Financial Contrast: Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) versus Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT)

Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) and Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Allient and Bloom Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allient	4.98%	13.55%	7.05%
Bloom Energy	13.53%	45.29%	11.39%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Allient and Bloom Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Allient	$554.48 million	2.70	$22.03 million	$1.70	51.78
Bloom Energy	$2.02 billion	31.27	-$88.43 million	$1.63	131.32

Allient has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bloom Energy. Allient is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bloom Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Allient has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloom Energy has a beta of 3.63, suggesting that its share price is 263% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Allient and Bloom Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allient	0	3	3	0	2.50
Bloom Energy	1	13	11	1	2.46

Allient presently has a consensus target price of $84.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.57%. Bloom Energy has a consensus target price of $263.05, suggesting a potential upside of 22.89%. Given Bloom Energy’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bloom Energy is more favorable than Allient.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

61.6% of Allient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Allient shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Bloom Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Bloom Energy beats Allient on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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. The company sells its products to end customers and original equipment manufacturers in vehicle, medical, aerospace and defense, and industrial markets through direct sales force, authorized manufacturers’ representatives, and distributors. The company was formerly known as Allied Motion Technologies Inc. and changed its name to Allient Inc. in August 2023. Allient Inc. was incorporated in 1962 and is headquartered in Amherst, New York.

About Bloom Energy

Bloom Energy Corporation designs, manufactures, sells, and installs solid-oxide fuel cell systems for on-site power generation in the United States and internationally. The company offers Bloom Energy Server, a solid oxide technology that converts fuel, such as natural gas, biogas, hydrogen, or a blend of these fuels into electricity through an electrochemical process without combustion. It sells its products through direct and indirect sales channels to utilities, data centers, agriculture, retail, hospitals, higher education, biotech, and manufacturing industries. The company was formerly known as Ion America Corp. and changed its name to Bloom Energy Corporation in 2006. Bloom Energy Corporation was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.