Insider Trading February 9, 2026

Ralliant Director Adds to Stake as Company Reports Major Goodwill Charge and Mixed Analyst Reactions

Moorthy Ganesh purchases 2,000 shares while Ralliant discloses a $1.44 billion non-cash impairment and sees divergent analyst targets

By Hana Yamamoto RAL
Ralliant Director Adds to Stake as Company Reports Major Goodwill Charge and Mixed Analyst Reactions
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Ralliant Corp director Moorthy Ganesh acquired 2,000 shares on February 6, 2026, investing $79,480. The transaction comes amid a $1.44 billion goodwill impairment tied to EA Elektro-Automatik and varied analyst adjustments to price targets following a guidance miss and recent corporate results. The board also approved a small quarterly dividend payable March 23, 2026.

Key Points

  • Director Moorthy Ganesh purchased 2,000 shares at $39.74 on February 6, 2026, totaling $79,480; he now directly owns 8,434 shares.
  • Ralliant recorded a $1.44 billion non-cash goodwill impairment tied to EA Elektro-Automatik, citing a weaker electric vehicle industry outlook.
  • Analysts responded with diverse price target changes: Truist lowered its target to $49 while maintaining Buy, RBC cut its target to $41 after a 2026 guidance miss, Oppenheimer raised its target to $60, and Truist also initiated coverage with a $62 target; the board declared a $0.05 quarterly dividend payable March 23, 2026.

Ralliant Corp reported a director purchase and several corporate developments that together offer investors a snapshot of recent internal and external assessments of the company.

Insider purchase - According to a Form 4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, director Moorthy Ganesh bought 2,000 shares of Ralliant Corp common stock on February 6, 2026, at $39.74 per share. The transaction totaled $79,480. After the acquisition, Ganesh directly holds 8,434 shares of Ralliant Corp.

Accounting charge and underlying driver - Ralliant disclosed a $1.44 billion non-cash goodwill impairment charge related to EA Elektro-Automatik. The company attributed the impairment to a weaker outlook for the electric vehicle industry. That disclosure followed the company’s fourth-quarter results.

Analyst reactions - The impairment and recent operational results prompted varied responses from equity analysts. Truist Securities lowered its price target for Ralliant to $49 while maintaining a Buy rating. Separately, RBC Capital reduced its price target to $41 after Ralliant’s 2026 guidance missed consensus by 15 percent, a shortfall RBC attributed in part to unexpected post-spin segment-level operating costs. In contrast, Oppenheimer raised its price target to $60, citing Ralliant’s strong third-quarter 2025 performance and a positive long-term growth outlook. In another note, Truist Securities is also reported to have initiated coverage of Ralliant with a Buy rating and a $62 price target shortly after the company’s spin-off from Fortive’s Precision Technologies segment.

Capital return - The company’s board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per share, payable on March 23, 2026.

Taken together, the insider purchase, the sizable non-cash goodwill adjustment, the range of analyst price targets, and the declared dividend present investors with multiple signals about Ralliant’s near-term challenges and differing assessments of its medium- to long-term prospects.


Contextual note - The reporting here reflects the transactions and corporate disclosures filed and announced by the company and the publicized analyst actions referenced above.

Risks

  • The $1.44 billion goodwill impairment reflects exposure to a weaker outlook in the electric vehicle industry and may signal continued volatility in that sector.
  • Ralliant’s 2026 guidance missed consensus by 15 percent, with RBC citing unexpected post-spin segment-level operating costs, introducing uncertainty around near-term profitability and cost structure.
  • Divergent analyst price targets create a wide range of market expectations, which may increase stock price volatility as investors reconcile these differing views.

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