Ralliant (NYSE:RAL – Get Free Report) and Cemtrex (NASDAQ:CETX – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
2.0% of Cemtrex shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Ralliant shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Ralliant and Cemtrex, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ralliant | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2.58 |
| Cemtrex | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Ralliant currently has a consensus price target of $77.40, suggesting a potential upside of 9.25%. Given Ralliant’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ralliant is more favorable than Cemtrex.
Profitability
This table compares Ralliant and Cemtrex’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Ralliant | -56.38% | 14.97% | 6.99% |
| Cemtrex | -38.59% | -129.15% | -45.98% |
Risk & Volatility
Ralliant has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cemtrex has a beta of 2.22, meaning that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Ralliant and Cemtrex”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ralliant | $2.07 billion | 3.79 | -$1.22 billion | ($10.85) | -6.53 |
| Cemtrex | $76.49 million | 0.03 | -$28.11 million | ($81.19) | -0.01 |
Cemtrex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ralliant. Ralliant is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cemtrex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ralliant beats Cemtrex on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Ralliant
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.
About Cemtrex
Cemtrex, Inc. engages in the provision of solutions in the technology industry. It operates through the following segments: Security, Industrial Services, and Cemtrex Corporate. The Security segment provides end-to-end security solutions to meet corporate, industrial, and governmental security challenges. The Industrial Services segment offers single-source expertise and services for rigging, millwrighting, in plant maintenance, equipment erection, relocation, and disassembly to diversified customers. The Cemtrex Corporate segment refers to the holding company of the other two segments. The company was founded on April 27, 1998 and is headquartered in Hauppauge, NY.
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