Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT – Get Free Report) and Brenmiller Energy (NASDAQ:BNRG – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
Volatility and Risk
Allient has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brenmiller Energy has a beta of -0.6, meaning that its share price is 160% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
61.6% of Allient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of Brenmiller Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Allient shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.1% of Brenmiller Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Allient | $554.48 million | 3.02 | $22.03 million | $1.70 | 58.04 |
| Brenmiller Energy | $387,000.00 | 1.07 | -$13.90 million | ($262.42) | -0.01 |
Allient has higher revenue and earnings than Brenmiller Energy. Brenmiller Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Allient and Brenmiller Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Allient | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3.17 |
| Brenmiller Energy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Allient presently has a consensus target price of $84.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.86%. Given Allient’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Allient is more favorable than Brenmiller Energy.
Profitability
This table compares Allient and Brenmiller Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Allient | 4.98% | 13.55% | 7.05% |
| Brenmiller Energy | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Summary
Allient beats Brenmiller Energy on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Allient
Allient Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells precision and specialty controlled motion components and systems for various industries in the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. It offers brush and brushless DC motors, brushless servo and torque motors, coreless DC motors, integrated brushless motor-drives, gearmotors, gearing, modular digital servo drives, motion controllers, optical encoders, active and passive filters, input/output modules, industrial communications gateways, light-weighting technologies, and other controlled motion-related products, as well as nano precision positioning systems, servo control systems, and digital servo amplifiers and drives. The company sells its products to end customers and original equipment manufacturers in vehicle, medical, aerospace and defense, and industrial markets through direct sales force, authorized manufacturers’ representatives, and distributors. The company was formerly known as Allied Motion Technologies Inc. and changed its name to Allient Inc. in August 2023. Allient Inc. was incorporated in 1962 and is headquartered in Amherst, New York.
About Brenmiller Energy
Brenmiller Energy Ltd. develops, produces, markets, and sells thermal energy storage (TES) systems based on its proprietary technology that enables renewable integration, increases energy efficiency, and reduces carbon emissions. Its TES system dispatches thermal energy on demand in the form of steam, which can be saturated for industrial use, or in the form of a superheated steam, which can be used to activate steam turbines. It markets its proprietary TES systems under the bGen name. The company was formerly known as Brenmiller Energy Consulting Ltd. and changed its name to Brenmiller Energy Ltd. in 2017. Brenmiller Energy Ltd was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Rosh HaAyin, Israel.
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