Brady (BRC) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate ALLE or BRC?

Allegion presently has a consensus target price of $165.88, suggesting a potential downside of 0.77%. Given Allegion's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Allegion is more favorable than Brady.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allegion	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Brady	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ALLE or BRC?

Allegion has higher revenue and earnings than Brady. Brady 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	$3.88B	3.70	$597.50M	$7.20	23.22
Brady	$1.34B	2.55	$197.21M	$4.04	17.92

Is ALLE or BRC a better dividend stock?

Allegion pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Brady pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Allegion pays out 28.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brady pays out 23.8% 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 Brady has increased its dividend for 39 consecutive years. Brady is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, ALLE or BRC?

Allegion has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brady has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ALLE or BRC?

92.2% of Allegion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Brady shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Allegion shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Brady shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer ALLE or BRC?

In the previous week, Allegion had 19 more articles in the media than Brady. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Allegion and 5 mentions for Brady. Allegion's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Brady's score of -0.03 indicating that Allegion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Allegion	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brady	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is ALLE or BRC more profitable?

Allegion has a net margin of 16.15% compared to Brady's net margin of 13.35%. Allegion's return on equity of 42.62% beat Brady's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allegion	16.15%	42.62%	14.55%
Brady	13.35%	19.57%	13.58%

Summary

Allegion beats Brady on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.