Debt-to-Equity Ratio

Alliant Energy’s debt-to-equity ratio of 1.60x means that for every $1 of shareholder equity, the company has $1.60 in debt — a measure of how much leverage it uses to finance its operations.

This ratio sits slightly above the Utilities sector median of 1.51x, placing the company in the 56th percentile among its peers, indicating a moderately higher reliance on debt than half of the sector. The trend has been perfectly stable over the past eight quarters, with year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter changes both at +0.0%, confirming no movement in leverage. A stable, above-median debt-to-equity level suggests that Alliant’s financial risk is neither increasing nor decreasing, but the higher relative leverage could make earnings more sensitive to interest rate shifts or cash-flow disruptions. This metric neither supports nor contradicts the overall NEUTRAL verdict, as the steady, peer-typical leverage offers no clear positive or negative signal on its own.

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