Company Analysis

Alight, Inc. (ALIT)

NYSE: ALIT · Services-Business Services, NEC · Chicago, IL · filing with the SEC since 2020
Grade2.9
◀ Past 2.4● Present 2.9▶ Future 3.3

The grade of Alight, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
2.9/10
◀ Past2.425% of the headline
● Present2.935% of the headline
▶ Future3.340% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

2.4/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

5 warning events since 2020; the latest 2026-03-27.

weight 22% of this tense · 9th percentile among 105 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Alight, Inc.'s filings since 2020 show 5 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2026-03-27); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2021-04-29); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2021-07-12); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2022-03-01) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
1.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-2% a year over 6 filed years; profitable in 0 of 5.

weight 45% of this tense · 19th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Alight, Inc.'s 6 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.6 billion in fiscal 2019 to $2.3 billion in fiscal 2025, down 2% a year; it rose in 2 of 5 years; the deepest fall was 19% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2022; net income was positive in 0 of 5 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-2.0%bottom 16% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 16% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 9% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak19.1%bottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 4.8% a year. 38% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 9 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 41st percentile among 70 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Alight, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 4.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 38% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 9 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-06, buying about $651 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 31% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

2.9/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -296%: lost 296¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 77%: owes 77¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 36th percentile among 98 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Alight, Inc. lost about 296 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 17 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 77 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 30% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 5% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 34% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
3.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 33% of 101 in its family; net margin -136.9%.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 101 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Alight, Inc.'s standing among 101 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.3 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 38% by size; a net margin of -136.9% ranks in the bottom 9%; revenue growth of 0.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 27% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.26Btop 38% of its family
  • net margin-136.9%bottom 9% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth0.8%bottom 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
1.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 13% of 65 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 13th percentile among 65 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Alight, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Verma, Rohit (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-01-08, 10 months (bottom 16% of its family); the 24 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 1.8 years (bottom 2%); 20 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 24 people in charge now (bottom 20%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge20 in three years among 24 peoplebottom 20% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed1.8 yearsbottom 2% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10 monthsbottom 16% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 30% of 99 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 30th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Alight, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $273 million against debt of $2.0 billion leaves -37.9% of its assets as net cash, bottom 7% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 11.1% of revenue (top 49%); a gross margin of 33.8% (bottom 31%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-37.9%bottom 7% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue11.1%top 49% of its family
  • gross margin33.8%bottom 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 45% of 99 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Alight, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 0.8% a year over the last three filed years against -2% over all 6, speeding up (top 12% of its family); the newest year grew -3% (bottom 20%); capital spending grew -5.7% a year (bottom 28%) (its annual reports). Alight, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+2.8 points a yeartop 12% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-3.0%bottom 20% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-5.7%bottom 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
1.3/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 13% of 93 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 13th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Alight, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.3 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 5.6% below the $2.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 32% of its family); net income of $3.1 billion against a prior three-year average of $188 million (bottom 4%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against -8% before (bottom 4%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-5.6%bottom 32% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times below its prior average or morebottom 4% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averagedown more than 100 pointsbottom 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton ALIT · research, not advice