Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. ADT scored 57.0, ALLE scored 74.1 — ALLE leads.
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ADT
ADT Inc.
Security & Protection Services · Quality-Growth
57
$6.43 · $4.7B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
17.1
ALLE leads
ALLE
Allegion plc
Security & Protection Services · Quality-Growth
74.1
$150.48 · $12.8B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestADT8.8x
Fastest growthALLE+10.6%
Strongest balance sheetALLE1.05
Highest qualityALLE83 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueADT-83%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
ADT
stronger →← stronger
ALLE
69
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
83
38
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
73
70
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
68
ALLE is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
ADT
ALLE
$2.0bC+
FCF
$671mC+
+2.1%C
Rev
+10.6%B
2.24D
D/E
1.05C+
8.8xA
P/E
19.7xB+
1.29B
PEG
1.90C+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
ADT
ALLE
83% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
2% below
decline
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~6%/yr
+486%
1-yr DCF upside
-5%
+474%
5-yr DCF upside
+2%
+457%
10-yr DCF upside
+13%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Security & Protection Services · market cap $4.7b. Down 28% from 52-week high of $8.89 — deep drawdown territory. 5 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $8.23 (implying +28% upside).
Moat
ROE 18% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income.
Risk
D/E 2.24 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer.
Security & Protection Services · market cap $12.8b. 18% off the 52-week high of $183.11. Revenue growing +11%, comfortably above the S&P median. 11 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $178.00 (implying +18% upside).
Moat
Net margin 15% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 31% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 102% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where ADT and ALLE diverge
On the headline score the gap is 17.1 points in favor of ALLE. The widest single difference is Growth, where ALLE leads by 34.4 points.
GrowthADT 38.2 · ALLE 72.6ALLE +34.4
QualityADT 68.9 · ALLE 82.9ALLE +14.0
ValueADT 70.4 · ALLE 67.5level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is ALLE or ADT the better stock?
ALLE scores higher: ALLE 74.1, ADT 57.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do ALLE and ADT differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where ALLE leads by 34 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. ALLE also leads quality, while value is effectively level between them.
How are ALLE and ADT scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.