Allient (ALNT) Competitors

Transcat (NASDAQ:TRNS) and Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TRNS or ALNT?

98.3% of Transcat shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Allient shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Transcat shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Allient shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TRNS or ALNT more profitable?

Transcat has a net margin of 6.22% compared to Allient's net margin of 2.64%. Allient's return on equity of 10.80% beat Transcat's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Transcat	6.22%	7.43%	6.01%
Allient	2.64%	10.80%	4.75%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TRNS or ALNT?

Transcat received 207 more outperform votes than Allient when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Allient an outperform vote while only 66.14% of users gave Transcat an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Transcat	Outperform Votes 211 66.14%	Underperform Votes 108 33.86%
Allient	Outperform Votes 4 66.67%	Underperform Votes 2 33.33%

Does the media prefer TRNS or ALNT?

In the previous week, Transcat had 27 more articles in the media than Allient. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Transcat and 3 mentions for Allient. Allient's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Transcat's score of 0.32 indicating that Allient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Transcat	5 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Allient	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TRNS or ALNT?

Allient has higher revenue and earnings than Transcat. Allient is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Transcat, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Transcat	$259.48M	2.81	$13.65M	$1.85	42.86
Allient	$578.63M	0.72	$24.10M	$0.88	28.00

Do analysts rate TRNS or ALNT?

Transcat currently has a consensus target price of $111.50, suggesting a potential upside of 40.61%. Allient has a consensus target price of $29.33, suggesting a potential upside of 19.05%. Given Transcat's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Transcat is more favorable than Allient.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Transcat	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Allient	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk and volatility, TRNS or ALNT?

Transcat has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allient has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Transcat beats Allient on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.