ALLE vs JHX vs OTIS Stock Comparison

Allegion, James Hardie Industries and Otis Worldwide Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ALLE Allegion plc
$179.12 +16.2% 1M +4.6% 1Y
Market cap
$15.36B
P/E
23.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.29B
Div. yield
0.01%
Building Products Industrials
4 wins
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corp
$75.15 +10.0% 1M -19.2% 1Y
Market cap
$28.74B
P/E
19.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.91B
Div. yield
0.02%
Building Products Industrials
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Otis Worldwide leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Otis Worldwide 5, Allegion 4, James Hardie Industries 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionALLEJHXOTISLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $15.36B $15.09B $28.74B OTIS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 23.3x 103.6x 19.0x OTIS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.3x 18.4x 19.2x JHX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.6% +42.9% +5.2% JHX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.4% 2.7% 10.2% ALLE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 17.9% 2.6% 69.7% OTIS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.7x 3.5x 3.1x ALLE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.02% OTIS
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +4.6% +18.9% -19.2% JHX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +6.1%/yr -7.9%/yr -2.6%/yr ALLE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.7% 45.1% 22.7% OTIS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 32/100 48/100 ALLE

Percentile Scorecard

ALLEJHXOTIS

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

AxisALLEJHXOTIS
Valuation 22 #43 of 55 20 #44 of 55 50 #28 of 55
Growth 58 #22 of 51 50 #26 of 51 52 #25 of 51
Profitability 94 #4 of 51 38 #32 of 51 72 #15 of 51
Financial Health 53 #28 of 59 31 #41 of 59 12 #52 of 59
Shareholder Returns 25 #31 of 41 20 #33 of 41 53 #20 of 41
Overall 51 32 48
  • ALLE ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • JHX ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • OTIS ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodALLEJHXOTISSPY
1 month +16.2%-2.6%+10.0% -1.0%
3 months +16.8%-1.4%+4.5% +2.9%
6 months +22.6%+19.1%-3.6% +6.4%
Year to date +12.5%+26.1%-14.0% +11.4%
1 year +4.6%+18.9%-19.2% +13.1%
3 years +84.5%+3.4%-2.7% +79.4%
3 years, per year +22.7%+1.1%-0.9% +21.5%
5 years +34.2%-33.7%-12.2% +67.7%
5 years, per year +6.1%-7.9%-2.6% +10.9%
10 years +166.6%+67.3%— +255.2%
10 years, per year +10.3%+5.3%— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureALLEJHXOTISSPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.7%45.1%22.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.7%41.6%23.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.431.700.22 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.160.42-0.84 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -34.8%-60.3%-39.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -0.4%-15.9%-19.7% -2.5%
52-week high $179.77$31.09$93.62 $779.14
52-week low $125.65$16.69$64.07 $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.

MultipleALLEJHXOTIS
P/E now vs peer median 23.3xmedian 19.9x 104.2xmedian 19.9x 19.0xmedian 19.9x
P/S now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 1.5x 2.8xmedian 1.5x 1.9xmedian 1.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 16.4xmedian 12.6x 17.0xmedian 12.6x 14.7xmedian 12.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 22.7xmedian 16.1x 42.6xmedian 16.1x 16.7xmedian 16.1x
P/B now vs peer median 7.2xmedian 3.0x 2.3xmedian 3.0x -5.0xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 2.46median 0.98 -2.62median 0.98 2.57median 0.98

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 monthsALLEJHXOTIS
Revenue $4.29B $5.41B $14.91B
Gross profit $1.92B $1.94B $4.52B
Operating income $893.40M $526.70M $2.29B
Net income $658.60M $145.70M $1.58B
Free cash flow $671.10M $356.40M $1.71B
R&D – $64.00M $154.00M
EPS (diluted) $7.66 $0.25 $3.95
Cash & equivalents $320.60M $289.90M $813.00M
Total debt $2.03B $4.28B $8.44B
Shares (diluted) 86.00M 584.30M 383.50M
Enterprise value $14.07B $14.16B $25.16B

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
MetricALLEJHXOTIS
P/E 23.3x 104.2x 19.0x
P/FCF 22.7x 42.6x 16.7x
P/Operating cash flow 19.8x 20.9x 15.3x
P/S 3.6x 2.8x 1.9x
P/B 7.2x 2.3x -5.0x
P/Tangible book 11.7x 4.6x -4.7x
EV/EBITDA 16.4x 17.0x 14.7x
EV/EBIT 19.0x 36.4x 15.8x
EV/Revenue 4.0x 3.5x 2.4x
EV/FCF 25.3x 53.8x 21.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 22.0x 26.4x 19.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.46 -2.62 2.57

Growth

14 metrics
MetricALLEJHXOTIS
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.6% 42.9% 5.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.9% 13.2% 2.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 10.6% 34.4% 5.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.3% 13.0% 3.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 9.5% -5.8% 23.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 9.6% -11.3% 2.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 5.2% -56.0% -0.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 8.5% -34.0% 3.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 5.7% -67.6% 3.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 9.5% -39.7% 7.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 0.5% -11.8% 25.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.8% 1.0% 9.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -1.6% 110.4% 27.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.2% 75.0% 9.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricALLEJHXOTIS
Gross margin 44.8% 35.9% 30.3%
EBITDA margin 24.2% 20.9% 16.5%
Operating margin 20.8% 9.7% 15.4%
Pretax margin 18.5% 5.1% 13.9%
Net margin 15.4% 2.7% 10.2%
FCF margin 15.6% 6.6% 11.5%
Operating cash flow margin 17.9% 13.4% 12.5%
Return on equity 31.2% 2.2% –
Return on assets 12.3% 1.0% 14.5%
Return on invested capital 17.9% 2.6% 69.7%
Return on capital employed 19.6% 4.2% 87.2%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.4x 1.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 5.0x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.8% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricALLEJHXOTIS
Debt / assets 37.9% 31.7% 75.6%
Debt / equity 1.0x 0.7x -1.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.7x 3.5x 3.1x
Debt / FCF 3.0x 12.0x 4.9x
Liabilities / assets 60.5% 51.5% 151.5%
Equity / assets 39.5% 48.5% -51.5%
Interest coverage 8.9x 1.8x –
Current ratio 1.9x 1.6x 0.8x
Quick ratio 1.1x 0.7x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.3x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 4.95 2.10 2.87

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricALLEJHXOTIS
Dividend yield 1.2% – 2.3%
Net buyback yield 1.1% 2.0% 3.7%
Shareholder yield 2.3% 2.0% 6.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 27.6% – 41.7%
Payout ratio (FCF) 27.0% – 38.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) 6.1% – 4.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 6.2% – 9.4%

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.

ConsensusALLEJHXOTIS
Forward P/E 19.3xFY2026 18.4xFY2026 19.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $9.26FY2026 $1.42FY2026 $3.91FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +13.8%FY2026 +30.3%FY2026 -3.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +0.5% +12.7% +22.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.60BFY2026 $5.17BFY2026 $16.18BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.1%FY2026 +6.7%FY2026 +12.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.1% +15.1% -3.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersALLEJHXOTIS
Held by institutions 100.0% 49.9% 93.1%
Institutions holding 730 339 1,219
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.0% +7.1% +3.6%
Institutions buying 336 189 561
Institutions selling 271 100 450
Buyers to sellers 1.24 1.89 1.25

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.

ALLEJHXOTIS
ALLE 1.00 0.47 0.42
JHX 0.47 1.00 0.30
OTIS 0.42 0.30 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ALLE, JHX and OTIS?

Otis Worldwide (OTIS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Allegion (ALLE) $15.36B, James Hardie Industries (JHX) $15.09B, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) $28.74B.

Which stock is cheaper, ALLE, JHX and OTIS?

Otis Worldwide (OTIS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Allegion (ALLE) 23.3x, James Hardie Industries (JHX) 103.6x, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) 19.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, James Hardie Industries (JHX) is cheapest (Allegion (ALLE) 19.3x, James Hardie Industries (JHX) 18.4x, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) 19.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

James Hardie Industries (JHX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Allegion (ALLE) +10.6%, James Hardie Industries (JHX) +42.9%, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) +5.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Allegion (ALLE) has the highest net margin (Allegion (ALLE) 15.4%, James Hardie Industries (JHX) 2.7%, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) 10.2%). On return on invested capital, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) leads (Allegion (ALLE) 17.9%, James Hardie Industries (JHX) 2.6%, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) 69.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year James Hardie Industries (JHX) returned the most: Allegion (ALLE) +4.6%, James Hardie Industries (JHX) +18.9%, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) -19.2%. Over five years, Allegion (ALLE) compounded fastest (Allegion (ALLE) +6.1%/yr, James Hardie Industries (JHX) -7.9%/yr, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) -2.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Otis Worldwide (OTIS) has the highest dividend yield: Allegion (ALLE) 0.01%, James Hardie Industries (JHX) 0.00%, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) 0.02%. James Hardie Industries (JHX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) has been the steadiest (Allegion (ALLE) 29.7%, James Hardie Industries (JHX) 45.1%, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) 22.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ALLE, JHX and OTIS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) 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.