How Alliant Energy Corporation stacks up

LNT · against 92 other Utilities companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

50/ 100

Above the middle of the pack.

Ranked #45 of 93 · scores higher than 50% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

18 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including LNT · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 50?

Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.

A mix: stronger operating margin and return on assets, but weaker return on invested capital than most Utilities peers.

a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 66% of peers. Return on invested capital: 4.0% vs peer median 5.2%
a higher return on assets: stronger than 61% of peers. Return on assets: 3.2% vs peer median 2.7%
a wider operating margin: stronger than 62% of peers. Operating margin: 22.1% vs peer median 18.6%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = LNT, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	LNT	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 90 reported	4.0%	5.1%	21%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 91 reported	22.1%	21.3%	54%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 92 reported	3.2%	2.6%	70%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 91 reported	11.1%	9.3%	77%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 94 reported	44.5%	43.6%	55%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around LNT

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESPSBS · US-listed	15.5B USD	99	72
2	Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais - CEMIGCIG · US-listed	5.1B USD	96	75
3	Central Puerto S.A.CEPU · US-listed	1.5B USD	94	93
4	Enlight Renewable Energy LtdENLT · US-listed	9.1B USD	93	52
5	AXIA EnergiaAXIA · US-listed	23.3B USD	90	78
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42	IDACORP, Inc.IDA · US-listed	8.4B USD	53	43
44	Korea Electric Power CorporationKEP · US-listed	13.6B USD	52	57
45	American Electric Power Company, Inc.AEP · US-listed	70.7B USD	50	40
45	The AES CorporationAES · US-listed	10.6B USD	50	54
45	Alliant Energy CorporationLNT · US-listed	18.7B USD	50	37
48	Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.HE · US-listed	1.5B USD	49	67
49	CenterPoint Energy, Inc.CNP · US-listed	28.0B USD	47	46
50	Eversource EnergyES · US-listed	26.0B USD	46	52
50	Entergy CorporationETR · US-listed	52.0B USD	46	39

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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