Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) Raised to “Strong-Buy” at Zacks Research

Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) was upgraded by stock analysts at Zacks Research from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a note issued to investors on Monday,Zacks.com reports.

Several other brokerages have also commented on ALNT. Jefferies Financial Group set a $80.00 price target on shares of Allient in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of Allient from $95.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Allient from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday. Roth Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $70.00 price objective on shares of Allient in a report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded Allient from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $84.00.

Allient Stock Performance

Shares of Allient stock opened at $113.97 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.94 billion, a P/E ratio of 67.04 and a beta of 1.61. Allient has a 52 week low of $41.75 and a 52 week high of $118.67. The company has a quick ratio of 1.95, a current ratio of 3.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $92.35 and its two-hundred day moving average is $75.55.

Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 5th. The company reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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. Research analysts forecast that Allient will post 2.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of ALNT. Tulsa Wealth Advisors INC acquired a new stake in shares of Allient during the fourth quarter worth $659,000. Jennison Associates LLC purchased a new position in Allient in the 4th quarter valued at $8,982,000. Sei Investments Co. increased its stake in Allient by 87.9% in the 1st quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 55,424 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,275,000 after buying an additional 25,935 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Allient by 2.7% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,011,253 shares of the company’s stock worth $54,355,000 after buying an additional 26,438 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Zweig DiMenna Associates LLC purchased a new position in Allient during the 1st quarter worth $2,777,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 61.57% of the company’s stock.

Key Allient News

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.

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.