Allient Inc. (NASDAQ:ALNT) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

Allient Inc. (NASDAQ:ALNT) has received an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the six research firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $84.00.

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the company. Weiss Ratings raised Allient from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. Wall Street Zen upgraded Allient from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday. Zacks Research raised Allient from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday. Jefferies Financial Group set a $80.00 price target on Allient in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, Macquarie Infrastructure set a $80.00 price objective on shares of Allient in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th.

Allient Stock Performance

Shares of ALNT opened at $113.97 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $1.94 billion, a PE ratio of 67.04 and a beta of 1.61. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $92.35 and a 200-day moving average of $75.55. Allient has a one year low of $41.75 and a one year high of $118.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 3.42 and a quick ratio of 1.95.

Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The company reported $0.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.61 by $0.19. Allient had a net margin of 4.98% and a return on equity of 13.55%. The company had revenue of $153.77 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $145.68 million. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Allient will post 2.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Allient Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 19th will be given a $0.04 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 19th. This represents a $0.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.1%. Allient’s dividend payout ratio is presently 9.41%.

Key Stories Impacting Allient

Here are the key news stories impacting Allient this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Northland Securities raised its earnings forecasts across multiple periods. The firm increased its FY2026 EPS estimate to $2.68 from $2.46, FY2027 to $3.11 from $2.93, FY2028 to $3.54 from $3.28, and FY2030 to $4.17 from $3.72. It also lifted estimates for Q3 2026, Q2 2027 and Q3 2027. The broad-based revisions signal improving expectations for Allient’s earnings growth. Q4 EPS Estimates for Allient Raised by Northland Securities
• Positive Sentiment: Allient’s price target was raised to $120. The increase from Northland Securities provides a positive valuation signal and suggests additional potential upside relative to recent trading levels. Allient Price Target Raised to $120
• Positive Sentiment: The company recently exceeded quarterly expectations. Allient reported $0.80 in earnings per share versus the $0.61 consensus estimate and revenue of $153.77 million versus expectations of $145.68 million. The earnings and revenue beats likely reinforced the subsequent analyst upgrades.
• Neutral Sentiment: Options activity has attracted investor attention. A Zacks report highlights unusual or notable movements in Allient’s options market, but the available information does not establish whether traders are positioning for a rise or decline. Options Trading Activity at Allient
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest data does not show meaningful bearish positioning. The report lists zero shares sold short and a zero-day days-to-cover ratio, but the “increase” figure is invalid because the prior period also showed zero shares. This appears more likely to be a reporting issue than a substantive trading signal.

Institutional Trading of Allient

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Royal Bank of Canada raised its holdings in Allient by 19.8% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 111,570 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,453,000 after acquiring an additional 18,416 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Allient by 8.0% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 53,661 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,179,000 after acquiring an additional 3,979 shares during the period. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Allient by 4.7% during the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 8,736 shares of the company’s stock worth $192,000 after acquiring an additional 390 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC grew its position in shares of Allient by 8.1% in the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 46,044 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,012,000 after purchasing an additional 3,458 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC grew its position in shares of Allient by 9.9% in the first quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 18,379 shares of the company’s stock valued at $404,000 after purchasing an additional 1,663 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 61.57% of the company’s stock.

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.