CSL vs WMS vs ALLE Stock Comparison

Carlisle Companies, Advanced Drainage Systems and Allegion Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CSL Carlisle Companies Inc
$345.26 +6.5% 1M +2.0% 1Y
Market cap
$13.93B
P/E
19.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.10B
Div. yield
0.01%
Building Products Industrials
4 wins
ALLE Allegion plc
$179.12 +16.2% 1M +4.6% 1Y
Market cap
$15.27B
P/E
23.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.29B
Div. yield
0.01%
Building Products Industrials
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Allegion leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Allegion 6, Carlisle Companies 4, Advanced Drainage Systems 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCSLWMSALLELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $13.93B $10.06B $15.27B ALLE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 19.2x 22.3x 23.2x CSL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.7x 20.4x 19.3x CSL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.9% +10.4% +10.6% ALLE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.2% 14.0% 15.4% ALLE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 17.4% 14.7% 17.9% ALLE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 1.6x 1.7x WMS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% CSL
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +2.0% -8.2% +4.6% ALLE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +8.7%/yr +3.9%/yr +6.1%/yr CSL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 36.7% 36.2% 29.7% ALLE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 63/100 51/100 WMS

Percentile Scorecard

CSLWMSALLE

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

AxisCSLWMSALLE
Valuation 43 #32 of 55 48 #29 of 55 22 #43 of 55
Growth 32 #35 of 51 48 #27 of 51 58 #22 of 51
Profitability 84 #9 of 51 82 #10 of 51 94 #4 of 51
Financial Health 47 #32 of 59 48 #31 of 59 53 #28 of 59
Shareholder Returns 75 #11 of 41 88 #6 of 41 25 #31 of 41
Overall 56 63 51
  • CSL ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • WMS ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • ALLE ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCSLWMSALLESPY
1 month +6.5%+0.4%+16.2% -1.0%
3 months +2.7%-8.1%+16.8% +2.9%
6 months -4.1%-14.2%+22.6% +6.4%
Year to date +7.9%-10.0%+12.5% +11.4%
1 year +2.0%-8.2%+4.6% +13.1%
3 years +42.9%+20.5%+84.5% +79.4%
3 years, per year +12.7%+6.4%+22.7% +21.5%
5 years +51.5%+21.2%+34.2% +67.7%
5 years, per year +8.7%+3.9%+6.1% +10.9%
10 years +233.0%+535.9%+166.6% +255.2%
10 years, per year +12.8%+20.3%+10.3% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureCSLWMSALLESPY
Volatility, 1Y 36.7%36.2%29.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 34.7%33.2%27.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.171.360.43 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.05-0.230.16 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.6%-50.3%-34.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -17.5%-25.7%-0.4% -2.5%
52-week high $418.74$175.38$179.77 $779.14
52-week low $295.41$125.22$125.65 $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.

MultipleCSLWMSALLE
P/E now vs peer median 19.2xmedian 19.9x 22.1xmedian 19.9x 23.3xmedian 19.9x
P/S now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 1.5x 2.9xmedian 1.5x 3.6xmedian 1.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.1xmedian 12.6x 12.0xmedian 12.6x 16.4xmedian 12.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.9xmedian 16.1x 16.9xmedian 16.1x 22.7xmedian 16.1x
P/B now vs peer median 8.5xmedian 3.0x 5.1xmedian 3.0x 7.2xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 2.37median 0.98 -11.80median 0.98 2.46median 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 monthsCSLWMSALLE
Revenue $5.10B $3.22B $4.29B
Gross profit $1.80B $1.24B $1.92B
Operating income $1.02B $668.00M $893.40M
Net income $724.50M $455.60M $658.60M
Free cash flow $866.60M $550.15M $671.10M
R&D $48.80M – –
EPS (diluted) $17.89 $5.86 $7.66
Cash & equivalents $665.30M $162.25M $320.60M
Total debt $2.88B $5.41B $2.03B
Shares (diluted) 40.50M 77.02M 86.00M
Enterprise value $10.28B $7.85B $13.99B

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
MetricCSLWMSALLE
P/E 19.2x 22.1x 23.3x
P/FCF 15.9x 16.9x 22.7x
P/Operating cash flow 13.6x 11.6x 19.8x
P/S 2.7x 2.9x 3.6x
P/B 8.5x 5.1x 7.2x
P/Tangible book 54.1x 9.4x 11.7x
EV/EBITDA 13.1x 12.0x 16.4x
EV/EBIT 15.7x 16.1x 19.0x
EV/Revenue 3.1x 3.3x 4.0x
EV/FCF 18.4x 19.5x 25.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.8x 13.4x 22.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.37 -11.80 2.46

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCSLWMSALLE
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.9% 10.4% 10.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.7% 3.2% 5.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -2.7% 14.0% 10.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 3.6% 4.3% 8.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) -4.0% 4.9% 9.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 1.8% -2.2% 9.6%
Net income growth (1Y) -10.1% 4.9% 5.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 0.0% -2.8% 8.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -3.7% 5.7% 5.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.1% -1.9% 9.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 3.9% 19.5% 0.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -4.2% 4.6% 9.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 0.9% 18.3% -1.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.9% 1.3% 10.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCSLWMSALLE
Gross margin 35.3% 38.6% 44.8%
EBITDA margin 23.8% 27.9% 24.2%
Operating margin 19.9% 20.7% 20.8%
Pretax margin 18.6% 18.6% 18.5%
Net margin 14.2% 14.0% 15.4%
FCF margin 17.0% 17.1% 15.6%
Operating cash flow margin 19.8% 25.0% 17.9%
Return on equity 44.3% 24.6% 31.2%
Return on assets 11.9% 10.1% 12.3%
Return on invested capital 17.4% 14.7% 17.9%
Return on capital employed 19.4% 17.0% 19.6%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.7x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 1.8x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% 1.2% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCSLWMSALLE
Debt / assets 46.3% 35.8% 37.9%
Debt / equity 1.8x 0.9x 1.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 1.6x 1.7x
Debt / FCF 3.3x 2.9x 3.0x
Liabilities / assets 74.1% 59.7% 60.5%
Equity / assets 25.9% 40.3% 39.5%
Interest coverage 9.7x – 8.9x
Current ratio 2.6x 2.1x 1.9x
Quick ratio 1.8x 1.1x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.8x 0.3x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 5.13 4.08 4.95

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCSLWMSALLE
Dividend yield 1.3% 0.6% 1.2%
Net buyback yield 7.6% 3.4% 1.1%
Shareholder yield 8.9% 4.0% 2.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) 25.2% 12.6% 27.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) 21.1% 10.4% 27.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) 2.2% 12.0% 6.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 5.7% 12.3% 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.

ConsensusCSLWMSALLE
Forward P/E 15.7xFY2026 20.4xFY2026 19.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $21.98FY2026 $6.40FY2026 $9.26FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +13.3%FY2026 +2.1%FY2026 +13.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +15.9% +22.7% +0.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.97BFY2026 $3.62BFY2026 $4.60BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.0%FY2026 +18.7%FY2026 +13.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +18.1% +5.8% +7.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCSLWMSALLE
Held by institutions 100.0% 90.9% 100.0%
Institutions holding 795 553 730
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.1% +0.3% +3.0%
Institutions buying 367 259 336
Institutions selling 291 209 271
Buyers to sellers 1.26 1.24 1.24

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.

CSLWMSALLE
CSL 1.00 0.61 0.53
WMS 0.61 1.00 0.49
ALLE 0.53 0.49 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CSL, WMS and ALLE?

Allegion (ALLE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Carlisle Companies (CSL) $13.93B, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) $10.06B, Allegion (ALLE) $15.27B.

Which stock is cheaper, CSL, WMS and ALLE?

Carlisle Companies (CSL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Carlisle Companies (CSL) 19.2x, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) 22.3x, Allegion (ALLE) 23.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Carlisle Companies (CSL) is cheapest (Carlisle Companies (CSL) 15.7x, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) 20.4x, Allegion (ALLE) 19.3x). 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: Carlisle Companies (CSL) +1.9%, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) +10.4%, Allegion (ALLE) +10.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Allegion (ALLE) has the highest net margin (Carlisle Companies (CSL) 14.2%, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) 14.0%, Allegion (ALLE) 15.4%). On return on invested capital, Allegion (ALLE) leads (Carlisle Companies (CSL) 17.4%, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) 14.7%, Allegion (ALLE) 17.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Allegion (ALLE) returned the most: Carlisle Companies (CSL) +2.0%, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) -8.2%, Allegion (ALLE) +4.6%. Over five years, Carlisle Companies (CSL) compounded fastest (Carlisle Companies (CSL) +8.7%/yr, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) +3.9%/yr, Allegion (ALLE) +6.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Carlisle Companies (CSL) has the highest dividend yield: Carlisle Companies (CSL) 0.01%, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) 0.01%, Allegion (ALLE) 0.01%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Allegion (ALLE) has been the steadiest (Carlisle Companies (CSL) 36.7%, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) 36.2%, Allegion (ALLE) 29.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.