ALLE vs. ADT, PNR, LECO, CCK, AOS, AGCO, RRX, GPK, DCI, and ATR
Should you be buying Allegion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Allegion include ADT (ADT), Pentair (PNR), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Crown (CCK), A. O. Smith (AOS), AGCO (AGCO), Regal Rexnord (RRX), Graphic Packaging (GPK), Donaldson (DCI), and AptarGroup (ATR). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Allegion vs.
Allegion (NYSE:ALLE) and ADT (NYSE:ADT) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Allegion presently has a consensus price target of $120.22, suggesting a potential upside of 12.25%. ADT has a consensus price target of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 45.80%. Given ADT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ADT is more favorable than Allegion.
Allegion received 17 more outperform votes than ADT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.27% of users gave ADT an outperform vote while only 60.25% of users gave Allegion an outperform vote.
Allegion has a net margin of 14.07% compared to ADT's net margin of 0.48%. Allegion's return on equity of 61.34% beat ADT's return on equity.
In the previous week, ADT had 1 more articles in the media than Allegion. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for ADT and 10 mentions for Allegion. Allegion's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat ADT's score of 0.35 indicating that Allegion is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Allegion has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ADT has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Allegion has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ADT. Allegion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ADT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
92.8% of Allegion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of ADT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Allegion shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of ADT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Allegion pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. ADT pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Allegion pays out 32.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ADT pays out 466.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Allegion and ADT tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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