Allient (ALNT) & Its Rivals Financial Review

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

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Allient	$554.48 million	$22.03 million	38.12
Allient Competitors	$2.39 billion	$148.65 million	21.65

Allient’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Allient. 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Allient and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allient	0	3	3	0	2.50
Allient Competitors	2297	5180	7231	439	2.38

Allient presently has a consensus price target of $82.33, indicating a potential downside of 2.71%. As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 47.60%. Given Allient’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Allient has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

61.6% of Allient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.3% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Allient shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.5% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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	6.24%	15.80%	8.33%
Allient Competitors	-380.43%	-44.08%	-7.39%

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 1.5% and pay out 26.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Volatility and Risk

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

Summary

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

Allient Company Profile

Allient Inc. designs and manufactures precision and specialty motion-control and power solutions. Its products include motors, gear motors, motion controllers, drives, encoders, actuators and integrated systems that help equipment move and operate with precision. The company serves a range of markets, including medical, aerospace and defense, industrial automation, robotics, transportation and energy. Allient operates internationally, with customers and operations across North America, Europe and Asia.