LNT
ALLIANT ENERGY CORPEvidence as of 2026-09-03Overview · ALLIANT ENERGY CORP
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 cust…
Management team
- Ms. Lisa M. Barton · President, CEO & DirectorFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. John O. Larsen · Executive ChairmanFind on LinkedIn
- Ms. Aimee L. Davis · Vice President of Marketing, Communications & Community AffairsFind on LinkedIn
- Amy L. Cralam · Acting General CounselFind on LinkedIn
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Moneyta sentiment
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−0.2 on a −2 to +2 scale.
What builds the score
Solid bars are analyst rubric scores; faded bars are computed directly from data. Claims dropped in debate count for nothing; weakened claims count at half weight.
Editor's note
Written after the debate settled — the rest of the page is the evidence behind it.
Evidence balance: Mixed ( - 0.2 of a possible + 2; confidence high). Reported revenues were $ 1,128,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2025 (fiscal quarter ended 2025-03-31), $ 961,000,000 in Q2 2025 (fiscal quarter ended 2025-06-30), $ 1,210,000,000 in Q3 2025 (fiscal quarter ended 2025-09-30), and $ 1,184,000,000 in Q1 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-03-31). Operating income peaked in Q3 2025 at $ 349,000,000 (28.8% margin) and compressed to $ 249,000,000 (21.0% margin) by Q1 2026.
Diluted EPS was $ 0.83 in fiscal Q1 2025, rose to $ 1.09 in Q3 2025, and was $ 0.87 in fiscal Q1 2026, with reported net income of $ 224,000,000 in Q1 2026 versus $ 213,000,000 in Q1 2025. Long-term noncurrent debt increased to $ 11,007,000,000 as of 2026-03-31, and shares outstanding drifted higher to 258,277,037 as of 2026-03-31. Trailing twelve‑month free cash flow is negative $ 679,000,000 while operating cash flow of $ 1,112,000,000 was exceeded by capital expenditures of $ 1,791,000,000; reported TTM EBITDA is $ 1,931,000,000 producing an EV/EBITDA of 11.01 and a P/E of 19.52 on TTM EPS of $ 3.47.
How this note was made
every stage ran before the note was writtenAnalyst desk
Mercer, Oakes, Nash, Ellis, Yates, Talbot and Archer. The desk: named AI agents, not people. Each reads one slice of the evidence and nothing else — no outside knowledge, no browsing — so every finding traces to a source you can open.
Reads the XBRL figures companies file with the SEC — revenue, margins, income, debt and share count, quarter by quarter — and reports which way the trend is running.
Reported revenues: 1,128,000,000 USD in fiscal Q1 2025 (2025-01-01 to 2025-03-31, 3mo); 961,000,000 USD in fiscal Q2 2025 (2025-04-01 to 2025-06-30, 3mo); 1,210,000,000 USD in fiscal Q3 2025 (2025-07-01 to 2025-09-30, 3mo); and 1,184,000,000 USD in fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31, 3mo).
XBRL companyfacts · 0000352541-25-000053Operating income and operating margin by quarter: operating income was 257,000,000 USD in fiscal Q1 2025 (257,000,000 / 1,128,000,000 = 22.8%); 223,000,000 USD in fiscal Q2 2025 (223,000,000 / 961,000,000 = 23.2%); 349,000,000 USD in fiscal Q3 2025 (349,000,000 / 1,210,000,000 = 28.8%); and 249,000,000 USD in fiscal Q1 2026 (249,000,000 / 1,184,000,000 = 21.0%), showing a peak in fiscal Q3 2025 and compression to 21.0% by fiscal Q1 2026.
XBRL companyfacts · 0000352541-25-000053Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.
Nothing in this slice of the evidence rose to a claim — a quiet read, which itself is information.
Which filings the desk reads
The desk reads the annual 10-K in full — its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet — its risk analysis fills in once that lands.
Reads the signal panel above — momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta — and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.
No computed signal history for this symbol yet — signals need roughly 70 trading days of price history.
Reads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.
As of 2026-09-02T13:45:47.228469+00:00, LNT was a member of the ETF with symbol IVV with a reported weight of 0.03% of that fund.
ETF constituents · market dataThe provided record shows LNT's ETF membership data was last reported on 2026-09-02T13:45:47.228469+00:00 for the ETF symbol IVV; no other ETF memberships or ownership concentrations are present in the supplied evidence.
ETF constituents · market dataReads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.
A valuation/earnings theme appears in coverage: simplywall.st's headline frames the stock as having delivered a 51.0% three-year gain but trading close to modeled intrinsic value and 'pricey on earnings'.
News · simplywall.st · 2026-09-01At least one outlet is running price-action–focused coverage that treats Alliant Energy's movements as inputs for rule-based or institutional models rather than fundamental analysis.
News · news.stocktradersdaily.com · 2026-08-29Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5 — who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.
No insider transactions on file in the trailing 180 days.
Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.
Free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is negative $679,000,000 and free cash flow per share is -$2.6236.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeNet cash provided by (used in) operating activities for the trailing twelve months is $1,112,000,000 while capital expenditures for the trailing twelve months are $1,791,000,000, implying capex exceeded operating cash flow in that period.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeDebate and risk review
A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.
A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score — the argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.
Several filings-backed items point to a constructive operating and market profile: reported quarterly revenues show scale and persistence across the sample period, and reported diluted EPS and net income figures are higher in fiscal Q1 2026 versus Q1 2025, supporting an earnings-led read. Market- and valuation-based signals in the evidence (an EV/EBITDA of ~11.0 and a mid-teens P/E near 19.5) suggest the company is trading at valuation multiples consistent with continued operating profitability rather than distressed pricing. Institutional SEC-disclosure items and a fourteen-broker consensus headline of 'Moderate Buy' provide additional market validation that some investors and analysts find the company attractive. The bear points—quarterly operating margin compression, rising long-term debt, and negative trailing twelve-month free cash flow—are present in the record and merit attention, but the SEC-sourced revenue, EPS, net income, and EBITDA data are direct primary filings that materially support a favorable interpretation of the company’s operating scale and earnings power.
Chair's verdict, claim by claim
Fragility · computed, not argued
diversified0.29
19 surviving claims rest on 12 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 37% of them, and 100% of what the desk raised survived the debate.
The read rests on a moderate number of distinct sources but a concentrated analyst influence — over one-third of surviving claims come from the single heaviest analyst — so individual analyst judgments carry outsized weight. Also, every point the desk raised survived debate, which raises the possibility of blind spots not stress‑tested away; treat the bundle as informational and relatively brittle to new filings or corrections.
Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers
Context
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14 filings· 1 cited
SEC XBRL filings
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Read by Mercer−0.4 to the score
1 holdings record
Fund holdings
Which funds hold this name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings.
Read by Ellis+0.0 to the score
8 headlines· 2 cited
News coverage
Recent headlines about this company, rating chatter excluded and nothing published after the report date.
Read by Yatesnothing survived
1 computation
Valuation inputs
TTM cash-flow figures from the company's own XBRL filings, priced with the stored closing price. Implied growth and multiples only; no fair-value dollar figure reaches the desk, by design.
Read by Archercontext only
1 record· 0 cited
Company profile
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1 record· 0 cited
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Read means we pulled and handed it to an analyst; cited means a claim on this page points at it. Reading twelve quarters to state one trend is normal — the gap is shown rather than hidden.
Written by AI, checked against sources
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