The quarter came in below the earnings bar. Alliant reported diluted GAAP EPS of $0.65 versus a published consensus near $0.69, making this a modest earnings miss despite management describing results as solid.
| Metric | Q2 2026 | Q2 2025 | Expectation / change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diluted GAAP EPS | $0.65 (Income Statement) | $0.68 (Income Statement) | Published consensus ~$0.69 |
| Revenue | $971M (Income Statement) | $961M (Income Statement) | +1% year over year |
| Operating income | $185M (Income Statement) | $223M (Income Statement) | -17% year over year |
| Net income | $170M (Income Statement) | $174M (Income Statement) | -2% year over year |
| Operating cash flow | $481M (Cash Flow statement) | $492M (Cash Flow statement) | -2% year over year |
| Quarterly dividend per share | $0.535 (Selected financial data) | $0.5075 (Selected financial data) | Higher year over year |
Revenue was better than the earnings result suggests, but costs absorbed the benefit. Revenue rose to $971 million, helped by higher electric and gas utility revenue, but operating expenses increased to $786 million from $738 million. Higher maintenance, labor, depreciation and financing costs outweighed rate-base growth, while milder weather reduced operating income by an estimated $11 million in the quarter. (Income Statement) (Estimated temperature impact table)
The core utility performance weakened year over year. IPL EPS fell to $0.25 from $0.38 and WPL EPS fell to $0.30 from $0.34, leaving Utilities and Corporate Services at $0.57 versus $0.74 last year. ATC Holdings and the non-utility businesses partly offset that decline, but not enough to prevent consolidated EPS from falling. (Segment EPS table)
Management’s forward framing limits the damage but does not erase the miss. The company said full-year results are trending in the upper half of its 2026 ongoing earnings guidance range, while highlighting construction progress at three data centers and continued rate-base investment. Those are supportive operating signals, but the filing does not raise the stated guidance; the immediate scorecard remains a quarterly EPS miss. (Management commentary) (2026 earnings guidance discussion)
Balance-sheet funding remains an important watchpoint. Cash fell to $25 million from $556 million at year-end, while commercial paper rose to $708 million and other short-term borrowings reached $400 million after $1.08 billion of long-term debt repayments. That reflects active capital management alongside $1.02 billion of six-month construction and acquisition spending, rather than a disclosed liquidity event, but it leaves financing execution central to the growth plan. (Balance Sheets) (Cash Flow statement)
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