Head-To-Head Contrast: Allient (ALNT) and The Competition

Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) is one of 17 public companies in the “Instruments to measure electricity” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Allient to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allient	0	0	0	0	N/A
Allient Competitors	42	382	698	17	2.61

As a group, “Instruments to measure electricity” companies have a potential upside of 8.44%. Given Allient’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Allient has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allient	4.19%	15.85%	5.99%
Allient Competitors	0.25%	-10.76%	1.80%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

61.2% of Allient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of shares of all “Instruments to measure electricity” companies are owned by institutional investors. 16.5% of Allient shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of shares of all “Instruments to measure electricity” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Allient pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Allient pays out 8.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Instruments to measure electricity” companies pay a dividend yield of 0.4% and pay out 10.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Allient and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Allient	$502.99 million	$17.39 million	22.32
Allient Competitors	$582.18 million	$64.34 million	13.70

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

Volatility and Risk

Allient has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allient’s peers have a beta of 1.33, suggesting that their average share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Allient beats its peers on 7 of the 12 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 worldwide. 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. 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.