Allegion (ALLE) Competitors

Allegion (NYSE:ALLE) and SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Is ALLE or SEIC a better dividend stock?

Allegion pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Allegion pays out 28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SEI Investments pays out 21.3% 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 and SEI Investments has increased its dividend for 34 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend ALLE or SEIC?

Allegion presently has a consensus target price of $151.57, suggesting a potential downside of 1.35%. SEI Investments has a consensus target price of $96.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.97%. Given SEI Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SEI Investments is more favorable than Allegion.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allegion	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14
SEI Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ALLE or SEIC?

92.2% of Allegion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of SEI Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Allegion shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of SEI Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to ALLE or SEIC?

In the previous week, Allegion had 9 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Allegion and 7 mentions for SEI Investments. SEI Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Allegion's score of 0.97 indicating that SEI Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Allegion	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SEI Investments	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, ALLE or SEIC?

Allegion has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEI Investments has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, ALLE or SEIC?

Allegion has higher revenue and earnings than SEI Investments. SEI Investments 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
Allegion	$3.77B	3.50	$597.50M	$7.12	21.58
SEI Investments	$2.13B	5.46	$581.19M	$4.60	20.27

Is ALLE or SEIC more profitable?

SEI Investments has a net margin of 27.77% compared to Allegion's net margin of 16.28%. Allegion's return on equity of 44.82% beat SEI Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allegion	16.28%	44.82%	14.55%
SEI Investments	27.77%	26.40%	22.99%

Summary

SEI Investments beats Allegion on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.