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Alliant Energy (Alliant Energy) Interest Coverage

: 1.74 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Alliant Energy's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $183 Mil. Alliant Energy's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-105 Mil. Alliant Energy's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.74. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Alliant Energy's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

LNT' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.39   Med: 2.87   Max: 3.18
Current: 2.4


LNT's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
71.14% of 440 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.69 vs LNT: 2.40

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Alliant Energy Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alliant Energy's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Alliant Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.85 2.69 2.87 2.86 2.39

Alliant Energy Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.77 2.36 2.26 3.25 1.74

Competitive Comparison

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Alliant Energy's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Alliant Energy Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Alliant Energy's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alliant Energy's Interest Coverage falls into.



Alliant Energy Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Alliant Energy's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Alliant Energy's Interest Expense was $-394 Mil. Its Operating Income was $943 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $8,225 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*943/-394
=2.39

Alliant Energy's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Alliant Energy's Interest Expense was $-105 Mil. Its Operating Income was $183 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $8,225 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*183/-105
=1.74

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Alliant Energy  (NAS:LNT) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Alliant Energy (Alliant Energy) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4902 N. Biltmore Lane, Madison, WI, USA, 53718
Alliant Energy is the parent of two regulated utilities, Interstate Power and Light and Wisconsin Power and Light, serving nearly 985,000 electric customers and 425,000 natural gas-only customers. Both subsidiaries engage in the generation and distribution of electricity and the distribution and transportation of natural gas. Alliant also owns a 16% interest in American Transmission Co.
Executives
Ignacio A Cortina director 1917 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, OSHKOSH WI 54902
Raja Sundararajan officer: Executive Vice President 1 RIVERSIDE PLAZA, COLUMBUS OH 43215
Lisa M Barton officer: President and COO AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC., 1 RIVERSIDE PLAZA, COLUMBUS OH 43215
Stephanie Cox director C/O SCHLUMBERGER LIMITED, 5599 SAN FELIPE 17TH FLOOR, HOUSTON TX 77056
Nancy Joy Falotico director ONE AMERICAN ROAD, DEARBORN MI 48126
Michael Luhrs officer: Senior Vice President P.O. BOX 14720, MADISON WI 53708-0720
Michael Dennis Garcia director C/O DOMTAR CORPORATION, 234 KINGSLEY PARK DRIVE, FORT MILL SC 29715
De Leon David A officer: Senior Vice President P.O. BOX 14720, MADISON WI 53708-0720
James H Gallegos officer: Sr. V.P.-Gen. Cnsl.-Corp. Sec. 1 WATER STREET, CAMDEN NJ 08102-1658
Patricia L Kampling officer: VICE PRESIDENT PO BOX 2568, MADISON WI 53701
Jillian C. Evanko director 1 INFINITY CORPORATE CENTRE DRIVE, GARFIELD HEIGHTS OH 44125
Terry L Kouba officer: Senior Vice President P.O. BOX 14720, MADISON WI 53708-0720
Deborah B. Dunie director 1710 SAIC DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Roger K Newport director 703 CURTIS STREET, MIDDLETOWN OH 45043
Wayne A Reschke officer: Senior Vice President P O BOX 14720, MADISON WI 53708

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