Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. MSA scored 69.8, ALLE scored 74.1 — ALLE leads.
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MSA
MSA Safety Incorporated
Security & Protection Services · Quality-Growth
69.8
$180.71 · $7.0B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
4.3
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
CheapestALLE19.7x
Fastest growthALLE+10.6%
Strongest balance sheetMSA0.46
Highest qualityALLE83 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueALLE-2%
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)
MSA
stronger →← stronger
ALLE
81
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
83
66
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
73
63
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
68
ALLE is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
MSA
ALLE
$354mC
FCF
$671mC+
+6.5%C+
Rev
+10.6%B
0.46B+
D/E
1.05C+
22.5xB+
P/E
19.7xB+
0.99B+
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
MSA
ALLE
16% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
2% below
~9%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~6%/yr
-17%
1-yr DCF upside
-5%
-13%
5-yr DCF upside
+2%
-8%
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 $7.0b. 14% off the 52-week high of $208.92. PEG 0.99 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 7 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $209.14 (implying +16% upside).
Moat
Net margin 16% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 22% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 113% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
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
MSA leads ALLE (77.3 vs 70.6) primarily due to its superior Value pillar score of 79, significantly higher than ALLE's 52. However, a contrarian could prefer ALLE for its fair valuation (0% versus DCF fair value) and lower implied growth of 6% despite its stronger revenue growth of +10.6%.
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Where MSA and ALLE diverge
On the headline score the gap is 4.3 points in favor of ALLE. The widest single difference is Growth, where ALLE leads by 6.5 points.
GrowthMSA 66.1 · ALLE 72.6ALLE +6.5
ValueMSA 63.5 · ALLE 67.5ALLE +4.0
QualityMSA 81.2 · ALLE 82.9level
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 MSA the better stock?
ALLE scores higher: ALLE 74.1, MSA 69.8 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 MSA differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where ALLE leads by 7 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. ALLE also leads value, while quality is effectively level between them.
How are ALLE and MSA 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.