Alight (ALIT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Alight, Inc. provides cloud-based human capital and business solutions designed to help employers manage employee-related programs and administrative processes. Its offerings support areas such as payroll, human resources, employee benefits, workforce management, and employee financial and physical wellbeing.

The company’s platform and services are used by organizations to administer benefits programs, deliver employee engagement tools, manage payroll and related processes, and provide data and technology support for workforce decision-making. Alight serves large employers and multinational organizations across multiple geographic regions, including North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.

Alight’s business traces its roots to Hewitt Associates, a human resources consulting and outsourcing company acquired by Aon in 2010. The business was subsequently separated from Aon and launched as Alight in 2017. Alight became a publicly traded company in 2021 through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $10.84 to $11.64
• 50-Day Range: $11.05 to $20.32
• 52-Week Range: $9.58 to $67.70
• Volume: 405,587 shs
• Average Volume: 415,029 shs
• Market Capitalization: $297.77 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 90% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 144th out of 671 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 346.3% upside from its current price of $11.05.

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: 22.33%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Alight are expected to grow by 22.33% in the coming year, from $4.12 to $5.04 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Alight is -0.14, 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 -0.14, 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 0.23. 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 0.28. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.87% 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 2.52, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Alight has recently increased by 14.50%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing 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 2.38% next year. This indicates that Alight will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.28

News Sentiment

Alight has a news sentiment score of -0.28. 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 is a lower news sentiment than the 0.56 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Alight this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

5 people have searched for ALIT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 150% 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: 8/04/2026
• Today: 9/26/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 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: +346.3%
• 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: 2.68
• P/E Growth: 0.23
• 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: 0.13
• Cash Flow: $138.16 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.08
• Book Value: $39.15 per share
• Price / Book: 0.28

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 26,940,000
• Free Float: 26,373,000
• Market Cap: $297.77 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.56