Alight (ALIT) Competitors

Alight (NYSE:ALIT) and Allegion (NYSE:ALLE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ALIT or ALLE?

Allegion received 384 more outperform votes than Alight when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.26% of users gave Alight an outperform vote while only 57.46% of users gave Allegion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alight	Outperform Votes 51 82.26%	Underperform Votes 11 17.74%
Allegion	Outperform Votes 435 57.46%	Underperform Votes 322 42.54%

Is ALIT or ALLE a better dividend stock?

Alight pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Allegion pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Alight pays out -114.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Allegion pays out 28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Allegion has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Alight is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ALIT or ALLE?

Allegion has higher revenue and earnings than Alight. Alight is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allegion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alight	$2.32B	1.33	-$157M	-$0.14	-40.61
Allegion	$3.82B	3.23	$597.50M	$7.12	20.13

Is ALIT or ALLE more profitable?

Allegion has a net margin of 15.84% compared to Alight's net margin of -5.53%. Allegion's return on equity of 45.12% beat Alight's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alight	-5.53%	5.42%	2.45%
Allegion	15.84%	45.12%	14.24%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ALIT or ALLE?

96.7% of Alight shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Allegion shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Alight shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Allegion shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, ALIT or ALLE?

Alight has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allegion has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ALIT or ALLE?

In the previous week, Allegion had 12 more articles in the media than Alight. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Allegion and 14 mentions for Alight. Alight's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Allegion's score of 1.22 indicating that Alight is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alight	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Allegion	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate ALIT or ALLE?

Alight currently has a consensus price target of $9.94, indicating a potential upside of 74.80%. Allegion has a consensus price target of $140.40, indicating a potential downside of 2.02%. Given Alight's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Alight is more favorable than Allegion.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alight	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Allegion	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

Summary

Allegion beats Alight on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.