ALNT vs DOV vs MMM Stock Comparison

Allient, Dover and 3M Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ALNT Allient Inc
$84.17 -28.9% 1M +53.9% 1Y
Market cap
$1.43B
P/E
49.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$574.78M
Div. yield
0.17%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
3 wins
DOV DOVER Corp
$215.90 +13.8% 1M +19.0% 1Y
Market cap
$29.08B
P/E
25.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.42B
Div. yield
0.97%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
4 wins
MMM 3M Co
$178.37 +10.2% 1M +7.1% 1Y
Market cap
$92.17B
P/E
26.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.25B
Div. yield
1.72%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

3M leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (3M 5, Dover 4, Allient 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionALNTDOVMMMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.43B $29.08B $92.17B MMM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 49.4x 25.6x 26.2x DOV
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 29.8x 21.1x 20.1x MMM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.6% +7.6% +1.7% ALNT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 5.0% 13.5% 14.0% MMM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.8% 10.4% 22.0% MMM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 0.8x 1.6x DOV
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.17% 0.97% 1.72% MMM
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +53.9% +19.0% +7.1% ALNT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +18.0%/yr +4.9%/yr +3.2%/yr ALNT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 60.7% 25.3% 25.7% DOV
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 41/100 55/100 49/100 DOV

Percentile Scorecard

ALNTDOVMMM

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisALNTDOVMMM
Valuation 19 #164 of 203 44 #114 of 203 35 #132 of 203
Growth 63 #70 of 189 44 #106 of 189 62 #73 of 189
Profitability 51 #93 of 187 77 #44 of 187 87 #25 of 187
Financial Health 57 #96 of 221 70 #67 of 221 19 #180 of 221
Shareholder Returns 13 #132 of 152 39 #93 of 152 40 #91 of 152
Overall 41 55 49
  • ALNT ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • DOV ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • MMM ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodALNTDOVMMMSPY
1 month -28.9%+13.8%+10.2% -2.3%
3 months -6.6%+4.9%+0.6% -0.7%
6 months +11.3%-2.2%+26.0% +4.8%
Year to date +56.6%+10.6%+11.4% +10.3%
1 year +53.9%+19.0%+7.1% +10.3%
3 years +221.4%+60.7%+127.3% +73.0%
3 years, per year +47.6%+17.1%+31.5% +20.1%
5 years +128.2%+27.0%+17.1% +61.9%
5 years, per year +18.0%+4.9%+3.2% +10.1%
10 years +570.1%+303.2%+28.7% +258.6%
10 years, per year +21.0%+15.0%+2.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureALNTDOVMMMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 60.7%25.3%25.7% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 61.8%25.3%24.5% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.310.920.70 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.890.750.28 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -62.1%-36.3%-53.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -29.0%-7.5%-3.0% -3.5%
52-week high $118.63$233.31$183.81 $779.14
52-week low $48.39$178.03$141.20 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleALNTDOVMMM
P/E now vs peer median 49.4xmedian 25.6x 25.6xmedian 25.6x 26.2xmedian 25.6x
P/S now vs peer median 2.5xmedian 1.9x 3.5xmedian 1.9x 3.7xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 21.0xmedian 14.4x 16.9xmedian 14.4x 16.6xmedian 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 52.0xmedian 22.5x 24.7xmedian 22.5x 34.4xmedian 22.5x
P/B now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 2.2x 3.8xmedian 2.2x 22.1xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 8.92median 1.36 5.27median 1.36 0.73median 1.36

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsALNTDOVMMM
Revenue $574.78M $8.42B $25.25B
Gross profit $191.57M $3.33B $9.98B
Operating income $48.46M $1.42B $4.74B
Net income $28.61M $1.13B $3.58B
Free cash flow $27.50M $1.18B $2.68B
R&D $39.66M – $1.21B
EPS (diluted) $1.70 $8.37 $6.77
Cash & equivalents $42.09M $1.76B $4.84B
Total debt $173.34M $3.26B $15.00B
Shares (diluted) 16.88M 135.55M 522.60M
Enterprise value $1.27B $22.45B $74.58B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricALNTDOVMMM
P/E 49.4x 25.6x 26.2x
P/FCF 52.0x 24.7x 34.4x
P/Operating cash flow 37.3x 20.8x 25.4x
P/S 2.5x 3.5x 3.7x
P/B 4.6x 3.8x 22.1x
P/Tangible book 6.2x 4.8x 43.5x
EV/EBITDA 21.0x 16.9x 16.6x
EV/EBIT 32.2x 21.5x 21.5x
EV/Revenue 2.7x 3.6x 4.0x
EV/FCF 56.8x 26.0x 38.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 40.7x 21.9x 28.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 8.92 5.27 0.73

Growth

14 metrics
MetricALNTDOVMMM
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.6% 7.6% 1.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.0% 2.5% 10.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 14.9% 8.5% -1.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.9% 4.9% 17.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 44.6% 11.0% -3.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 3.8% 4.0% 33.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 100.2% -50.5% 4.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 6.9% 3.6% 35.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 98.3% -49.6% 7.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 5.5% 4.9% 35.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -39.0% 20.1% 42.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 18.3% 12.5% -18.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -50.3% 22.4% 68.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 54.3% 14.6% -18.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricALNTDOVMMM
Gross margin 33.3% 39.6% 39.5%
EBITDA margin 12.9% 21.5% 24.4%
Operating margin 8.4% 16.9% 18.8%
Pretax margin 6.4% 16.8% 17.5%
Net margin 5.0% 13.5% 14.0%
FCF margin 4.8% 14.0% 10.6%
Operating cash flow margin 6.7% 16.6% 14.4%
Return on equity 9.3% 14.9% 101.3%
Return on assets 4.9% 8.3% 9.8%
Return on invested capital 7.8% 10.4% 22.0%
Return on capital employed 9.6% 12.8% 18.7%
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.6x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.2x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 0.5% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricALNTDOVMMM
Debt / assets 29.2% 23.8% 37.9%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.4x 3.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 0.8x 1.6x
Debt / FCF 6.3x 2.8x 5.6x
Liabilities / assets 47.4% 43.7% 89.5%
Equity / assets 52.6% 56.3% 10.5%
Interest coverage 4.4x 12.5x –
Current ratio 3.4x 2.0x 1.4x
Quick ratio 1.8x 1.3x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.7x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 5.18 5.58 4.15

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricALNTDOVMMM
Dividend yield 0.2% 1.0% 1.7%
Net buyback yield – 1.9% 3.0%
Shareholder yield 0.2% 2.9% 4.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 24.8% 44.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 23.9% 59.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) – -0.7% 3.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -0.4% -21.4%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusALNTDOVMMM
Forward P/E 29.8xFY2026 21.1xFY2026 20.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.82FY2026 $10.22FY2026 $8.88FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +30.0%FY2026 +6.3%FY2026 +10.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +22.0% +11.4% +16.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $565.99MFY2026 $8.16BFY2026 $23.87BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.1%FY2026 +0.8%FY2026 -1.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.2% +17.8% +17.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersALNTDOVMMM
Held by institutions 77.3% 91.1% 74.5%
Institutions holding 231 1,165 2,212
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% -0.3% +0.8%
Institutions buying 133 501 916
Institutions selling 74 406 839
Buyers to sellers 1.80 1.23 1.09

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ALNTDOVMMM
ALNT 1.00 0.36 0.20
DOV 0.36 1.00 0.47
MMM 0.20 0.47 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ALNT, DOV and MMM?

3M (MMM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Allient (ALNT) $1.43B, Dover (DOV) $29.08B, 3M (MMM) $92.17B.

Which stock is cheaper, ALNT, DOV and MMM?

Dover (DOV) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Allient (ALNT) 49.4x, Dover (DOV) 25.6x, 3M (MMM) 26.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, 3M (MMM) is cheapest (Allient (ALNT) 29.8x, Dover (DOV) 21.1x, 3M (MMM) 20.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Allient (ALNT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Allient (ALNT) +10.6%, Dover (DOV) +7.6%, 3M (MMM) +1.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

3M (MMM) has the highest net margin (Allient (ALNT) 5.0%, Dover (DOV) 13.5%, 3M (MMM) 14.0%). On return on invested capital, 3M (MMM) leads (Allient (ALNT) 7.8%, Dover (DOV) 10.4%, 3M (MMM) 22.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Allient (ALNT) returned the most: Allient (ALNT) +53.9%, Dover (DOV) +19.0%, 3M (MMM) +7.1%. Over five years, Allient (ALNT) compounded fastest (Allient (ALNT) +18.0%/yr, Dover (DOV) +4.9%/yr, 3M (MMM) +3.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

3M (MMM) has the highest dividend yield: Allient (ALNT) 0.17%, Dover (DOV) 0.97%, 3M (MMM) 1.72%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Dover (DOV) has been the steadiest (Allient (ALNT) 60.7%, Dover (DOV) 25.3%, 3M (MMM) 25.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ALNT, DOV and MMM?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, 3M (MMM) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.