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 $44.5B. Allegion PLC (ALLE) is the largest at $13.0B, followed by MSA Safety Incorporporated and ADT Inc.. The median Security & Protection Services stock trades at 21.9× trailing earnings, above the market median of 17.9×, with a median net margin of 3.72% (market: 0.55%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 5.96%. 9 of the 22 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 1.53%.

Security & Protection Services medians

Metric Industry Market
P/E 21.9× 17.9×
P/S 1.2× 2.0×
P/B 2.2× 1.8×
Price to free cash flow 20.6× 14.0×
EV/EBITDA 12.4× 11.0×
EV/Sales 1.9× 2.2×
Earnings yield 3.67% 1.18%
Free cash flow yield 1.13% 0.48%
Gross margin 41.5% 46.3%
Operating margin 8.06% 0.00%
Net margin 3.72% 0.55%
Free cash flow margin 1.45% 0.00%
Return on equity 9.87% 1.76%
Return on assets 2.54% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 3.11% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.96% 7.41%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.35% 8.85%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00%
Debt to equity 0.2× 0.2×
Current ratio 1.9× 1.6×
Net debt to EBITDA 1.5× 0.6×
Dividend yield 1.53% 2.75%
Payout ratio 0.0× 0.0×
Market cap $395.8M $612.7M

Today’s biggest moves

Up

37.80 1.54 4.25%
84.02 1.39 1.68%
154.47 2.37 1.56%
106.82 1.34 1.27%
21.52 0.14 0.65%

Down

32.13 (2.23) (6.49%)
31.22 (0.74) (2.32%)
4.79 (0.11) (2.24%)
7.02 (0.02) (0.28%)
35.66 (0.02) (0.06%)

All 22 companies

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Ticker Company Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
SUGP SU Group Holdings Limited 1.26m 0.56 19.15% — — — —
BKYI BIO-key International Inc. 2.90m 1.79 (12.25%) 0.00 (90.10%) (3.07%) —
IVDA Iveda Solutions, Inc. 3.78m 0.30 0.00% 0.00 (69.23%) (35.96%) —
GFAI Guardforce AI Co., Limited 10.46m 0.33 3.13% 0.00 (52.14%) (8.37%) —
VRME VerifyMe, Inc. 14.87m 0.96 (18.80%) 0.00 (47.08%) (49.69%) —
KSCP Knightscope, Inc. 21.15m 0.91 1.11% 0.00 (217.29%) 88.02% —
SNT Senstar Technologies Ltd. 37.33m 1.61 0.63% 33.13 3.79% (1.85%) 36.70%
BAER Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. 49.42m 0.79 (9.09%) 0.00 (35.04%) (8.74%) —
SPCB SuperCom, Ltd. 59.48m 9.27 (2.11%) 9.18 13.44% 0.94% —
CIGL Concorde International Group Ltd. 93.72m 0.40 (2.44%) — — — —
NL NLI Holdings, Inc. 344.25m 7.02 (0.28%) 0.00 (15.79%) 5.96% 5.41%
CIX CompX International Inc. 447.33m 37.80 4.25% 21.12 13.60% 5.96% 4.26%
MG Mistras Group Inc 681.17m 21.52 0.65% 25.02 3.65% 5.23% —
EVLV Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. 887.52m 4.79 (2.24%) 0.00 (3.05%) 41.67% —
NSSC NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. 1.28b 35.66 (0.06%) 29.47 21.27% 11.39% 0.35%
CXW CoreCivic, Inc. 3.40b 32.13 (6.49%) 25.30 5.15% 24.35% —
BRC Brady Corporation 3.88b 84.02 1.68% 19.31 12.36% 9.78% 1.53%
GEO Geo Group Inc (The) 4.21b 31.22 (2.32%) 14.59 10.31% 15.35% —
BCO Brink's Company (The) 4.36b 106.82 1.27% 24.81 3.30% 8.12% 1.25%
ADT ADT Inc. 4.69b 6.40 0.63% 8.31 11.86% 2.10% 2.16%
MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated 7.03b 182.46 0.19% 22.64 16.13% 6.48% 1.07%
ALLE Allegion PLC 12.97b 154.47 1.56% 20.24 15.36% 10.63% 1.38%

Updated 26 September 2026