ADT vs Allegion
ADT and ALLE side by side, both in miscellaneous business services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ADT and ALLE compare
Allegion is the larger company, worth 2.2 times as much as ADT ($15.9B against $7.2B).
Allegion grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (10.6% versus 2.1% for ADT).
Both pay dividends: ADT yields 2.2% and Allegion 0.89%.
ADT scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 11 for Allegion), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ADT | ALLE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $7.2B | $15.9B |
| Share price | $9.86 | $186.44 |
| Change, 1 year | 14.8% | 12.6% |
| Change, 5 years | 9.1% | 41.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.00 | 0.83 |
| Employees | 12K | 13K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 (better) | 11 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 1.4× (better) | 3.7× |
| P/B | 2.1× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.6× (better) | 17.0× |
| P/FCF | 3.7× (better) | 23.6× |
| FCF yield | 27.4% (better) | 4.2% |
| Fair value | $34.32 | $141.97 |
| Margin of safety | 71.3% (better) | −31.3% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 2.1% | 10.6% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −0.71% | 8.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −1.6% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 17.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 44.8% |
| Operating margin | 25.0% (better) | 20.8% |
| Net margin | 11.9% | – |
| FCF margin | 38.1% (better) | 15.6% |
| Return on equity | 17.2% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 8.2% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 2.21 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.88 | 1.66 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 8.9× |
| Current ratio | 0.69 | 1.93 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.69 | 5.06 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.2% (better) | 0.89% |
| Payout ratio | 29.5% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 11 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 9.8% |
| Buyback yield | 9.9% (better) | 1.0% |
| Shareholder yield | 12.1% (better) | 1.9% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 98.5% | 102% |
| Held by insiders | 20.0% | 0.36% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $526K (better) | −$2.0M |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.1% | 3.1% |
Go deeper
- ADT stock overview
- ADT income statement
- ADT valuation and score
- ALLE stock overview
- ALLE income statement
- ALLE valuation and score
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