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LNT Alliant Energy

utility · 2026-10-28

N/A
too hard · 42
Owner-earnings value$50.44
Price$70.04
Margin of safety -28.0%

Quality gate · 42/100

Returns on capital 0.7/30
Consistency 20.1/22
Margins / pricing power 12.6/16
Balance sheet 0.5/16
Cash conversion 4.6/10
Capital allocation 3.7/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 6% < 9%) · over-levered (net debt/EBITDA 5.7x > 4x)

Median ROIC6.2%
Gross margin45.2%
Net debt / EBITDA5.7x
FCF conversion48%
Share count / yr+0.8%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)821.00M
Owner-earnings yield4.5%
Free-cash-flow yield7.1%
Growth used (normalized)1.2%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)9.1%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
1831.09M 1.2%762.47M
2842.95M 1.4%709.49M
3856.63M 1.6%661.47M
4872.21M 1.8%617.90M
5889.80M 2.0%578.31M
6909.49M 2.2%542.30M
7931.41M 2.4%509.51M
8955.68M 2.6%479.63M
9982.48M 2.8%452.36M
101.01B 3.0%427.46M

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~9%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 1%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-28 42 $70.04 $50.44 -28.0% N/A
2026-09-16 42 $65.99 $50.44 -23.6% N/A
2026-08-05 42 $70.66 $50.44 -28.6% N/A
2026-07-02 42 $75.79 $50.64 -33.2% N/A
2026-06-25 42 $75.59 $50.64 -33.0% N/A
2026-06-23 42 $74.57 $50.64 -32.1% N/A