Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT – Get Free Report) is one of 16 public companies in the “Instruments to measure electricity” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Allient to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of shares of all “Instruments to measure electricity” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Allient | $502.99 million | $17.39 million | 22.71 |
| Allient Competitors | $639.75 million | $69.77 million | 13.87 |
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.
Risk & Volatility
Allient has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allient’s competitors have a beta of 1.37, meaning that their average stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Allient and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| 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 8.31%. Given Allient’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Allient has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.
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 | 4.19% | 15.85% | 5.99% |
| Allient Competitors | 0.41% | -11.26% | 2.23% |
Summary
Allient beats its competitors 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.
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