Alight (ALIT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Alight, Inc. is a cloud-based provider of human capital and business solutions for employers and their employees. The company helps organizations manage employee benefits, payroll, human resources, financial administration and related workforce processes through technology-enabled services.

Its offerings include benefits administration, healthcare and employee wellbeing programs, retirement and financial solutions, payroll services, human resources administration and workforce management tools. Alight also provides employee experience and engagement capabilities through platforms such as Alight Worklife, which is designed to give employees access to workplace, benefits and financial information through a unified digital experience.

Alight serves multinational corporations and other organizations across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. The business was formed from Aon’s benefits administration and human resources operations, which were acquired by affiliates of Blackstone in 2017, and Alight later became a publicly traded company through a business combination completed in 2021.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $12.50 to $16.78
• 50-Day Range: $7.98 to $14.98
• 52-Week Range: $7.93 to $57.00
• Volume: 5.33 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.09 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $342.60 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $49.33
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Alight Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Alight scored higher than 97% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 73rd out of 656 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Alight has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.13, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Alight has a consensus price target of $49.33, representing about 287.9% upside from its current price of $12.72.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Alight has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 18.90%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Alight are expected to grow by 18.90% in the coming year, from $4.92 to $5.85 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Alight is -0.16, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Alight is -0.16, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Alight has a PEG Ratio of 0.17. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Alight has a P/B Ratio of 0.32. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.61% of the float of Alight has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Alight has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.64, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Alight has recently decreased by 5.95%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Alight does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Alight does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Alight will have a dividend payout ratio of 2.05% next year. This indicates that Alight will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.52

News Sentiment

Alight has a news sentiment score of 0.52. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for Alight this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 4 people have searched for ALIT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -20% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Alight insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.10% of the stock of Alight is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

96.74% of the stock of Alight is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/03/2026
• Today: 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Professional Services
• Sub-Industry: Human Resource & Employment Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ALIT
• CIK: 1809104
• Web: alight.com
• Phone: 224-737-7000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 9,500
• Year Founded: 2017

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Alight: $49.33
• High Price Target: $100.00
• Low Price Target: $16.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +287.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.13
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($77.18)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 2.17
• P/E Growth: 0.17
• Net Income: -$3.10 billion
• Net Margins: -90.90%
• Pretax Margin: -90.14%
• Return on Equity: 16.05%
• Return on Assets: 4.38%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.93
• Current Ratio: 1.42
• Quick Ratio: 1.42

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.26 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.15
• Cash Flow: $181.67 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.07
• Book Value: $39.15 per share
• Price / Book: 0.32

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 26,940,000
• Free Float: 26,373,000
• Market Cap: $342.60 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.73