Allient Inc. (NASDAQ:ALNT – Get Free Report) CEO Richard Warzala sold 70,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $113.58, for a total value of $7,950,600.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 1,499,106 shares in the company, valued at $170,268,459.48. The trade was a 4.46% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website.
Allient Stock Performance
NASDAQ:ALNT traded up $0.31 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $114.28. 235,070 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 224,704. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.94 billion, a P/E ratio of 67.22 and a beta of 1.61. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $92.35 and a 200-day simple moving average of $75.55. The company has a quick ratio of 1.95, a current ratio of 3.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. Allient Inc. has a 52 week low of $41.75 and a 52 week high of $118.67.
Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The company reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.61 by $0.19. The firm had revenue of $153.77 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $145.68 million. Allient had a net margin of 4.98% and a return on equity of 13.55%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Allient Inc. will post 2.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
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Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of equities analysts have commented on ALNT shares. Wall Street Zen upgraded Allient from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday. Jefferies Financial Group set a $80.00 price target on Allient in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on Allient from $95.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Allient from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. Finally, Macquarie Infrastructure set a $80.00 target price on Allient in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Allient presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $84.00.
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Allient News Roundup
Here are the key news stories impacting Allient this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Zacks upgraded Allient to “Strong Buy” from “Hold,” adding a positive catalyst for the shares. Zacks also identified ALNT as a potential momentum pick, likely reflecting its strong recent performance and improving earnings outlook. Are You Looking for a Top Momentum Pick? Why Allient Is a Great Choice
- Positive Sentiment: Northland Securities raised its earnings forecasts across multiple periods. Estimates increased to $2.68 per share for fiscal 2026, $3.11 for fiscal 2027, $3.54 for fiscal 2028 and $4.17 for fiscal 2030. Quarterly forecasts were also lifted, including Q3 2026 EPS to $0.72 from $0.69 and Q2 2027 EPS to $0.78 from $0.74. The revisions suggest analysts see improving profitability and longer-term earnings growth. Northland Securities Earnings Estimate Revisions
- Positive Sentiment: Allient’s latest quarterly results provide fundamental support for the bullish view: EPS of $0.80 exceeded the $0.61 consensus estimate, while revenue of $153.8 million surpassed expectations of $145.7 million. The earnings beat and revenue outperformance may be reinforcing investor confidence.
- Neutral Sentiment: Recent options-market activity has attracted attention, but the available report does not establish whether traders are positioned bullishly or bearishly. Do Options Traders Know Something About Allient Stock We Don’t?
- Neutral Sentiment: The reported August short-interest data showed zero shares short and zero days to cover, making it unusable as a meaningful short-squeeze or bearish signal.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. BlackRock Inc. bought a new position in shares of Allient in the second quarter worth $128,774,000. Jennison Associates LLC raised its stake in shares of Allient by 111.5% during the first quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 353,430 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,884,000 after purchasing an additional 186,316 shares in the last quarter. Telemark Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Allient during the fourth quarter valued at about $8,062,000. Marshall Wace LLP lifted its holdings in Allient by 1,291.3% in the third quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 153,819 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,883,000 after purchasing an additional 142,763 shares during the period. Finally, Handelsbanken Fonder AB lifted its holdings in Allient by 95.6% in the fourth quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 257,323 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,831,000 after purchasing an additional 125,753 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 61.57% of the company’s stock.
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.
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