Stocks · Technology · Information Technology Services
Alight, Inc. ALIT
$8.85 -2.32% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $233.1M
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Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to 44.4% from -44.0% a year earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned -86.1%, behind the S&P 500 by 101.2 percentage points.
- The stock is 86% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 12%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 18%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 32%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 39%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 5%
- Gross marginBottom 12%
- Operating marginTop 2%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 3%
- Interest coverTop 30%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 1%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 1%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 3%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 12%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 2%
- 6-month returnBottom 12%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 1%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 2%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 50%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 44%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 34%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 7%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 15%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 2%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 30%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -3.1% | -3.5% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 34.3% | 18.8% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -44.0% | 44.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 6.1% | 11.2% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -3.5% | -3.1% | ↓ | Bottom 12% |
| Gross margin | 18.8% | 34.3% | ↓ | Bottom 12% |
| Operating margin | 44.4% | -44.0% | ↑ | Top 2% |
| Net margin | -90.9% | -50.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 11.2% | 6.1% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 27.3% | — | Top 5% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 0.8% | — | Bottom 32% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -55.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -13.4 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 10.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 18.87%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 10.72%
- Shareholder yield
- 29.60%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +2.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +8.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -5.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $22.00
- Target vs current price
- +148.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 11
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 55%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | +20.2% | -12.5% | -25.4% | -27.1% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +43.0% | +7.7% | +2.2% | +2.0% | +12.8% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | -22.1% | -38.2% | -39.8% | -47.9% | -38.9% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -7.7% | -7.0% | -14.4% | -19.6% | -40.0% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | -4.3% | -18.3% | -25.1% | -23.4% | -40.0% |
| May 8, 2025 | +0.0% | +7.3% | +11.9% | +2.3% | -1.9% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | +7.6% | +3.7% | +3.6% | -7.6% | -13.9% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | +0.0% | +13.4% | +2.8% | -1.3% | -9.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $0.91 | $0.76 | +20.2% | $511.0M |
| May 5, 2026 | $1.20 | $0.84 | +43.0% | $534.0M |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $3.60 | $4.62 | -22.1% | $653.0M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $2.40 | $2.60 | -7.7% | $533.0M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $2.00 | $2.09 | -4.3% | $528.0M |
| May 8, 2025 | $2.00 | $2.00 | +0.0% | $548.0M |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $4.80 | $4.46 | +7.6% | $680.0M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | $1.80 | $1.80 | +0.0% | $555.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 1.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 0.93× | — | — | Top 12% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 106.81% | — | — | Top 1% |
| Earnings yield | -872.09% | — | — | Bottom 1% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -14.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -14.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -36.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -53.1%
- RSI (14)
- 28.1
- Relative volume
- 0.99×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 92.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 88th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.79
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.34
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -86.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -95.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2021 | Oct 2, 2026 | -96.6% | 1270 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jul 13, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -11.8% | 4 days | 11 days (Aug 3, 2021) |
| Aug 16, 2021 | Aug 19, 2021 | -11.4% | 3 days | 10 days (Sep 2, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $233.1M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$77.18
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.23B
- Dividend yield
- 0.45%
- 52-week range
- $8.71 – $67.70
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.92B | $2.21B | $3.41B | $2.33B | $2.26B |
| Gross profit | $693.0M | $686.0M | $1.14B | $794.0M | $469.0M |
| Operating income | $194.0M | -$94.0M | -$101.0M | -$90.0M | $34.0M |
| Net income | -$60.0M | -$62.0M | -$345.0M | -$157.0M | -$3.10B |
| EPS (diluted) | -$2.80 | -$2.80 | -$14.00 | -$5.80 | -$117.40 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $555.0M | $680.0M | $548.0M | $528.0M | $533.0M | $653.0M | $534.0M | $511.0M |
| Net income | -$74.0M | $8.0M | -$25.0M | -$1.07B | -$1.07B | -$932.0M | -$19.0M | -$10.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$2.80 | $1.09 | -$0.64 | -$40.60 | -$40.40 | -$35.60 | -$0.80 | -$0.38 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $115.0M | $286.0M | $386.0M | $252.0M | $360.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$114.0M | -$148.0M | -$140.0M | -$121.0M | -$110.0M |
| Free cash flow | $1.0M | $138.0M | $246.0M | $131.0M | $250.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$21.0M | -$86.0M |
| Net share buybacks | $1.67B | -$12.0M | -$40.0M | -$167.0M | -$65.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $215.0M
- Total assets
- $4.27B
- Total liabilities
- $3.24B
- Total debt
- $2.06B
- Net debt
- $1.85B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.02B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2025 | $0.04 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Sep 2, 2025 | $0.04 | Sep 15, 2025 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | $0.04 | Jun 16, 2025 |
| Mar 3, 2025 | $0.04 | Mar 17, 2025 |
| Dec 2, 2024 | $0.04 | Dec 16, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,020,505
- Days to cover
- 2.52
- Change vs previous report
- +14.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 1, 2026
- 1-for-20