Q2 EPS Estimates for Allient Lifted by Northland Securities

Allient Inc. (NASDAQ:ALNT) – Equities researchers at Northland Securities raised their Q2 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Allient in a research report issued on Thursday, March 19th. Northland Securities analyst E. Jackson now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.66 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.65. The consensus estimate for Allient’s current full-year earnings is $1.43 per share. Northland Securities also issued estimates for Allient’s Q3 2026 earnings at $0.71 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.64 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $2.57 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.69 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.77 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $0.72 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $2.99 EPS, FY2028 earnings at $3.31 EPS and FY2029 earnings at $3.52 EPS.

Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 5th. The company reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.46 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $143.35 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $133.33 million. Allient had a net margin of 3.97% and a return on equity of 12.53%.

Several other equities research analysts have also weighed in on the company. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Allient in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Lake Street Capital started coverage on Allient in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $79.00 price objective for the company. Zacks Research lowered Allient from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 1st. Craig Hallum reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $75.00 target price on shares of Allient in a research report on Monday, March 9th. Finally, Roth Mkm increased their price target on shares of Allient from $56.00 to $69.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $63.60.

Allient Stock Up 0.2%

ALNT stock opened at $61.37 on Friday. Allient has a fifty-two week low of $19.25 and a fifty-two week high of $70.00. The company has a market capitalization of $1.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 46.49 and a beta of 1.51. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $63.76 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $55.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60, a quick ratio of 2.08 and a current ratio of 3.66.

Allient Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 20th will be issued a dividend of $0.03 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 20th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.2%. Allient’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 9.09%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Allient

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Nkcfo LLC lifted its position in shares of Allient by 700.0% during the 2nd quarter. Nkcfo LLC now owns 32,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,162,000 after buying an additional 28,000 shares in the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. purchased a new stake in Allient during the third quarter worth approximately $647,000. Handelsbanken Fonder AB acquired a new position in Allient in the third quarter valued at approximately $5,888,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. purchased a new position in Allient in the third quarter valued at approximately $495,000. Finally, Portolan Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Allient during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $11,530,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 61.57% of the company’s stock.

About Allient

Allient Inc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells precision and specialty controlled motion components and systems for various industries in the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. It offers brush and brushless DC motors, brushless servo and torque motors, coreless DC motors, integrated brushless motor-drives, gearmotors, gearing, modular digital servo drives, motion controllers, optical encoders, active and passive filters, input/output modules, industrial communications gateways, light-weighting technologies, and other controlled motion-related products, as well as nano precision positioning systems, servo control systems, and digital servo amplifiers and drives.