Kyocera (OTCMKTS:KYOCY) and Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) Critical Survey

Kyocera (OTCMKTS:KYOCY) and Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

7.4% of Kyocera shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Allient shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Allient shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kyocera	6.78%	4.17%	3.04%
Allient	4.25%	12.47%	6.37%

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kyocera	$13.75 billion	2.41	$936.46 million	$0.67	36.70
Allient	$554.48 million	3.03	$22.03 million	$1.43	69.08

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

Dividends

Kyocera pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Allient pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Kyocera pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Allient pays out 11.2% 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.

Risk and Volatility

Kyocera has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allient has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Kyocera and Allient, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kyocera	0	1	0	0	2.00
Allient	0	2	4	0	2.67

Allient has a consensus price target of $77.33, suggesting a potential downside of 21.71%. Given Allient’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Allient is more favorable than Kyocera.

Summary

Allient beats Kyocera on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kyocera

Kyocera Corporation develops, produces, and distributes products based on fine ceramic technologies in Japan, rest of Asia, Europe, the United States, and internationally. It operates through Core Components Business, Electronic Components Business, and Solutions Business segments. The Core Components Business segment offers components, such as fine ceramic components for semiconductor processing equipment, automotive camera modules, and ceramic packages, as well as organic packages and boards to protect electronic components and ICs to industrial machinery, automotive-related, and the information and communication-related markets; optical components, and jewelry and applied ceramic related products; and medical devices comprising prosthetic joints and dental implants. The Electronic Components Business segment provides various electronic components and devices, including capacitors, crystal devices, connectors, and power semiconductor devices for diverse fields comprising information and communications, industrial equipment, automotive-related, and consumer markets, as well as sensors and control components. The Solutions Business segment offers cutting tools, as well as pneumatic and power tools for automotive-related and general industrial, and construction markets; printers for offices; and communication terminals, such as mobile phones, as well as information systems and telecommunication services. This segment also provides MFPs, commercial inkjet printers, communication modules, displays, and printing devices, as well as information systems and telecommunication, smart energy-related products and services, and solution services, such as document management system. The company was formerly known as Kyoto Ceramic Kabushiki Kaisha and changed its name to Kyocera Corporation in 1982. Kyocera Corporation was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

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.