Allient (ALNT) Competitors

Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) and Cohu (NASDAQ:COHU) 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 earnings, valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ALNT or COHU?

61.6% of Allient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Cohu shares are held by institutional investors. 15.6% of Allient shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Cohu shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, ALNT or COHU?

Allient has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohu has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ALNT or COHU more profitable?

Allient has a net margin of 2.64% compared to Cohu's net margin of -11.35%. Allient's return on equity of 10.80% beat Cohu's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allient	2.64%	10.80%	4.75%
Cohu	-11.35%	-1.01%	-0.86%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ALNT or COHU?

Cohu received 449 more outperform votes than Allient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.11% of users gave Cohu an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Allient an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Allient	Outperform Votes 4 66.67%	Underperform Votes 2 33.33%
Cohu	Outperform Votes 453 67.11%	Underperform Votes 222 32.89%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ALNT or COHU?

Cohu has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Allient. Cohu is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allient, 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
Allient	$548.96M	0.79	$24.10M	$0.88	29.10
Cohu	$444.88M	2.81	$28.16M	-$1.08	-24.87

Do analysts rate ALNT or COHU?

Allient presently has a consensus target price of $29.33, indicating a potential upside of 14.54%. Cohu has a consensus target price of $31.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.27%. Given Cohu's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cohu is more favorable than Allient.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allient	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Cohu	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer ALNT or COHU?

In the previous week, Cohu had 1 more articles in the media than Allient. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cohu and 6 mentions for Allient. Allient's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Cohu's score of 1.21 indicating that Allient is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Allient	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Cohu	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ALNT or COHU a better dividend stock?

Allient pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Cohu pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Allient pays out 13.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cohu pays out -22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Cohu is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Allient and Cohu tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.