ALLE vs CSL vs AYI Stock Comparison

Allegion, Carlisle Companies and Acuity Inc. (De) Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ALLE Allegion plc
$189.30 +22.7% 1M +15.0% 1Y
Market cap
$16.37B
P/E
23.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.39B
Div. yield
0.01%
Building Products Industrials
5 wins
CSL Carlisle Companies Inc
$387.31 +17.6% 1M +19.0% 1Y
Market cap
$15.67B
P/E
21.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.21B
Div. yield
0.01%
Building Products Industrials
3 wins
AYI Acuity Inc. (De)
$331.26 +7.3% 1M -9.4% 1Y
Market cap
$10.25B
P/E
19.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.64B
Div. yield
0.00%
Building Products Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Allegion leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Allegion 5, Acuity Inc. (De) 4, Carlisle Companies 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionALLECSLAYILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $16.37B $15.67B $10.25B ALLE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 23.7x 21.8x 19.3x AYI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 20.1x 17.8x 16.6x AYI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.3% +4.0% +6.8% ALLE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.7% 13.8% 11.4% ALLE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 18.4% 17.8% 15.4% ALLE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.5x 1.9x 0.1x AYI
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% CSL
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +15.0% +19.0% -9.4% CSL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +7.6%/yr +11.0%/yr +9.6%/yr CSL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.8% 37.6% 38.5% ALLE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 53/100 81/100 AYI

Percentile Scorecard

ALLECSLAYI

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

AxisALLECSLAYI
Valuation 27 #42 of 57 38 #36 of 57 79 #13 of 57
Growth 60 #22 of 54 34 #36 of 54 85 #9 of 54
Profitability 100 #1 of 53 83 #10 of 53 75 #14 of 53
Financial Health 59 #25 of 59 43 #34 of 59 88 #8 of 59
Shareholder Returns 32 #29 of 42 66 #15 of 42 81 #9 of 42
Overall 56 53 81
  • ALLE ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • CSL ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • AYI ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodALLECSLAYISPY
1 month +22.7%+17.6%+7.3% -2.0%
3 months +14.5%+0.2%-5.0% -2.2%
6 months +43.1%+9.0%+13.8% +4.2%
Year to date +18.9%+21.1%-8.0% +10.6%
1 year +15.0%+19.0%-9.4% +10.4%
3 years +85.8%+43.2%+94.2% +73.6%
3 years, per year +23.0%+12.7%+24.8% +20.2%
5 years +44.4%+68.5%+57.9% +61.6%
5 years, per year +7.6%+11.0%+9.6% +10.1%
10 years +199.1%+268.7%+51.1% +261.3%
10 years, per year +11.6%+13.9%+4.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureALLECSLAYISPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.8%37.6%38.5% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.6%34.7%42.1% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.411.111.39 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.500.50-0.24 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -34.8%-38.6%-34.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.3%-7.5%-12.1% -3.2%
52-week high $191.76$418.74$376.69 $779.14
52-week low $125.65$295.41$257.79 $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.

MultipleALLECSLAYI
P/E now vs peer median 23.2xmedian 21.3x 21.2xmedian 21.3x 18.9xmedian 21.3x
P/S now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 1.7x 2.9xmedian 1.7x 2.1xmedian 1.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 16.2xmedian 13.6x 14.3xmedian 13.6x 11.4xmedian 13.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 21.6xmedian 17.5x 20.0xmedian 17.5x 13.2xmedian 17.5x
P/B now vs peer median 7.3xmedian 2.9x 10.4xmedian 2.9x 3.3xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 2.67median 1.14 2.92median 1.14 1.14median 1.14

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 monthsALLECSLAYI
Revenue $4.39B $5.21B $4.64B
Gross profit $1.98B $1.81B $2.35B
Operating income $944.20M $1.02B $713.70M
Net income $691.10M $718.40M $531.30M
Free cash flow $739.90M $750.50M $747.90M
R&D – $48.30M –
EPS (diluted) $8.11 $18.14 $17.06
Cash & equivalents $388.10M $546.70M $636.30M
Total debt $2.03B $2.89B $697.40M
Shares (diluted) 85.20M 39.60M 31.15M
Enterprise value $14.99B $12.57B $8.56B

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
MetricALLECSLAYI
P/E 23.2x 21.2x 18.9x
P/FCF 21.6x 20.0x 13.2x
P/Operating cash flow 18.9x 16.7x 11.9x
P/S 3.6x 2.9x 2.1x
P/B 7.3x 10.4x 3.3x
P/Tangible book 11.6x 146.0x 5.0x
EV/EBITDA 16.2x 14.3x 11.4x
EV/EBIT 18.6x 17.1x 13.9x
EV/Revenue 4.0x 3.3x 2.1x
EV/FCF 23.8x 23.1x 13.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 20.9x 19.4x 12.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.67 2.92 1.14

Growth

14 metrics
MetricALLECSLAYI
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.3% 4.0% 6.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.7% 4.2% 5.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 10.3% -0.6% 13.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.6% 4.8% 11.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 13.1% -2.0% 26.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 10.1% 2.7% 14.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 7.9% -7.4% 34.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 7.4% -0.8% 15.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 9.6% 0.3% 36.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.7% 7.3% 16.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 10.7% -17.4% 37.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.8% -9.9% 12.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 8.8% -21.7% 40.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.7% -11.0% 13.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricALLECSLAYI
Gross margin 45.1% 34.7% 50.6%
EBITDA margin 24.7% 23.3% 18.7%
Operating margin 21.5% 19.5% 15.4%
Pretax margin 19.4% 18.0% 14.7%
Net margin 15.7% 13.8% 11.4%
FCF margin 16.9% 14.4% 16.1%
Operating cash flow margin 19.2% 17.2% 17.8%
Return on equity 32.2% 47.0% 18.2%
Return on assets 12.8% 11.7% 11.2%
Return on invested capital 18.4% 17.8% 15.4%
Return on capital employed 20.6% 19.3% 19.5%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.9x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.2x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.7% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricALLECSLAYI
Debt / assets 37.2% 47.9% 14.3%
Debt / equity 0.9x 2.0x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.5x 1.9x 0.1x
Debt / FCF 2.7x 3.8x 0.9x
Liabilities / assets 60.3% 76.1% 39.0%
Equity / assets 39.7% 23.9% 61.0%
Interest coverage 9.6x 9.1x –
Current ratio 1.9x 2.4x 1.7x
Quick ratio 1.1x 1.6x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.6x 0.6x
Altman Z-score 5.06 5.44 6.11

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricALLECSLAYI
Dividend yield 1.1% 1.2% 0.2%
Net buyback yield 1.8% 7.3% 2.8%
Shareholder yield 2.9% 8.5% 3.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 26.6% 25.8% 4.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) 24.9% 24.7% 3.2%
Dividend growth (1Y) 6.5% 2.8% 15.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 5.9% 5.5% 12.3%

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.

ConsensusALLECSLAYI
Forward P/E 20.1xFY2026 17.8xFY2026 16.6xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $9.41FY2026 $21.76FY2026 $20.01FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +15.6%FY2026 +12.2%FY2026 +0.6%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +2.7% +15.9% +21.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.67BFY2026 $4.97BFY2026 $4.68BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +14.7%FY2026 -1.0%FY2026 +0.9%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +8.4% +18.1% +14.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersALLECSLAYI
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 99.2%
Institutions holding 732 797 634
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.0% -1.1% +4.1%
Institutions buying 336 366 331
Institutions selling 273 294 191
Buyers to sellers 1.23 1.24 1.73

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.

ALLECSLAYI
ALLE 1.00 0.55 0.29
CSL 0.55 1.00 0.42
AYI 0.29 0.42 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ALLE, CSL and AYI?

Allegion (ALLE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Allegion (ALLE) $16.37B, Carlisle Companies (CSL) $15.67B, Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) $10.25B.

Which stock is cheaper, ALLE, CSL and AYI?

Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Allegion (ALLE) 23.7x, Carlisle Companies (CSL) 21.8x, Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) 19.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) is cheapest (Allegion (ALLE) 20.1x, Carlisle Companies (CSL) 17.8x, Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) 16.6x). 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) +10.3%, Carlisle Companies (CSL) +4.0%, Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) +6.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Allegion (ALLE) has the highest net margin (Allegion (ALLE) 15.7%, Carlisle Companies (CSL) 13.8%, Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) 11.4%). On return on invested capital, Allegion (ALLE) leads (Allegion (ALLE) 18.4%, Carlisle Companies (CSL) 17.8%, Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) 15.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Carlisle Companies (CSL) returned the most: Allegion (ALLE) +15.0%, Carlisle Companies (CSL) +19.0%, Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) -9.4%. Over five years, Carlisle Companies (CSL) compounded fastest (Allegion (ALLE) +7.6%/yr, Carlisle Companies (CSL) +11.0%/yr, Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) +9.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Carlisle Companies (CSL) has the highest dividend yield: Allegion (ALLE) 0.01%, Carlisle Companies (CSL) 0.01%, Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) 0.00%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Allegion (ALLE) has been the steadiest (Allegion (ALLE) 29.8%, Carlisle Companies (CSL) 37.6%, Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) 38.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ALLE, CSL and AYI?

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 5. 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.