Allegion PLC (ALLE) vs CoreCivic, Inc. (CXW)

Allegion PLC and CoreCivic, Inc. are both Security & Protection Services companies. Allegion PLC is the larger, with a market value of $13.2B against $3.1B — 4.3× the size. Allegion PLC trades at the lower P/E: 20.5× against 24.1×. CoreCivic, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 24.4% against 10.6%. Allegion PLC has the higher net margin (15.4% vs 5.15%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.6% vs 5.76%). Across the 22 metrics below, Allegion PLC leads on 14 and CoreCivic, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric ALLE CXW Security & Protection Services median
P/E 20.46 24.15 22.21
P/S 3.13 1.22 1.12
P/B 6.33 2.11 2.11
Price to free cash flow 19.99 42.16 20.05
EV/EBITDA 14.60 11.02 11.50
EV/Sales 3.53 1.71 2.08
Earnings yield 4.89% 4.14% 2.19%
Free cash flow yield 5.00% 2.37% 2.44%

Profitability

Metric ALLE CXW Security & Protection Services median
Gross margin 44.80% 22.58% 41.45%
Operating margin 20.83% 9.88% 8.06%
Net margin 15.36% 5.15% 3.11%
Free cash flow margin 15.65% 2.90% 1.45%
Return on equity 33.73% 8.77% 5.40%
Return on assets 12.82% 3.92% 1.07%
Return on invested capital 14.58% 5.76% 2.40%

Growth

Metric ALLE CXW Security & Protection Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.63% 24.35% 6.22%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 9.09% 74.19% 29.52%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.38% 3.02% 7.35%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 15.42% 16.56% 0.00%

Health

Metric ALLE CXW Security & Protection Services median
Debt to equity 0.96 0.94 0.20
Current ratio 1.93 1.32 1.93
Net debt to EBITDA 1.64 3.16 1.55

Dividend

Metric ALLE CXW Security & Protection Services median
Dividend yield 1.38% — 1.72%
Payout ratio 0.28 — 0.28

Size

Metric ALLE CXW Security & Protection Services median
Market cap 13.24b 3.09b 394.99m

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