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$26.22 -0.21 (-0.79%)
(As of 12:01 PM ET)

ALNT vs. COHU, TRNS, AEHR, FEIM, INTT, DAIO, VLTO, TER, ITRI, and SPT

Should you be buying Allient stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Allient include Cohu (COHU), Transcat (TRNS), Aehr Test Systems (AEHR), Frequency Electronics (FEIM), inTEST (INTT), Data I/O (DAIO), Veralto (VLTO), Teradyne (TER), Itron (ITRI), and Sprout Social (SPT).

Allient vs.

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

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
Cohu-11.35% -1.01% -0.86%
Allient 2.64%10.80%4.75%

Cohu pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Allient pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Cohu pays out -22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Allient pays out 13.6% 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.

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

Cohu has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allient has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Cohu has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cohu$444.88M2.92$28.16M-$1.08-25.81
Allient$548.96M0.81$24.10M$0.8830.03

Cohu currently has a consensus target price of $31.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.02%. Allient has a consensus target price of $29.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.98%. Given Cohu's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cohu is more favorable than Allient.

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CohuOutperform Votes
453
67.11%
Underperform Votes
222
32.89%
AllientOutperform Votes
4
66.67%
Underperform Votes
2
33.33%

In the previous week, Allient had 3 more articles in the media than Cohu. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Allient and 4 mentions for Cohu. Allient's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Cohu's score of 0.48 indicating that Allient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ALNT vs. The Competition

MetricAllientInstruments to measure electricity IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$445.21M$4.86B$24.39B$8.94B
Dividend Yield0.47%0.41%2.63%4.05%
P/E Ratio30.0324.30243.8318.00
Price / Sales0.812.933,177.82155.72
Price / Cash6.7019.0334.4838.60
Price / Book1.633.717.456.66
Net Income$24.10M$136.22M$664.37M$224.93M
7 Day Performance4.30%2.11%1.45%2.50%
1 Month Performance49.15%8.20%9.21%10.24%
1 Year Performance-1.93%4.10%21.18%30.14%

Allient Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALNT
Allient
4.5519 of 5 stars
$26.07
-1.4%
$29.33
+12.5%
-1.9%$439.02M$578.63M29.632,287Positive News
COHU
Cohu
1.3697 of 5 stars
$26.40
+1.6%
$31.50
+19.3%
-13.8%$1.23B$444.88M-24.443,259Short Interest ↑
TRNS
Transcat
3.2928 of 5 stars
$104.81
-0.1%
$127.25
+21.4%
+6.2%$964.25M$259.48M52.981,104Positive News
AEHR
Aehr Test Systems
2.4982 of 5 stars
$12.52
+5.3%
$25.00
+99.7%
-47.3%$370.97M$66.22M12.1390News Coverage
Positive News
FEIM
Frequency Electronics
2.9788 of 5 stars
$13.74
-1.9%
N/A+30.7%$131.49M$55.27M22.60200Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
INTT
inTEST
3.2396 of 5 stars
$7.71
+1.7%
$14.50
+88.1%
-43.9%$95.45M$123.30M32.96323Positive News
DAIO
Data I/O
1.771 of 5 stars
$2.62
-2.2%
$4.00
+52.7%
-16.3%$24.21M$28.06M-14.10100High Trading Volume
VLTO
Veralto
2.6 of 5 stars
$106.20
-1.8%
$108.27
+2.0%
+39.4%$26.26B$5.02B33.3916,000Positive News
TER
Teradyne
4.9958 of 5 stars
$110.00
+1.8%
$142.62
+29.7%
+20.6%$17.91B$2.74B34.926,500Options Volume
Positive News
ITRI
Itron
4.3467 of 5 stars
$119.07
+0.5%
$123.92
+4.1%
+71.3%$5.37B$2.17B24.295,859Positive News
SPT
Sprout Social
2.6617 of 5 stars
$30.87
-3.6%
$45.62
+47.8%
-47.4%$1.77B$392.40M-26.681,383Analyst Forecast
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ALNT) was last updated on 12/3/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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