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Alliant Energy Corporation's Revenue and Income Rose in 3Q15 (Continued from Prior Part) Alliant Energy Corporation and its peers
In this article, we’ll compare Alliant Energy Corporation (LNT) to its peers on multiple measures.
- The PE (price-to-earnings) ratios of Alliant Energy Corporation (LNT), Xcel Energy (XEL), WEC Energy Group (WEC), CMS Energy Corporation (CMS), and Westar Energy (WR) are 16.7x, 18.2x, 21.3x, 18.4x, and 18.2x, respectively.
- The PBV (price-to-book value) ratios of Alliant Energy Corporation, Xcel Energy, WEC Energy Group, CMS Energy Corporation, and Westar Energy are 1.8x, 1.7x, 1.8x, 2.4x, and 1.5x, respectively.
- The EPS (earnings per share) of Alliant Energy Corporation, Xcel Energy, WEC Energy Group, CMS Energy Corporation, and Westar Energy were $1.59, $0.84, $0.58, $0.53, and $0.97, respectively, in 3Q15.
According to the above findings, Alliant Energy Corporation’s peers have outperformed it based on PE ratio. However, LNT is way ahead of its peers based on EPS.
ETFs that invest in Alliant Energy Corporation
The PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio (PUI) invests 1.8% of its holdings in LNT. The ETF tracks an index of US utility firms selected and weighted by price momentum.
The First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU) invests 1.6% of its holdings in LNT. The ETF tracks a tiered, equal-weighted index of US utility firms selected from the Russell 1000.
The iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend ETF (DVY) invests 1.3% of its holdings in LNT. The ETF tracks a dividend-weighted index of US companies. The index selects roughly 100 stocks based on dividend yield from a broad market cap pool.
Comparing Alliant Energy Corporation and its ETFs
Now let’s compare Alliant Energy Corporation (LNT) with a few ETFs that invest in it:
- The YTD (year-to-date) price movements of LNT, PUI, FXU, and DVY are -11.1%, -3.6%, -4.5%, and 0.06%, respectively.
- The PE ratios of LNT, PUI, FXU, and DVY are 16.7x, 19.5x, 15.8x, and 18.3x, respectively.
- The PBV ratios of LNT, PUI, FXU, and DVY are 1.8x, 1.7x, 1.4x, and 2.0x, respectively.
According to the above findings, these ETFs have mostly outperformed Alliant Energy Corporation based on price movement and PE ratio. However, LNT is ahead of two of the three ETFs based on PBV ratio.
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