ALLE vs. WCN, TCOM, IQV, CPAY, GIB, TOST, AER, GRAB, RDDT, and RBA
Should you be buying Allegion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Allegion include Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), Corpay (CPAY), CGI (GIB), Toast (TOST), AerCap (AER), Grab (GRAB), Reddit (RDDT), and RB Global (RBA). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Allegion vs.
Allegion (NYSE:ALLE) and Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Allegion pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of $1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Allegion pays out 28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Connections pays out 51.9% 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 Waste Connections has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Allegion is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Allegion has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Allegion presently has a consensus price target of $140.40, suggesting a potential downside of 2.21%. Waste Connections has a consensus price target of $208.21, suggesting a potential upside of 6.18%. Given Waste Connections' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than Allegion.
Waste Connections received 440 more outperform votes than Allegion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.91% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 57.46% of users gave Allegion an outperform vote.
92.2% of Allegion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Allegion shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Waste Connections has higher revenue and earnings than Allegion. Allegion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Waste Connections had 2 more articles in the media than Allegion. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Waste Connections and 25 mentions for Allegion. Allegion's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.43 indicating that Allegion is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Allegion has a net margin of 15.84% compared to Waste Connections' net margin of 6.92%. Allegion's return on equity of 45.12% beat Waste Connections' return on equity.
Summary
Allegion and Waste Connections tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ALLE) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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