-- 獨立研究機構CFRA向提供了以下研究報告。 CFRA分析師的觀點總結如下：Alliant Energy公佈了2026年第一季持續經營收益，每股收益為0.82美元，低於去年同期的0.83美元，但高於市場普遍預期的0.79美元。總收入成長5.0%至11.84億美元，超出市場預期7.0%，主要得益於公用事業收入的成長；但由於支出增加，營業收入下降3.1%至2.49億美元。該公司的資本投資計畫推動了費率基礎的成長，更高的收入需求貢獻了每股0.15美元的收益，這主要得益於在愛荷華州簽署的一項370兆瓦的數據中心協議，使五項協議的總簽約需求達到3.4吉瓦。管理層重申了2026年全年每股收益預期為3.36美元至3.46美元，維持了6%以上的複合年增長率。不斷擴大的資料中心管道使 Alliant 具備了長期大幅增長的負載能力，但輸電能力建設和資本部署方面仍然存在執行風險，這對於將需求轉化為受監管的費率基礎投資，同時保持客戶的負擔能力至關重要。
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