Allient (ALNT) & Its Rivals Critical Contrast

Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) is one of 216 publicly-traded companies in the “Electrical Equipment” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Allient to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Allient and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allient	6.24%	15.80%	8.33%
Allient Competitors	-380.97%	-43.65%	-7.29%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

61.6% of Allient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Allient shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Allient has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allient’s competitors have a beta of -20.43, meaning that their average stock price is 2,143% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Allient and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allient	0	3	3	0	2.50
Allient Competitors	2289	5167	7220	439	2.38

Allient presently has a consensus price target of $84.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.30%. As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 54.28%. Given Allient’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Allient has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Allient and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Allient	$554.48 million	$22.03 million	36.63
Allient Competitors	$2.39 billion	$141.26 million	21.14

Allient’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Allient. Allient is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Allient pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Allient pays out 7.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.6% and pay out 27.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Allient beats its competitors on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

Allient Company Profile

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.