Alliant Energy upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at BMO Capital

BMO Capital analyst Edward DeArias upgraded Alliant Energy (LNT) to Outperform from Market Perform with a price target of $71, up from $70. The firm believes Alliant offers an “appropriate hybrid of risk-on and risk-off exposures” in 2026 that have the ability to drive share outperformance in multiple market scenarios. The company has an “attractive blend of characteristics,” potentially benefiting from its “quiet” regulatory calendar in a “noisy national political landscape,” the analyst tells investors in a research note.