ALLE vs BLDR vs MHK Stock Comparison

Allegion, Builders FirstSource and Mohawk Industries Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ALLE Allegion plc
$191.76 +24.3% 1M +15.7% 1Y
Market cap
$16.31B
P/E
25.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.29B
Div. yield
1.13%
Building Products Industrials
6 wins
MHK Mohawk Industries Inc
$148.65 +17.6% 1M +30.8% 1Y
Market cap
$10.07B
P/E
17.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$11.21B
Div. yield
–
Building Products Industrials
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Allegion leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Allegion 6, Mohawk Industries 5). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionALLEBLDRMHKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $16.31B $7.30B $10.07B ALLE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 25.0x 179.8x 17.4x MHK
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 20.4x 21.8x 14.2x MHK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.6% -8.3% +4.5% ALLE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.4% 0.3% 4.6% ALLE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 17.9% 3.5% 5.2% ALLE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.7x 5.0x 0.7x MHK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.13% — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +15.7% -41.6% +30.8% MHK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +8.2%/yr +2.4%/yr -3.5%/yr ALLE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.9% 51.6% 41.9% ALLE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 40/100 76/100 MHK

Percentile Scorecard

ALLEBLDRMHK

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisALLEBLDRMHK
Valuation 17 #46 of 55 57 #24 of 55 94 #4 of 55
Growth 58 #22 of 51 2 #50 of 51 68 #17 of 51
Profitability 98 #2 of 51 34 #34 of 51 50 #26 of 51
Financial Health 53 #28 of 59 19 #48 of 59 79 #13 of 59
Shareholder Returns 28 #30 of 41 88 #6 of 41 90 #5 of 41
Overall 51 40 76
  • ALLE ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • BLDR ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • MHK ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodALLEBLDRMHKSPY
1 month +24.3%+20.5%+17.6% -2.3%
3 months +18.9%-6.5%+11.8% -0.7%
6 months +44.7%-8.1%+56.6% +4.8%
Year to date +20.4%-34.1%+36.0% +10.3%
1 year +15.7%-41.6%+30.8% +10.3%
3 years +88.2%-46.5%+74.9% +73.0%
3 years, per year +23.5%-18.8%+20.5% +20.1%
5 years +48.2%+12.5%-16.4% +61.9%
5 years, per year +8.2%+2.4%-3.5% +10.1%
10 years +202.7%+619.0%-16.8% +258.6%
10 years, per year +11.7%+21.8%-1.8% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureALLEBLDRMHKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.9%51.6%41.9% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.7%44.3%36.8% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.411.491.28 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.53-0.810.74 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -34.8%-76.1%-59.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-47.4%0.0% -3.5%
52-week high $191.76$128.96$148.65 $779.14
52-week low $125.65$50.53$94.33 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleALLEBLDRMHK
P/E now vs peer median 25.0xmedian 21.6x 179.8xmedian 21.6x 17.4xmedian 21.6x
P/S now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 1.6x 0.5xmedian 1.6x 0.9xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.4xmedian 13.2x 13.1xmedian 13.2x 8.6xmedian 13.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 24.3xmedian 17.4x 29.0xmedian 17.4x 11.3xmedian 17.4x
P/B now vs peer median 7.7xmedian 2.9x 1.8xmedian 2.9x 1.2xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 2.63median 1.00 -2.61median 1.00 0.39median 1.00

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsALLEBLDRMHK
Revenue $4.29B $14.36B $11.21B
Gross profit $1.92B $4.09B $2.77B
Operating income $893.40M $305.89M $621.50M
Net income $658.60M $40.58M $518.50M
Free cash flow $671.10M $251.32M $891.50M
EPS (diluted) $7.66 $0.38 $8.51
Cash & equivalents $320.60M $55.01M $816.80M
Total debt $2.03B $4.62B $1.78B
Shares (diluted) 86.00M 107.64M 60.90M
Enterprise value $15.02B $6.89B $6.68B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricALLEBLDRMHK
P/E 25.0x 179.8x 17.4x
P/FCF 24.3x 29.0x 11.3x
P/Operating cash flow 21.2x 14.7x 7.4x
P/S 3.8x 0.5x 0.9x
P/B 7.7x 1.8x 1.2x
P/Tangible book 12.5x 2.4x 1.3x
EV/EBITDA 17.4x 13.1x 8.6x
EV/EBIT 20.2x 38.8x 17.8x
EV/Revenue 4.2x 0.8x 1.0x
EV/FCF 26.9x 47.2x 12.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 23.4x 23.9x 8.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.63 -2.61 0.39

Growth

14 metrics
MetricALLEBLDRMHK
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.6% -8.3% 4.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.9% -6.0% 0.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 10.6% -15.6% 7.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.3% -12.2% 1.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 9.5% -70.3% 14.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 9.6% -48.3% 52.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 5.2% -93.2% 24.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 8.5% -70.5% 43.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 5.7% -93.0% 26.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 9.5% -68.9% 44.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 0.5% -64.4% 36.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.8% -42.9% 2.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -1.6% -75.4% 51.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.2% -51.1% 5.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricALLEBLDRMHK
Gross margin 44.8% 28.5% 24.7%
EBITDA margin 24.2% 6.3% 11.5%
Operating margin 20.8% 2.1% 5.5%
Pretax margin 18.5% 0.1% 5.4%
Net margin 15.4% 0.3% 4.6%
FCF margin 15.6% 1.7% 8.0%
Operating cash flow margin 17.9% 3.5% 12.1%
Return on equity 31.2% 1.0% 6.2%
Return on assets 12.3% 0.4% 3.8%
Return on invested capital 17.9% 3.5% 5.2%
Return on capital employed 19.6% 3.2% 5.9%
Asset turnover 0.8x 1.3x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 12.2x 2.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.3% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricALLEBLDRMHK
Debt / assets 37.9% 40.8% 13.3%
Debt / equity 1.0x 1.1x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.7x 5.0x 0.7x
Debt / FCF 3.0x 18.4x 2.0x
Liabilities / assets 60.5% 64.0% 38.2%
Equity / assets 39.5% 36.0% 61.8%
Interest coverage 8.9x – 62.2x
Current ratio 1.9x 1.8x 1.9x
Quick ratio 1.1x 1.0x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.0x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 5.14 2.12 3.21

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricALLEBLDRMHK
Dividend yield 1.1% – –
Net buyback yield 1.0% 4.2% 4.2%
Shareholder yield 2.1% 4.2% 4.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) 27.6% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 27.0% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 6.1% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 6.2% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusALLEBLDRMHK
Forward P/E 20.4xFY2026 21.8xFY2026 14.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $9.41FY2026 $3.11FY2026 $10.47FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +15.6%FY2026 -54.9%FY2026 +16.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +2.7% +30.2% -9.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.67BFY2026 $13.77BFY2026 $11.73BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +14.7%FY2026 -9.4%FY2026 +8.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.4% -0.1% +0.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersALLEBLDRMHK
Held by institutions 100.0% 99.7% 88.0%
Institutions holding 732 669 492
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.0% +1.3% -0.9%
Institutions buying 336 335 273
Institutions selling 273 260 155
Buyers to sellers 1.23 1.29 1.76

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ALLEBLDRMHK
ALLE 1.00 0.55 0.57
BLDR 0.55 1.00 0.75
MHK 0.57 0.75 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ALLE, BLDR and MHK?

Allegion (ALLE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Allegion (ALLE) $16.31B, Builders FirstSource (BLDR) $7.30B, Mohawk Industries (MHK) $10.07B.

Which stock is cheaper, ALLE, BLDR and MHK?

Mohawk Industries (MHK) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Allegion (ALLE) 25.0x, Builders FirstSource (BLDR) 179.8x, Mohawk Industries (MHK) 17.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Mohawk Industries (MHK) is cheapest (Allegion (ALLE) 20.4x, Builders FirstSource (BLDR) 21.8x, Mohawk Industries (MHK) 14.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Allegion (ALLE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Allegion (ALLE) +10.6%, Builders FirstSource (BLDR) -8.3%, Mohawk Industries (MHK) +4.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Allegion (ALLE) has the highest net margin (Allegion (ALLE) 15.4%, Builders FirstSource (BLDR) 0.3%, Mohawk Industries (MHK) 4.6%). On return on invested capital, Allegion (ALLE) leads (Allegion (ALLE) 17.9%, Builders FirstSource (BLDR) 3.5%, Mohawk Industries (MHK) 5.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Mohawk Industries (MHK) returned the most: Allegion (ALLE) +15.7%, Builders FirstSource (BLDR) -41.6%, Mohawk Industries (MHK) +30.8%. Over five years, Allegion (ALLE) compounded fastest (Allegion (ALLE) +8.2%/yr, Builders FirstSource (BLDR) +2.4%/yr, Mohawk Industries (MHK) -3.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Allegion (ALLE) 1.13%. Builders FirstSource (BLDR) and Mohawk Industries (MHK) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Allegion (ALLE) has been the steadiest (Allegion (ALLE) 29.9%, Builders FirstSource (BLDR) 51.6%, Mohawk Industries (MHK) 41.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ALLE, BLDR and MHK?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Allegion (ALLE) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.