Alliant Energy Corporation vs Western Digital Corp — how do they compare? Alliant Energy Corporation trades at $73.98 (market cap $19.10B), while Western Digital Corp trades at $556.89 (market cap $168.00B). The key difference: Western Digital Corp is far larger — about 8.8× Alliant Energy Corporation's market cap, and Alliant Energy Corporation pays the higher dividend (2.89%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LNT | WDC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $19.10B | $168.00B |
Sector | Utilities | Technology |
52-Week High | $78.03 | $746.23 |
52-Week Low | $63.62 | $67.06 |
Enterprise Value | $30.83B | $166.35B |
Dividend Yield | 2.89% | 0.12% |
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Alliant Energy is the parent of two regulated utilities, Interstate Power and Light and Wisconsin Power and Light, serving nearly 1 million electricity and natural gas customers and approximately 420,000 natural gas-only customers. Both subsidiaries engage in the generation and distribution of electricity and the distribution and transportation of natural gas. Alliant also owns a 16% interest in American Transmission Co.
Read more on LNT →Western Digital is a vertically integrated supplier of data storage solutions, spanning both hard disk drives and solid-state drives. In the HDD market it forms a practical duopoly with Seagate, and it is the largest global producer of NAND flash chips for SSDs in a joint venture with competitor Kioxia.
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