Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. ALLE scored 74.1, BCO scored 62.4 — ALLE leads.
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ALLE
Allegion plc
Security & Protection Services · Quality-Growth
74.1
$150.48 · $12.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
11.7
ALLE leads
BCO
The Brink's Company
Security & Protection Services · Quality-Growth
62.4
$103.40 · $4.3B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestALLE19.7x
Fastest growthALLE+10.6%
Highest qualityALLE83 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueBCO-35%
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)
ALLE
stronger →← stronger
BCO
83
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
64
73
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
63
68
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
60
ALLE is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
ALLE
BCO
$671mC+
FCF
$394mC
+10.6%B
Rev
+5.0%C+
1.05C+
D/E
—
19.7xB+
P/E
24.0xB
1.90C+
PEG
1.16B+
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
ALLE
BCO
2% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
35% below
~6%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-5%/yr
-5%
1-yr DCF upside
+46%
+2%
5-yr DCF upside
+53%
+13%
10-yr DCF upside
+63%
These two disagree on this pair: the Value pillar ranks cheapness against sector peers, while price-vs-fair-value is an absolute read. A name can be the better value in its sector and still the dearer one on cash flows.
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
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.
Security & Protection Services · market cap $4.3b. Down 24% from 52-week high of $136.37 — deep drawdown territory. 3 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $146.33 (implying +42% upside).
Moat
ROE 46% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of depreciation and amortization ($319m) — non-cash charges that hold down reported earnings while cash generation stays strong.
Risk
Net margin 3.3% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
ALLE leads BCO by 0.4 points (68.5 to 68.1), its sharpest advantage coming in FCF (grade C+). A contrarian could still prefer BCO, which trades about 45% below our DCF fair value — a margin of safety the score doesn't reward.
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where ALLE and BCO diverge
On the headline score the gap is 11.7 points in favor of ALLE. The widest single difference is Quality, where ALLE leads by 18.8 points.
QualityALLE 82.9 · BCO 64.1ALLE +18.8
GrowthALLE 72.6 · BCO 62.6ALLE +10.0
ValueALLE 67.5 · BCO 60.5ALLE +7.0
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 BCO the better stock?
ALLE scores higher: ALLE 74.1, BCO 62.4 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 BCO differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where ALLE leads by 19 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. ALLE leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are ALLE and BCO 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.