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Alliant Energy Corporation ( LNT ) Q3 2026 Earnings Call October 30, 2026 10:00 AM EDT Company Participants Susan Gille - Manager of Investor Relations Lisa Barton - President, CEO & Director Robert Durian - Executive VP & CFO Conference Call Participants Nicholas Campanella - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division Rinny Singh - BofA Securities, Research Division Julien Dumoulin-Smith - Jefferies LLC, Research Division Paul Fremont - Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., Research Division Anthony Crowdell - Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Research Division Andrew Weisel - Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets, Research Division Aditya Gandhi - Wolfe Research, LLC Presentation Operator Thank you for holding, and welcome to Alliant Energy's Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Today's conference call is being recorded.

Alliant Energy NASDAQ: LNT reported third-quarter 2026 GAAP earnings of $1.52 per share and narrowed its full-year ongoing earnings guidance to the top half of its prior range, citing capital investment, commercial and industrial sales growth, and initial contributions from ramping data center demand.

LNT's Q3 earnings beat estimates on higher utility revenues and demand, while data-center growth drives an expanded $15.9B capital spending plan.

Alliant Energy (LNT) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.52 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.23 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.12 per share a year ago.

LNT gears up for Q3 earnings as rising electricity demand, customer growth and cost-control efforts shape its performance amid higher expenses.

This marks the first peak week of Q3 earnings season, with 1,885 companies expected to report and overall S&P 500 EPS growth holding at a robust 29.5%. Meta's AI capex-driven selloff set a new bar for hyperscalers — investors are no longer giving tech giants a blank check for AI infrastructure spend as Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon report this week, with Apple following next Monday. Seven S&P 500 companies confirmed outlier earnings dates this week, with Baker Hughes, Freeport-McMoRan, Avery Dennison, and General Dynamics reporting later than their historical norm.

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MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Alliant Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: LNT) Board of Directors today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.5350 per share payable on November 16, 2026, to shareowners of record as of the close of business on October 30, 2026.Dividends on common stock have been paid for 324 consecutive quarters since 1946.Alliant Energy Corporation is recognized as a member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index.Alliant Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: LNT) provides regulated.