Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) Issues Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.05 EPS

Key Points

• Allient missed EPS expectations: the company reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, missing the $0.55 consensus by $0.05, while revenue of $138.92M was roughly in line with estimates; ROE was 12.53% and net margin 3.97%.
• Governance votes passed: shareholders re-elected all six directors, approved executive compensation, and ratified Deloitte & Touche as auditor with about 89% of shares represented; Allient will file a Form 8-K with detailed vote tallies.
• Market and payout snapshot: shares slipped 0.6% to $77.52 (market cap $1.32B, P/E ~58.7), and the company pays a $0.03 quarterly dividend (annualized $0.12, ~0.2% yield, 9.09% payout ratio).

Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT - Get Free Report) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The company reported $0.50 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.55 by ($0.05), FiscalAI reports. Allient had a return on equity of 12.53% and a net margin of 3.97%.The firm had revenue of $138.92 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $138.42 million.

Here are the key takeaways from Allient's conference call:

• All six director nominees were elected, keeping the board intact for 2026.
• Advisory vote approving named executive officers' compensation passed, indicating shareholder support for the company's pay program.
• Deloitte & Touche was ratified as the company's independent public accounting firm for 2026.
• Approximately 89% of shares were represented at the meeting (a quorum), and the company will file a Form 8-K with detailed vote tallies.

Allient Trading Down 0.6%

Shares of ALNT stock traded down $0.48 on Wednesday, hitting $77.52. 182,333 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 169,417. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60, a quick ratio of 2.08 and a current ratio of 3.66. Allient has a one year low of $21.74 and a one year high of $80.39. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $66.44 and its 200 day simple moving average is $60.41. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 58.73 and a beta of 1.65.

Allient Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, March 20th were issued a dividend of $0.03 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 20th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.2%. Allient's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 9.09%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Allient

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Allient by 1.3% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 85,409 shares of the company's stock valued at $4,591,000 after purchasing an additional 1,084 shares during the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Allient during the 4th quarter valued at $219,000. Millennium Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Allient by 38.8% during the 4th quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 137,527 shares of the company's stock valued at $7,392,000 after purchasing an additional 38,447 shares during the last quarter. Inspire Investing LLC bought a new position in shares of Allient during the 4th quarter valued at $1,243,000. Finally, Janus Henderson Group PLC bought a new position in shares of Allient during the 4th quarter valued at $397,000. Institutional investors own 61.57% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ALNT has been the topic of several research reports. Roth Mkm raised their price objective on shares of Allient from $56.00 to $69.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, March 16th. Craig Hallum restated a "buy" rating and set a $75.00 price objective on shares of Allient in a research report on Monday, March 9th. Weiss Ratings restated a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Allient in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Finally, Lake Street Capital initiated coverage on shares of Allient in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. They set a "buy" rating and a $79.00 price objective on the stock. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $70.75.

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.

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