Alight (ALIT) Competitors $5.76 +0.08 (+1.32%) Closing price 07/25/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$5.71 -0.05 (-0.95%) As of 07/25/2025 06:45 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock ALIT vs. FTAI, ICLR, BILI, FOUR, MEDP, HQY, MARA, ETSY, LYFT, and WPPShould you be buying Alight stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alight include FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Icon (ICLR), Bilibili (BILI), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), Medpace (MEDP), HealthEquity (HQY), Marathon Digital (MARA), Etsy (ETSY), Lyft (LYFT), and WPP (WPP). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry. Alight vs. Its Competitors FTAI Aviation Icon Bilibili Shift4 Payments Medpace HealthEquity Marathon Digital Etsy Lyft WPP FTAI Aviation (NASDAQ:FTAI) and Alight (NYSE:ALIT) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and valuation. Which has more risk and volatility, FTAI or ALIT? FTAI Aviation has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alight has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500. Does the media refer more to FTAI or ALIT? In the previous week, FTAI Aviation had 7 more articles in the media than Alight. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for FTAI Aviation and 6 mentions for Alight. FTAI Aviation's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Alight's score of 0.57 indicating that FTAI Aviation is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment FTAI Aviation 12 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Alight 1 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts prefer FTAI or ALIT? FTAI Aviation presently has a consensus target price of $171.83, indicating a potential upside of 46.64%. Alight has a consensus target price of $9.86, indicating a potential upside of 70.98%. Given Alight's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alight is more favorable than FTAI Aviation.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score FTAI Aviation 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 12 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.08Alight 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.86 Is FTAI or ALIT a better dividend stock? FTAI Aviation pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Alight pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. FTAI Aviation pays out 571.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alight pays out -114.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alight is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Which has better earnings & valuation, FTAI or ALIT? FTAI Aviation has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alight. Alight is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FTAI Aviation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioFTAI Aviation$1.73B6.93$8.68M$0.21558.00Alight$2.32B1.34-$157M-$0.14-41.18 Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FTAI or ALIT? 89.0% of FTAI Aviation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of Alight shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of FTAI Aviation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Alight shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Is FTAI or ALIT more profitable? FTAI Aviation has a net margin of 3.74% compared to Alight's net margin of -2.65%. FTAI Aviation's return on equity of 438.32% beat Alight's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets FTAI Aviation3.74% 438.32% 8.41% Alight -2.65%5.74%2.86% SummaryFTAI Aviation beats Alight on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Alight News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ALIT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ALIT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ALIT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAlightINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$3.10B$18.59B$28.91B$21.10BDividend Yield2.80%2.76%3.01%3.59%P/E Ratio-41.1877.0934.2328.44Price / Sales1.3471.521,711.0158.59Price / Cash5.2094.1238.3822.92Price / Book0.738.767.794.69Net Income-$157M$341.62M$782.91M$995.51M7 Day Performance5.20%2.45%0.81%1.65%1 Month Performance2.31%11.59%6.12%4.54%1 Year Performance-24.64%55.50%52,641.07%9.99% Alight Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ALITAlight3.8762 of 5 stars$5.77+1.3%$9.86+71.0%-22.8%$3.10B$2.32B-41.189,500News CoveragePositive NewsDividend AnnouncementFTAIFTAI Aviation4.7483 of 5 stars$113.88+0.3%$171.83+50.9%+11.3%$11.68B$1.73B542.2940News CoveragePositive NewsICLRIcon4.0687 of 5 stars$139.63-2.7%$198.08+41.9%-40.3%$11.28B$8.28B15.2141,900Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst UpgradeBILIBilibili1.5437 of 5 stars$24.95-1.0%$23.79-4.7%+59.9%$10.43B$3.68B-124.748,088Gap DownFOURShift4 Payments2.7609 of 5 stars$105.98-0.5%$116.70+10.1%+55.7%$9.39B$3.33B35.814,000Positive NewsMEDPMedpace3.7182 of 5 stars$308.88-1.0%$344.82+11.6%+17.6%$8.88B$2.11B23.585,900Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionGap DownHigh Trading VolumeHQYHealthEquity3.2399 of 5 stars$97.08-0.6%$118.55+22.1%+20.4%$8.39B$1.20B70.863,120Positive NewsMARAMarathon Digital3.6918 of 5 stars$18.83-3.5%$21.28+13.0%-14.9%$6.63B$656.38M-12.999Upcoming EarningsAnalyst UpgradeETSYEtsy3.5574 of 5 stars$60.41+1.3%$51.13-15.4%+3.4%$6.30B$2.81B43.152,400Trending NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeOptions VolumeLYFTLyft4.4823 of 5 stars$14.77+0.1%$16.82+13.9%+17.1%$6.17B$5.79B98.472,934Trending NewsWPPWPP2.0276 of 5 stars$27.98+0.5%N/A-38.3%$6.04B$18.84B4.69108,044High Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies FTAI Competitors ICLR Competitors BILI Competitors FOUR Competitors MEDP Competitors HQY Competitors MARA Competitors ETSY Competitors LYFT Competitors WPP Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:ALIT) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredElon Musk: “This will transform civilization as we know it.”Robots are no longer science fiction — they’re the next trillion-dollar megatrend. 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