Avista vs Alliant Energy
AVA and LNT side by side, both in combination electric and gas, and other utility. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AVA and LNT compare
Alliant Energy is the larger company, worth 5.7 times as much as Avista ($19.1B against $3.4B).
On earnings, Avista is cheaper: it trades at 13.5× trailing earnings, against 20.5× for Alliant Energy.
Alliant Energy grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.4% versus −1.4% for Avista).
Alliant Energy keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 20.7% compared with 12.8% at Avista.
Both pay dividends: Avista yields 4.9% and Alliant Energy 2.9%.
Avista scores higher on the StockData Score (20 against 12 for Alliant Energy), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AVA | LNT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.4B | $19.1B |
| Share price | $40.34 | $73.62 |
| Change, 1 year | −1.9% | 9.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 3.9% | 29.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.24 | 0.34 |
| Employees | 1,929 | 2,948 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 20 (better) | 12 |
| Valuation score | 6 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 4 | 4 |
| Health score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 5 (better) | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 13.5× (better) | 20.5× |
| P/S | 1.7× (better) | 4.2× |
| P/B | 1.2× (better) | 2.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.7× (better) | 16.4× |
| PEG | 3.44 (better) | 4.30 |
| FCF yield | −5.7% | – |
| Fair value | $57.32 | $64.51 |
| Margin of safety | 29.6% (better) | −14.1% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −1.4% | 5.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.2% (better) | 5.0% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 30.7% (better) | 14.2% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 26.8% (better) | 12.9% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 4.6% | 4.9% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 85.8% |
| Operating margin | 18.9% | 22.6% (better) |
| Net margin | 12.8% | 20.7% (better) |
| FCF margin | −9.9% | – |
| Return on equity | 9.0% | 12.4% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 10.7% (better) | 5.3% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.12 (better) | 1.56 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.46 (better) | 6.38 |
| Interest coverage | – | 1.8× |
| Current ratio | 0.96 (better) | 0.51 |
| Altman Z-score | 0.86 | 1.13 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 4.9% (better) | 2.9% |
| Payout ratio | 66.4% | 58.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | 16 | 16 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 3.9% | 6.0% (better) |
| Buyback yield | −2.7% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 2.2% | 2.9% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 89.1% | 97.7% |
| Held by insiders | 0.78% | 0.28% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$693K | −$7 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.6% | 11.0% |
Go deeper
- AVA stock overview
- AVA income statement
- AVA valuation and score
- LNT stock overview
- LNT income statement
- LNT valuation and score
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