Allient vs Frequency Electronics
ALNT and FEIM side by side, both in laboratory apparatus and analytical, optical, measuring, and controlling instruments. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ALNT and FEIM compare
Allient is the larger company, worth 1.8 times as much as Frequency Electronics ($1.3B against $719M).
On earnings, Allient is cheaper: it trades at 35.0× trailing earnings, against 255× for Frequency Electronics.
Allient grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (12.6% versus 6.3% for Frequency Electronics).
Allient pays a dividend yielding 0.18%; Frequency Electronics does not pay one.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ALNT | FEIM |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $1.3B | $719M |
| Share price | $77.68 | $63.77 |
| Change, 1 year | 46.1% | 118% |
| Change, 5 years | 95.1% | 553% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.35 | 0.76 |
| Employees | 2,478 | 242 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 10 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 35.0× (better) | 255× |
| P/S | 2.2× (better) | 9.9× |
| P/B | 4.0× (better) | 6.0× |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.4× (better) | 185× |
| P/FCF | 57.2× | – |
| PEG | 5.31 | – |
| FCF yield | 1.7% (better) | −0.03% |
| Fair value | $74.15 | $9.87 |
| Margin of safety | −4.8% (better) | −546% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 12.6% (better) | 6.3% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.6% (better) | 3.1% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −87.8% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 98.2% (better) | −89.0% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 6.8% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 34.2% (better) | 33.0% |
| Operating margin | 9.8% (better) | 2.5% |
| Net margin | – | 3.7% |
| FCF margin | 3.8% (better) | −0.25% |
| Return on equity | – | 3.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.1% (better) | 3.4% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.53 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.60 | – |
| Interest coverage | 5.8× | 22.4× (better) |
| Current ratio | 3.49 | 5.34 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.97 | 14.07 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.18% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 8.4% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.14% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.18% (better) | 0.14% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 77.5% | 66.6% |
| Held by insiders | 15.1% | 24.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$8.3M (better) | −$37.5M |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.1% | 11.1% |
Go deeper
- ALNT stock overview
- ALNT income statement
- ALNT valuation and score
- FEIM stock overview
- FEIM income statement
- FEIM valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.