Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT – Get Free Report) and Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations and risk.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Allient and Rockwell Automation”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Allient | $574.78 million | 3.12 | $22.03 million | $1.70 | 62.01 |
| Rockwell Automation | $8.34 billion | 5.75 | $869.00 million | $10.67 | 40.49 |
Dividends
Allient pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Rockwell Automation pays an annual dividend of $5.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Allient pays out 9.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rockwell Automation pays out 51.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Rockwell Automation has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Rockwell Automation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Allient and Rockwell Automation, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Allient | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.67 |
| Rockwell Automation | 0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2.41 |
Allient currently has a consensus target price of $84.00, suggesting a potential downside of 20.32%. Rockwell Automation has a consensus target price of $469.82, suggesting a potential upside of 8.75%. Given Rockwell Automation’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rockwell Automation is more favorable than Allient.
Risk and Volatility
Allient has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rockwell Automation has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
61.6% of Allient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of Rockwell Automation shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Allient shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Rockwell Automation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Allient and Rockwell Automation’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Allient | 4.98% | 13.55% | 7.05% |
| Rockwell Automation | 13.39% | 39.83% | 12.97% |
Summary
Rockwell Automation beats Allient on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Allient
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. 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.
About Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation, Inc. provides industrial automation and digital transformation solutions in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company operates through three segments, Intelligent Devices, Software & Control, and Lifecycle Services. Its solutions include hardware and software products and services. The Intelligent Devices segment offers drives, motion, safety, sensing, industrial components, and configured-to-order products. The Software & Control segment provides control and visualization software and hardware, information software, and network and security infrastructure solutions. The Lifecycle Services segment provides consulting, professional services and solutions, and connected and maintenance services. The company sells its solutions primarily through independent distributors in relation with its direct sales force. It serves discrete end markets, including automotive, semiconductor, and warehousing and logistics, as well as general industries comprising printing and publishing, marine, glass, fiber and textiles, airports, and aerospace; hybrid end markets, such as food and beverage, life sciences, household and personal care, and tire, as well as eco industrial, including water/wastewater, waste management, mass transit, and renewable energy; and process end markets comprising oil and gas, mining, metals, chemicals, pulp and paper, and others. Rockwell Automation, Inc. was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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