Security & Protection Services industry stocks

The Security & Protection Services industry has 22 US-listed companies on stockrow and is part of the Industrials sector, with a combined market value of $44.2B. Allegion PLC (ALLE) is the largest at $13.2B, followed by MSA Safety Incorporporated and ADT Inc.. The median Security & Protection Services stock trades at 22.2× trailing earnings, above the market median of 18.1×, with a median net margin of 3.11% (market: 0.45%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 6.22%. 9 of the 22 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 1.72%.

Security & Protection Services medians

Metric Industry Market
P/E 22.2× 18.1×
P/S 1.1× 1.9×
P/B 2.1× 1.7×
Price to free cash flow 20.0× 14.2×
EV/EBITDA 11.5× 11.0×
EV/Sales 2.1× 2.1×
Earnings yield 2.19% 1.20%
Free cash flow yield 2.44% 0.27%
Gross margin 41.5% 46.2%
Operating margin 8.06% 0.00%
Net margin 3.11% 0.45%
Free cash flow margin 1.45% 0.00%
Return on equity 5.40% 1.35%
Return on assets 1.07% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 2.40% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.22% 7.41%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 29.5% 13.7%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.35% 8.93%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00%
Debt to equity 0.2× 0.1×
Current ratio 1.9× 1.6×
Net debt to EBITDA 1.5× 0.6×
Dividend yield 1.72% 2.26%
Payout ratio 0.3× 0.3×
Market cap $395.0M $584.7M

Today’s biggest moves

Up

21.46 0.79 +3.82%
156.54 0.79 +0.51%
6.88 0.02 +0.29%
104.62 0.20 +0.19%
4.16 0.02 −0.48%

Down

35.95 1.33 −3.57%
81.93 2.10 −2.50%
28.66 0.67 −2.28%
30.67 0.56 −1.79%
6.63 0.12 −1.78%

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Ticker Company Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
ALLE Allegion PLC 13.24b 156.54 0.51% 20.46 15.36% 10.63% 1.38%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated 7.01b 179.05 (1.51%) 22.21 16.13% 6.48% 1.20%
ADT ADT Inc. 5.01b 6.88 0.29% 8.94 11.86% 2.10% 3.20%
BCO Brink's Company (The) 4.30b 104.62 0.19% 24.22 3.30% 8.12% 0.97%
BRC Brady Corporation 3.94b 81.93 (2.50%) 18.83 12.36% 9.78% 1.20%
GEO Geo Group Inc (The) 3.86b 28.66 (2.28%) 13.39 10.31% 15.35% —
CXW CoreCivic, Inc. 3.09b 30.67 (1.79%) 24.15 5.15% 24.35% —
NSSC NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. 1.29b 35.52 (1.22%) 29.36 21.27% 11.39% 1.72%
EVLV Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. 757.11m 4.16 (0.48%) 0.00 (3.05%) 41.67% —
MG Mistras Group Inc 658.55m 21.46 3.82% 24.95 3.65% 5.23% —
CIX CompX International Inc. 459.91m 35.95 (3.57%) 20.08 13.60% 5.96% 3.34%
NL NLI Holdings, Inc. 330.07m 6.63 (1.78%) 0.00 (15.79%) 5.96% 5.88%
CIGL Concorde International Group Ltd. 62.26m 0.26 4.00% — — — —
SPCB SuperCom, Ltd. 58.35m 8.88 (4.41%) 0.00 2.92% 7.23% —
SNT Senstar Technologies Ltd. 32.66m 1.42 1.43% 104.41 1.34% (3.25%) —
BAER Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. 30.07m 0.52 1.96% 0.00 (35.04%) (8.74%) —
KSCP Knightscope, Inc. 13.46m 0.54 (5.26%) 0.00 (217.29%) 88.02% —
GFAI Guardforce AI Co., Limited 6.54m 0.20 0.00% 0.00 (52.14%) (8.37%) —
SUGP SU Group Holdings Limited 4.37m 1.76 (3.30%) — — — —
BKYI BIO-key International Inc. 4.24m 2.60 (11.86%) 0.00 (90.10%) (3.07%) —
OPNW OpenWorld, Inc. 3.78m 2.66 (7.32%) 0.00 (47.08%) (49.69%) 56.39%
IVDA Iveda Solutions, Inc. 2.93m 0.23 0.00% 0.00 (69.23%) (35.96%) —

Updated 17 October 2026