, a level lower than 84% of its own readings over five years, indicating comparatively subdued price swings recently. Taken together, those indicators point to short-term neutrality on momentum amid a weaker intermediate trend.

Fundamentals and valuation

For the four quarters through June 30, 2026, revenue was $4.43 billion, which grew 6.8% from a year earlier. Diluted earnings per share were $3.16, while earnings per share growth from a year earlier fell 2.5%. Gross margin was 42.0%, unchanged from a year earlier, and operating margin measured 22.1% versus 24.5% a year earlier. Free-cash-flow margin stood at 5.9%, and return on invested capital was 4.0%.

Quarterly revenue by period end. The latest quarter brought $971M, 1.0% more than the same quarter a year earlier.

The balance sheet showed net debt of 5.8 times EBITDA, and the share count over one year increased by 1.4%. The stock trades at 21.0 times trailing earnings and 19.4 times expected earnings, with a free-cash-flow yield of 1.5%. Its price to trailing earnings is lower than 67% of its own readings over the past five years (five-year median: 21.7 times earnings). PromtFinance scores rank Value at 25 (Very weak), Growth at 31 (Weak), Quality at 11 (Very weak), Momentum at 63 (Neutral), Revisions at 65 (Positive) and Stability at 61 (Neutral).

Those figures suggest a company with steady revenue growth but constrained profit and cash generation relative to peers, a balance sheet carrying elevated leverage and a valuation near its five-year median. The free-cash-flow yield and the PromtFinance Value and Quality scores point to limited near-term financial upside from current levels.

Earnings and analyst expectations

The company’s next report is listed as November 5, 2026. The last report, on July 30, 2026, showed earnings per share of $0.65 against $0.58 expected, 12.3% above estimates. That marked three consecutive quarters beating estimates, with an average surprise over the last four reports of 3.2% above estimates. The typical two-day reaction after recent reports was a 0.2% rise in the stock.

Diluted earnings per share by quarter. The latest quarter shows $0.65, against $0.68 in the same quarter a year earlier.

Analysts’ consensus price target is $77.00, which is 15.9% above the closing price. Twenty-three analysts have a rating on the stock; 52% of those rate the stock Buy, and the consensus rating is Buy.

What to watch

October 29, 2026: Alliant Energy to release third-quarter results after markets close.
October 30, 2026, at 9 a.m. CT: public conference call to review third-quarter results and live webcast.
November 5, 2026: next scheduled report date listed as the company’s next report.
Analyst coverage: 23 analysts with a consensus price target of $77.00 and 52% rating the stock Buy or Buy.
Recent fundamentals: revenue $4.43 billion for the four quarters through June 30, 2026, and diluted earnings per share $3.16

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