Reviewing Ralliant (RAL) & Its Rivals

Ralliant (NYSE:RAL) is one of 377 public companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Ralliant to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

43.8% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Ralliant shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Ralliant pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Ralliant pays out -1.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.7% and pay out 66.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Ralliant and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ralliant	$2.07 billion	-$1.22 billion	-6.20
Ralliant Competitors	$4.00 billion	$185.87 million	29.61

Ralliant’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Ralliant. Ralliant is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk and Volatility

Ralliant has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ralliant’s peers have a beta of -0.14, meaning that their average share price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Ralliant and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ralliant	1	3	7	1	2.67
Ralliant Competitors	1958	7351	10053	606	2.47

Ralliant currently has a consensus target price of $75.70, suggesting a potential upside of 12.47%. As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 11.07%. Given Ralliant’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Ralliant is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Ralliant and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ralliant	-56.38%	14.97%	6.99%
Ralliant Competitors	-243.44%	-147.00%	-6.78%

Summary

Ralliant beats its peers on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

Ralliant Company Profile

Ralliant Corporation is a provider of precision technologies which specializes in designing, developing, manufacturing and servicing precision instruments and engineered products. Ralliant Corporation is based in RALEIGH, N.C.