Investment analysts at StockNews.com began coverage on shares of ALLETE (NYSE:ALE – Get Free Report) in a report released on Friday. The brokerage set a “hold” rating on the utilities provider’s stock.
ALLETE Stock Performance
Shares of ALLETE stock opened at $63.87 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $63.83 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $61.94. ALLETE has a 1-year low of $49.29 and a 1-year high of $65.86. The company has a current ratio of 1.45, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51. The company has a market cap of $3.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.35 and a beta of 0.80.
ALLETE (NYSE:ALE – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 1st. The utilities provider reported $0.57 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.87 by ($0.30). ALLETE had a return on equity of 7.07% and a net margin of 14.36%. The business had revenue of $354.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $547.24 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.90 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 33.6% on a year-over-year basis.
Institutional Trading of ALLETE
ALLETE Company Profile
ALLETE, Inc operates as an energy company. The company operates through Regulated Operations, ALLETE Clean Energy, and Corporate and Other segments. It generates electricity from coal-fired, biomass co-fired / natural gas, hydroelectric, wind, and solar. In addition, the company provides regulated utility electric services in northwestern Wisconsin to approximately 15,000 electric customers, 13,000 natural gas customers, and 10,000 water customers, as well as regulated utility electric services in northeastern Minnesota to approximately 150,000 retail customers and 14 non-affiliated municipal customers.
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