Were Analysts Bullish Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE:LNT) This Week?

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27 May, 2017

Victory owns 3.52 million shares or 0.34% of their U.S. portfolio. With 500,200 avg volume, 7 days are for Phh Corporation (NYSE:PHH)'s short sellers to cover PHH's short positions. (DGAS) has risen 18.79% since May 25, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 4.10% the S&P500. Finally, Hermes Investment Management Ltd. purchased a new stake in Alliant Energy during the third quarter valued at about $20,090,000. Lincoln National Corp now owns 6,636 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $263,000 after buying an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. Alliant Energy Corp now has $9.49 billion valuation. It has underperformed by 5.48% the S&P500. This increase is typical for the uptrend and shows the considerable optimism among investors. Its down 0.06, from 1.03 in 2016Q3. Tiaa Cref Investment invested in 545,522 shares. 51 funds opened positions while 87 raised stakes. Profund Advsrs Ltd, Maryland-based fund reported 21,196 shares. Arizona State Retirement owns 75,030 shares or 0.04% of their USA portfolio.

Among 7 analysts covering Assurant (NYSE:AIZ), 2 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 4 Hold. Amer Services holds 27,087 shares or 0.43% of its portfolio. Howe Rusling Incorporated holds 65 shares. Manufacturers Life Insurance Commerce The holds 0.08% of its portfolio in Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE:LNT) for 1.41 million shares. Voloridge Mngmt Ltd Co invested in 0.01% or 4,947 shares. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 17,508 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $693,000 after buying an additional 95 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Advisor Ltd Liability, California-based fund reported 9,776 shares. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 11,050 shares in the company, valued at $437,690.50. Savings Bank Of New York Mellon has invested 0.07% in Assurant, Inc. Mngmt Pro owns 496 shares for 0.01% of their portfolio. Citadel Advsr Limited holds 329,777 shares or 0.01% of its portfolio.

Analysts await Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE:LNT) to report earnings on August, 7. Therefore 43% are positive. PHH Corporation had 12 analyst reports since August 7, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has "Outperform" rating given on Friday, August 7 by Wolfe Research. Argus Research has "Buy" rating and $77 target. The rating was upgraded by Wood to "Market Perform" on Monday, August 10. It looks like analysts are feeling bullish about the stock with overall sell-side analysts calling it a not a Buy. The average numbers of shares are traded in a security per day, during the recent 3-month period.

PHH Corporation is a standalone mortgage company. The stock now has a Market Cap of $9.38B. It now has negative earnings. The Firm operates through three divisions.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.97 in Q4 2016. Its down 0.06, from 1.03 in 2016Q3. It turned negative, as 31 investors sold LNT shares while 140 reduced holdings.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in LNT. The utilities provider reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.01. The share price of LNT has increased by over 14.79% in the last six months. Louisiana State Employees Retirement Systems holds 0.03% of its portfolio in Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE:LNT) for 14,300 shares.

Below is a dividend history chart for IPL.PRD, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent $0.3187 on Alliant Energy Corp's 5.100% Series D Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock: According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, Alliant Energy Corp (Symbol: LNT) makes up 3.46% of the iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Utilities ETF ( UTLF ) which is trading relatively unchanged on the day Wednesday. Us Financial Bank De reported 203,991 shares. Alliant Energy has a 1-year low of $34.88 and a 1-year high of $41.58. Opus Grp Inc Ltd Co accumulated 8,078 shares or 0.05% of the stock. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Alliant Energy by 11.3% in the first quarter. Amalgamated Bank & Trust has 35,413 shares for 0.06% of their portfolio. Associated Banc reported 0.01% stake. Parametric Portfolio Ltd Company has 0.02% invested in Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE:LNT) for 439,704 shares. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS boosted its stake in Alliant Energy by 0.4% in the fourth quarter. Community Comml Bank Na holds 4,230 shares. Fifth Third Bancshares reported 0.09% stake. Dunie Deborah B. bought $146,566 worth of stock.

The Average True Range indicator applied to a daily chart of Apple has a current ATR reading of 0.52. Zacks Investment Research raised Alliant Energy from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $45.00 target price on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 19th. On average, equities research analysts predict that Alliant Energy will post $2.00 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. Argus Research maintained the shares of LNT in report on Thursday, August 25 with "Buy" rating. The company was downgraded on Tuesday, January 24 by Macquarie Research. The rating was upgraded by Wells Fargo on Monday, November 16 to "Outperform". The rating was maintained by Barclays Capital with "Overweight" on Friday, March 18.

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