Pinnacle Associates Ltd. Lowers Holdings in Allient Inc. $ALNT

Pinnacle Associates Ltd. lowered its position in Allient Inc. (NASDAQ:ALNT) by 11.9% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 293,530 shares of the company’s stock after selling 39,747 shares during the quarter. Pinnacle Associates Ltd. owned approximately 1.73% of Allient worth $13,135,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Teton Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Allient in the 3rd quarter worth $3,007,000. Barclays PLC increased its stake in shares of Allient by 19.7% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 38,715 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,732,000 after buying an additional 6,370 shares during the period. Integrated Quantitative Investments LLC bought a new stake in shares of Allient in the third quarter valued at about $348,000. Handelsbanken Fonder AB bought a new stake in shares of Allient in the third quarter valued at about $5,888,000. Finally, Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Allient in the third quarter worth about $6,656,000. 61.57% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Allient News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Allient this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Revenue beat and top-line growth — Allient reported Q4 revenue of roughly $143M, ~17% year-over-year growth, topping consensus and driving the better-than-expected quarterly performance. Allient (ALNT) Tops Q4 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Margin expansion and data-center demand cited by management as drivers of improved profitability and gross-margin improvement. Management commentary in the call and slide deck leaned on sustained data-center customer demand. ALNT Q4 Deep Dive: Margin Expansion and Data Center Demand Drive Performance
• Positive Sentiment: Deleveraging — the company said it cut net debt by about $50M, improving the balance sheet and liquidity profile (higher current/quick ratios noted in filings). That reduction supports multiple expansion narratives. Allient reports strong Q4 performance with 17% revenue jump; slashes net debt by $50M
• Positive Sentiment: Operational results and cash — press materials and third‑party summaries highlight meaningful operating-profit and net‑income improvements, higher cash on hand and modest capex, supporting free‑cash-flow conversion. Allient Inc. (ALNT) Stock Rises on Q4 2025 Earnings
• Neutral Sentiment: Investor materials and management commentary — the earnings call transcript and slide deck provide detail on customer mix, backlog and outlook; useful for modeling but not an immediate catalyst by itself. Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Q4 Results Presentation
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst coverage and price targets — coverage is limited (some buys on file) and recent median analyst targets sit below the current market price, which may temper upside from analysts unless guidance improves. Analyst & institutional note
• Negative Sentiment: Mixed earnings metrics reported by outlets — while several sources show an EPS beat (reported $0.55), at least one summary reported diluted EPS below a specific estimate; this discrepancy can create short‑term confusion for some investors. Marketbeat earnings summary
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling activity — recent filings show insider sales (including a VP sale noted in coverage), which some investors view as a negative signal even if not large enough to change fundamentals. Insider activity
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest data appears unreliable in public summaries (reported as zero/NaN); no clear short-squeeze signal from the available short-interest reporting. Short interest / MarketBeat

Allient Price Performance

Shares of ALNT stock opened at $65.25 on Monday. Allient Inc. has a 1-year low of $19.25 and a 1-year high of $70.00. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $62.44 and its 200 day moving average is $54.51. The company has a market cap of $1.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 49.43 and a beta of 1.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60, a current ratio of 3.66 and a quick ratio of 2.08.

Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, March 5th. The company reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $143.35 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $133.33 million. Allient had a return on equity of 12.53% and a net margin of 3.97%. Research analysts predict that Allient Inc. will post 1.43 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have issued reports on ALNT shares. Zacks Research cut shares of Allient from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, January 1st. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Allient in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Lake Street Capital initiated coverage on shares of Allient in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $79.00 price target for the company. Finally, Roth Mkm increased their price objective on shares of Allient from $49.00 to $56.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 14th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Allient has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $57.50.

Allient Profile

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.