Alliant Energy Dividend yield

Alliant Energy is part of Electricity business, which is part of Utilities industry. Alliant Energy is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Alliant Energy stock dividend

Alliant Energy paid a total dividend of 454 million USD last year, for a market value of 12,593 millions (Market Cap 12,580 millions). Alliant Energy dividend per share is 1.81 USD, and his stock market price 50.17 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Alliant Energy has a dividend yield of 3.61%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. However, it is lower than the average of Utilities industry. The company should be deeply analized because dividend yields should be similar among companies from the same industry unless they carry an opposite strategy.

In addition, you should compare Alliant Energy stocks dividend with other Electricity companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Alliant Energy Dividend Payout

About the ability of Alliant Energy to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.81 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.61%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Alliant Energy payout on ernings is currently 66.30%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures show that Alliant Energy can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Alliant Energy is USD 1.93 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.81, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Alliant Energy, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Utilities industry and Electricity sector companies.

Alliant Energy Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Alliant Energy's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	3.61%	1.81	66.30%	251
2022	3.10%	1.71	65.02%	251
2021	2.62%	1.61	65.45%	250
2020	2.95%	1.52	68.16%	250
2019	2.60%	1.42	67.62%	240
2018	3.17%	1.34	72.04%	236
2017	2.96%	1.26	78.26%	231
2016	3.27%	1.17	70.06%	226
2015	3.66%	2.20	65.09%	113

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Alliant Energy dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Electricity stocks.

Alliant Energy Stock performance

Finally, last moth Alliant Energy showed a return of -6.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -17.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Electricity firms.