ALNT vs HUBB vs ROK Stock Comparison

Allient, Hubbell and Rockwell Automation Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ALNT Allient Inc
$88.02 -25.6% 1M +56.8% 1Y
Market cap
$1.30B
P/E
45.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$574.78M
Div. yield
–
Industrial Machinery Industrials
1 win
HUBB Hubbell Inc
$449.27 -5.5% 1M -3.9% 1Y
Market cap
$23.12B
P/E
25.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.59B
Div. yield
–
Electrical Equipment Industrials
6 wins
ROK Rockwell Automation, Inc
$446.41 -1.8% 1M +22.5% 1Y
Market cap
$49.39B
P/E
41.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.97B
Div. yield
–
Industrial Machinery Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Hubbell leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Hubbell 6, Rockwell Automation 4, Allient 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionALNTHUBBROKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.30B $23.12B $49.39B ROK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 45.4x 25.4x 41.1x HUBB
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 31.2x 22.4x 35.7x HUBB
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.6% +16.0% +11.3% HUBB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 5.0% 13.8% 13.4% HUBB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.8% 11.3% 21.0% ROK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 3.0x 1.3x ROK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +56.8% -3.9% +22.5% ALNT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +16.3%/yr +17.1%/yr +5.5%/yr HUBB
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 60.7% 32.6% 31.6% ROK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 42/100 55/100 54/100 HUBB

Percentile Scorecard

ALNTHUBBROK

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

AxisALNTHUBBROK
Valuation 20 #164 of 204 37 #128 of 204 17 #170 of 204
Growth 67 #63 of 191 72 #54 of 191 52 #93 of 191
Profitability 52 #92 of 189 83 #33 of 189 95 #10 of 189
Financial Health 58 #93 of 221 15 #188 of 221 35 #145 of 221
Shareholder Returns 13 #137 of 158 69 #49 of 158 73 #43 of 158
Overall 42 55 54
  • ALNT ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • HUBB ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • ROK ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodALNTHUBBROKSPY
1 month -25.6%-5.5%-1.8% -2.0%
3 months -6.9%-10.6%+0.2% -2.2%
6 months +12.8%-11.5%+2.4% +4.2%
Year to date +63.8%+1.2%+14.7% +10.6%
1 year +56.8%-3.9%+22.5% +10.4%
3 years +236.1%+59.4%+69.3% +73.6%
3 years, per year +49.8%+16.8%+19.2% +20.2%
5 years +112.9%+120.2%+30.6% +61.6%
5 years, per year +16.3%+17.1%+5.5% +10.1%
10 years +629.4%+337.8%+280.0% +261.3%
10 years, per year +22.0%+15.9%+14.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureALNTHUBBROKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 60.7%32.6%31.6% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 61.8%35.9%32.4% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.321.211.42 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.94-0.120.71 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -62.1%-33.1%-45.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -25.8%-19.5%-9.8% -3.2%
52-week high $118.63$557.85$495.08 $779.14
52-week low $48.39$407.36$348.51 $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.

MultipleALNTHUBBROK
P/E now vs peer median 51.7xmedian 25.4x 26.1xmedian 25.4x 41.3xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 1.9x 3.6xmedian 1.9x 5.5xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 21.9xmedian 14.5x 17.7xmedian 14.5x 25.0xmedian 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 54.4xmedian 23.6x 25.6xmedian 23.6x 33.0xmedian 23.6x
P/B now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 2.2x 5.8xmedian 2.2x 14.2xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 9.33median 1.21 2.60median 1.21 -9.41median 1.21

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 monthsALNTHUBBROK
Revenue $574.78M $6.59B $8.97B
Gross profit $191.57M $2.33B $4.41B
Operating income $48.46M $1.33B $1.77B
Net income $28.61M $915.00M $1.20B
Free cash flow $27.50M $928.00M $1.50B
R&D $39.66M – $716.00M
EPS (diluted) $1.70 $17.12 $10.76
Cash & equivalents $42.09M $334.50M $479.00M
Total debt $173.34M $5.12B $3.26B
Shares (diluted) 16.88M 53.10M 111.60M
Enterprise value $1.14B $21.36B $47.57B

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
MetricALNTHUBBROK
P/E 51.7x 26.1x 41.3x
P/FCF 54.4x 25.6x 33.0x
P/Operating cash flow 39.0x 21.5x 28.6x
P/S 2.6x 3.6x 5.5x
P/B 4.8x 5.8x 14.2x
P/Tangible book 6.5x 24.4x 17.8x
EV/EBITDA 21.9x 17.7x 25.0x
EV/EBIT 33.6x 21.4x 29.5x
EV/Revenue 2.8x 4.3x 5.8x
EV/FCF 59.2x 30.7x 34.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 42.4x 25.8x 30.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 9.33 2.60 -9.41

Growth

14 metrics
MetricALNTHUBBROK
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.6% 16.0% 11.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.0% 7.9% 1.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 14.9% 17.1% 1.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.9% 9.0% 7.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 44.6% 15.2% -7.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 3.8% 10.6% 2.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 100.2% 5.6% 23.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 6.9% 9.4% -5.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 98.3% 6.1% 25.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 5.5% 10.1% -4.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -39.0% 9.0% 13.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 18.3% 12.5% 22.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -50.3% 9.1% 13.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 54.3% 14.9% 23.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricALNTHUBBROK
Gross margin 33.3% 35.4% 49.1%
EBITDA margin 12.9% 24.5% 23.3%
Operating margin 8.4% 20.2% 19.7%
Pretax margin 6.4% 17.7% 14.7%
Net margin 5.0% 13.8% 13.4%
FCF margin 4.8% 14.1% 16.8%
Operating cash flow margin 6.7% 16.8% 19.3%
Return on equity 9.3% 22.8% 30.9%
Return on assets 4.9% 7.7% 9.8%
Return on invested capital 7.8% 11.3% 21.0%
Return on capital employed 9.6% 13.5% 23.6%
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.6x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.2x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 0.5% 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricALNTHUBBROK
Debt / assets 29.2% 43.0% 29.4%
Debt / equity 0.6x 1.2x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 3.0x 1.3x
Debt / FCF 6.3x 5.5x 2.2x
Liabilities / assets 47.4% 65.4% 68.5%
Equity / assets 52.6% 34.6% 31.5%
Interest coverage 4.4x – 12.8x
Current ratio 3.4x 1.5x 1.1x
Quick ratio 1.8x 0.8x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.2x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 5.31 – 6.02

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricALNTHUBBROK
Dividend yield 0.2% 1.3% 1.2%
Net buyback yield – 0.9% 1.4%
Shareholder yield 0.2% 2.1% 2.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusALNTHUBBROK
Forward P/E 31.2xFY2026 22.4xFY2026 35.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.82FY2026 $20.07FY2026 $12.50FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +30.0%FY2026 +10.2%FY2026 +18.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +22.0% +21.9% +12.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $565.99MFY2026 $7.32BFY2026 $8.50BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.1%FY2026 +25.4%FY2026 +1.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.2% +9.8% +19.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersALNTHUBBROK
Held by institutions 77.3% 96.5% 89.2%
Institutions holding 232 1,019 1,544
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.9% -0.1% +3.5%
Institutions buying 134 513 808
Institutions selling 74 320 438
Buyers to sellers 1.81 1.60 1.84

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.

ALNTHUBBROK
ALNT 1.00 0.47 0.40
HUBB 0.47 1.00 0.46
ROK 0.40 0.46 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ALNT, HUBB and ROK?

Rockwell Automation (ROK) is the largest by market capitalisation: Allient (ALNT) $1.30B, Hubbell (HUBB) $23.12B, Rockwell Automation (ROK) $49.39B.

Which stock is cheaper, ALNT, HUBB and ROK?

Hubbell (HUBB) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Allient (ALNT) 45.4x, Hubbell (HUBB) 25.4x, Rockwell Automation (ROK) 41.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Hubbell (HUBB) is cheapest (Allient (ALNT) 31.2x, Hubbell (HUBB) 22.4x, Rockwell Automation (ROK) 35.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Hubbell (HUBB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Allient (ALNT) +10.6%, Hubbell (HUBB) +16.0%, Rockwell Automation (ROK) +11.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Hubbell (HUBB) has the highest net margin (Allient (ALNT) 5.0%, Hubbell (HUBB) 13.8%, Rockwell Automation (ROK) 13.4%). On return on invested capital, Rockwell Automation (ROK) leads (Allient (ALNT) 7.8%, Hubbell (HUBB) 11.3%, Rockwell Automation (ROK) 21.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Allient (ALNT) returned the most: Allient (ALNT) +56.8%, Hubbell (HUBB) -3.9%, Rockwell Automation (ROK) +22.5%. Over five years, Hubbell (HUBB) compounded fastest (Allient (ALNT) +16.3%/yr, Hubbell (HUBB) +17.1%/yr, Rockwell Automation (ROK) +5.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Rockwell Automation (ROK) has been the steadiest (Allient (ALNT) 60.7%, Hubbell (HUBB) 32.6%, Rockwell Automation (ROK) 31.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ALNT, HUBB and ROK?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Hubbell (HUBB) leads on 6. 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.