Allegion PLC (ALLE) vs NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. (NSSC)

Allegion PLC and NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. are both Security & Protection Services companies. Allegion PLC is the larger, with a market value of $13.2B against $1.3B — 10.3× the size. Allegion PLC trades at the lower P/E: 20.5× against 29.4×. NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.4% against 10.6%. NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. has the higher net margin (21.3% vs 15.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (53.4% vs 14.6%). Both pay a dividend; NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. yields more (1.72% vs 1.38%). Across the 23 metrics below, NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. leads on 13 and Allegion PLC on 10.

Valuation

Metric ALLE NSSC Security & Protection Services median
P/E 20.46 29.36 22.21
P/S 3.13 6.27 1.12
P/B 6.33 6.64 2.11
Price to free cash flow 19.99 21.40 20.05
EV/EBITDA 14.60 23.70 11.50
EV/Sales 3.53 5.61 2.08
Earnings yield 4.89% 3.41% 2.19%
Free cash flow yield 5.00% 4.67% 2.44%

Profitability

Metric ALLE NSSC Security & Protection Services median
Gross margin 44.80% 59.21% 41.45%
Operating margin 20.83% 22.56% 8.06%
Net margin 15.36% 21.27% 3.11%
Free cash flow margin 15.65% 29.27% 1.45%
Return on equity 33.73% 23.93% 5.40%
Return on assets 12.82% 19.70% 1.07%
Return on invested capital 14.58% 53.38% 2.40%

Growth

Metric ALLE NSSC Security & Protection Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.63% 11.39% 6.22%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 9.09% 0.84% 29.52%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.38% 12.15% 7.35%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 15.42% 22.79% 0.00%

Health

Metric ALLE NSSC Security & Protection Services median
Debt to equity 0.96 0.00 0.20
Current ratio 1.93 4.90 1.93
Net debt to EBITDA 1.64 (2.88) 1.55

Dividend

Metric ALLE NSSC Security & Protection Services median
Dividend yield 1.38% 1.72% 1.72%
Payout ratio 0.28 0.50 0.28

Size

Metric ALLE NSSC Security & Protection Services median
Market cap 13.24b 1.29b 394.99m

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