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 $47.4B. Allegion PLC (ALLE) is the largest at $15.8B, followed by ADT Inc. and MSA Safety Incorporporated. The median Security & Protection Services stock trades at 22.5× trailing earnings, above the market median of 17.9×, with a median net margin of 2.88% (market: 1.06%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 7.23%. 8 of the 22 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 1.65%.

Security & Protection Services medians

Metric Industry Market
P/E 22.5× 17.9×
P/S 1.2× 1.9×
P/B 2.1× 1.7×
Price to free cash flow 19.5× 14.1×
EV/EBITDA 11.2× 10.9×
EV/Sales 2.0× 2.1×
Earnings yield 3.26% 1.55%
Free cash flow yield 1.46% 0.93%
Gross margin 38.1% 45.1%
Operating margin 9.80% 0.00%
Net margin 2.88% 1.06%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 8.74% 0.51%
Return on assets 1.21% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 1.98% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.23% 7.58%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 35.7% 14.0%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.09% 8.99%
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 1.65% 2.20%
Payout ratio 0.3× 0.3×
Market cap $408.7M $676.4M

Today’s biggest moves

Up

9.89 0.01 −0.10%
20.16 0.07 −0.35%
36.23 0.86 −2.32%
109.93 3.09 −2.73%
187.38 5.32 −2.76%

Down

6.75 0.61 −8.29%
25.35 2.18 −7.92%
28.70 1.82 −5.96%
4.54 0.27 −5.61%
30.12 1.63 −5.13%

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Ticker Company Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
ALLE Allegion PLC 15.78b 187.38 (2.76%) 23.25 15.74% 10.33% 1.15%
ADT ADT Inc. 7.23b 9.89 (0.10%) 12.42 11.85% 2.02% 2.22%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated 6.55b 169.96 (4.30%) 21.81 15.03% 8.09% 1.26%
BCO Brink's Company (The) 4.53b 109.93 (2.73%) 28.85 2.88% 7.28% 0.93%
BRC Brady Corporation 3.74b 79.42 (4.13%) 18.26 12.36% 9.78% 1.24%
GEO Geo Group Inc (The) 3.31b 25.35 (7.92%) 11.85 10.31% 15.35% —
CXW CoreCivic, Inc. 2.79b 28.70 (5.96%) 1.84 54.60% 26.90% —
NSSC NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. 1.07b 30.12 (5.13%) 24.41 21.60% 8.75% 2.03%
EVLV Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. 820.50m 4.54 (5.61%) — (3.05%) 41.67% —
MG Mistras Group Inc 641.80m 20.16 (0.35%) 30.69 2.78% 4.61% —
CIX CompX International Inc. 451.77m 36.23 (2.32%) 19.17 13.95% 4.32% 3.31%
NL NLI Holdings, Inc. 347.18m 6.75 (8.29%) — (2.98%) 4.32% 5.78%
SPCB SuperCom, Ltd. 52.12m 8.33 (8.86%) 57.77 2.92% 7.23% —
CIGL Concorde International Group Ltd. 44.50m 0.18 (14.29%) — — — —
SNT Senstar Technologies Ltd. 30.33m 1.30 (10.34%) 95.59 1.34% (3.25%) —
BAER Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. 11.97m 0.20 (28.57%) — (35.04%) (8.74%) —
KSCP Knightscope, Inc. 9.80m 0.42 (8.70%) — (217.29%) 88.02% —
DETX Liberty Defense Holdings Ltd. 7.33m 1.25 (4.58%) — — — —
GFAI Guardforce AI Co., Limited 5.49m 0.17 (10.53%) — (52.14%) (8.37%) —
BKYI BIO-key International Inc. 4.82m 2.39 1.27% — (90.10%) (3.07%) —
SUGP SU Group Holdings Limited 3.93m 1.61 (4.73%) — — — —
IVDA Iveda Solutions, Inc. 2.39m 0.19 (13.64%) — (69.23%) (35.96%) —

Updated 5 November 2026