Alight (NYSE:ALIT) Updates Q4 2024 Earnings Guidance

Alight (NYSE:ALIT) updated its fourth quarter 2024 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.220-0.270 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.220. The company issued revenue guidance of $665.0 million-$685.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $681.0 million. Alight also updated its Q4 guidance to $0.22-0.27 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have issued reports on ALIT. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut shares of Alight from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $8.00 price objective on the stock. in a research note on Tuesday, August 20th. Wedbush dropped their target price on shares of Alight from $12.00 to $10.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 8th. Canaccord Genuity Group upped their price objective on Alight from $11.00 to $12.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. KeyCorp raised their target price on shares of Alight from $10.00 to $11.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Citigroup lowered their price target on Alight from $12.00 to $11.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, August 29th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $10.95.

Alight Stock Down 2.7 %

Shares of NYSE ALIT traded down $0.23 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $8.19. 1,487,709 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,715,855. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $7.25 and its 200 day simple moving average is $7.42. Alight has a 52 week low of $6.15 and a 52 week high of $10.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a current ratio of 1.37 and a quick ratio of 1.37.

Alight (NYSE:ALIT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 12th. The company reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.09. The business had revenue of $555.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $538.39 million. Alight had a positive return on equity of 5.53% and a negative net margin of 7.95%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down .4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.07 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts forecast that Alight will post 0.42 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Alight Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a — dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.04 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 2nd.

Alight Company Profile

Alight, Inc provides cloud-based integrated digital human capital and business solutions worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Employer Solutions and Professional Services. The Employer Solutions segment offers employee wellbeing, integrated benefits administration, healthcare navigation, financial wellbeing, leave of absence management, retiree healthcare and payroll; and operates AI-led capabilities software.