Allegion (ALLE) Competitors

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.

Do analysts rate ALLE or ADT?

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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allegion	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
ADT	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ALLE or ADT?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Allegion	Outperform Votes 429 60.25%	Underperform Votes 283 39.75%
ADT	Outperform Votes 412 64.27%	Underperform Votes 229 35.73%

Is ALLE or ADT more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allegion	14.07%	61.34%	13.91%
ADT	0.48%	8.01%	1.52%

Does the media favor ALLE or ADT?

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.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Allegion	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ADT	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, ALLE or ADT?

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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ALLE or ADT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Allegion	$3.27 billion	2.88	$458 million	$5.53	19.37
ADT	$6.40 billion	0.84	$172.62 million	$0.03	194.33

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ALLE or ADT?

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.

Is ALLE or ADT a better dividend stock?

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.