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Research Alert: CFRA Maintains Hold Opinion On Shares Of Alliant Energy Corporation

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-- CFRA, an independent research provider, has providedwith the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows:

We raise our 12-month target by $2 to $75, valuing LNT at 21.5x our next-12-month EPS view. We trim our 2026 EPS view by $0.03 to $3.42 and trim 2027 by $0.02 to $3.68. Rate base growth stemmed from investments in generation, energy storage, and transmission assets, along with higher allowance for funds used during construction. LNT signed an additional ~370 MW electric service agreement in Iowa, bringing total contracted data center demand to ~3.4 GW (up from 3 GW previously), with the potential to add another 2-4 GW depending on ongoing negotiations. LNT now has five fully executed data center agreements, with three projects under active construction. In our opinion, the strategic focus on capacity-only electric service agreements, supported by flexible generation (simple cycle natural gas and battery storage), aligns capital deployment with revenue growth while preserving optionality for future energy needs. We think EPS and dividend growth (2025-2028) is attractive at 7.6% and 6.1%, respectively.

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