Research Analysts Issue Forecasts for Allient Q2 Earnings

Allient Inc. (NASDAQ:ALNT) – Investment analysts at Northland Securities issued their Q2 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Allient in a research note issued to investors on Monday, March 9th. Northland Securities analyst E. Jackson forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.65 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Allient’s current full-year earnings is $1.43 per share.

Several other research analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Allient in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Roth Mkm raised their price target on Allient from $49.00 to $56.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 14th. Craig Hallum reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $75.00 price target on shares of Allient in a report on Monday. Zacks Research downgraded Allient from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 1st. Finally, Lake Street Capital began coverage on Allient in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. They set a “buy” rating and a $79.00 price objective on the stock. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $61.00.

Allient Stock Up 3.8%

ALNT stock opened at $63.27 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60, a current ratio of 3.66 and a quick ratio of 2.08. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $62.74 and its 200-day simple moving average is $54.74. Allient has a 12 month low of $19.25 and a 12 month high of $70.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.07 billion, a PE ratio of 47.93 and a beta of 1.51.

Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, March 5th. The company reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.46 by $0.09. Allient had a net margin of 3.97% and a return on equity of 12.53%. The company had revenue of $143.35 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $133.33 million.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Allient

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Allient by 22.0% in the 4th quarter. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. now owns 1,160 shares of the company’s stock worth $62,000 after purchasing an additional 209 shares during the period. Arax Advisory Partners increased its position in Allient by 113.9% during the 4th quarter. Arax Advisory Partners now owns 494 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 263 shares in the last quarter. White Pine Capital LLC raised its holdings in Allient by 1.6% in the second quarter. White Pine Capital LLC now owns 17,218 shares of the company’s stock valued at $625,000 after buying an additional 269 shares during the period. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. lifted its position in Allient by 4.7% during the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 8,736 shares of the company’s stock valued at $192,000 after buying an additional 390 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Larson Financial Group LLC lifted its position in Allient by 149.1% during the fourth quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 690 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,000 after buying an additional 413 shares in the last quarter. 61.57% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Allient Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, March 20th will be issued a $0.03 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 20th. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.2%. Allient’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 9.09%.

Allient News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Allient this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Northland Securities raised multi‑year earnings forecasts and issued updated quarterly estimates — its note raised FY2026 to $2.51 EPS (from $2.35) and pushed FY2027–FY2029 estimates higher (FY2027 to $2.92, FY2028 to $3.27, FY2029 to $3.48). It also published nearer‑term quarterly EPS outlines (for example Q1 2026 ~$0.56 and Q2 2026 ~$0.65), implying stronger future earnings growth that can justify multiple expansion.
• Positive Sentiment: Allient declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.03 per share (record 3/20, pay 4/3), a token yield but a signal of free‑cash‑flow confidence and shareholder return policy.
• Positive Sentiment: Recent media pieces highlight margin lift and the dividend as potential signs of a strategic shift toward higher profitability and capital returns, reinforcing the positive analyst narrative and investor interest. Is Allient’s (ALNT) Margin Lift and Dividend Hinting at a Deeper Shift in Strategy? Why Allient (ALNT) stock is trading up today
• Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest reports are showing anomalous/zero values (entries report “0 shares” and NaN changes), so there’s no clear evidence of a material short squeeze or rising short pressure from the published data — treat those figures as unreliable until corrected.

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.