Analyzing Allient (ALNT) and The Competition

Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) is one of 15 publicly-traded companies in the “Instruments to measure electricity” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Allient to similar companies based on the strength of its profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Allient and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allient	0	0	0	0	N/A
Allient Competitors	20	286	538	7	2.63

As a group, “Instruments to measure electricity” companies have a potential upside of 7.99%. Given Allient’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Allient has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

61.2% of Allient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.6% of shares of all “Instruments to measure electricity” companies are held by institutional investors. 16.5% of Allient shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of shares of all “Instruments to measure electricity” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers 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 0.5% and pay out 10.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Risk & Volatility

Allient has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allient’s rivals have a beta of 1.26, indicating that their average share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Allient and its rivals’ 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	-1.93%	-15.55%	0.07%

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Allient	$557.80 million	$17.39 million	21.68
Allient Competitors	$518.25 million	$75.60 million	-1.12

Allient has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its rivals. Allient is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Allient beats its rivals on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

About Allient

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.