# Alliant Energy Corporation Common Stock (LNT) — Stock CV

Alliant Energy Corporation is a $17.1B utility company. Revenue grew 6.9% over the last year, it keeps 18¢ of every dollar of sales as profit, and it carries $10.5B of net debt. It trades at 20.9× earnings — around the middle of its own history.

> Alliant Energy is the parent of two regulated utilities, Interstate Power and Light and Wisconsin Power and Light. Together, IPL and WPL serve nearly 1 million electric customers and 425,000 natural gas-only customers.

## Identity

- **Ticker**: LNT
- **Sector**: Utilities
- **Industry**: Electric & Other Services Combined
- **Headquarters**: MADISON, WI
- **Employees**: 2 948
- **Website**: https://www.alliantenergy.com
- **Market cap**: $17.1B
- **Last price**: $65.85
- **Financial profile**: Strained

## Vitals (TTM)

- **Revenue**: $4.43B
- **Net income**: $817M
- **Free cash flow**: -$1.06B
- **Net debt**: $10.5B
- **P/E**: 20.9
- **Revenue growth (YoY)**: 6.9%

## Skills (profile scores, 0–100)

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 44 |
| Growth | 38 |
| Profitability | 57 |
| Health | 18 |
| Quality | 67 |
| Moat | 50 |

## Qualifications (beginner checklist) — 8 of 11 passed

- [x] Revenue growing — +6.9% YoY
- [x] Profitable — $817M TTM
- [x] Profit growing — +4.8% YoY
- [ ] Generates cash — -$1.06B TTM
- [ ] Debt under control — current ratio 0.47
- [x] Established company — $17.1B market cap
- [x] Not printing shares — +3.7% shares over ~5y
- [x] Proven track record — 10/10 profitable years
- [ ] Financially stable — Altman Z 0.9 — distress
- [x] Pays a dividend — yield 3.13%
- [x] Valuation not extreme — P/E 20.9

## Experience (career milestones)

- **FY2025** — Best year on record: $810M net income
- **FY2016** — Profitable every year on record: 10 consecutive profitable years in our data
- **FY2016** — Revenue already above $1B: $3.32B in first reported year
- **2007** — It acquired 200 MW Buffalo Creek Wind Farm at Hampton, Iowa from Wind Capital Group
- **2000** — The utility purchased the naming rights to the campus of the Dane County Expo Center just southwest of…
- **1925** — The other part of IPL — IES Utilities — incorporated in Iowa in 1925 as the Iowa Railway and Light Corporation and…

## Strengths

- Piotroski F-Score 7/9 — fundamentally strong checklist

## Watch-outs

- Negative free cash flow (-$1.1B)
- Altman Z-Score 0.90 — elevated financial-distress risk

## Track record

| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | $3.67B | $674M | -$488M |
| FY2022 | $4.21B | $686M | -$906M |
| FY2023 | $4.03B | $703M | -$864M |
| FY2024 | $3.98B | $690M | -$885M |
| FY2025 | $4.36B | $810M | -$1.11B |

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Source: https://stockcv.com/LNT — derived from company filings; may be delayed or incomplete. Information, not investment advice.