CSTE vs WMS vs ALLE Stock Comparison

Caesarstone, Advanced Drainage Systems and Allegion Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CSTE Caesarstone Ltd.
$1.65 -42.5% 1M +46.0% 1Y
Market cap
$57.05M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$381.81M
Div. yield
–
Building Products Industrials
1 win
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
8 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Allegion leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Allegion 8, Advanced Drainage Systems 3, Caesarstone 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCSTEWMSALLELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $57.05M $9.91B $16.31B ALLE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.4x 23.6x 25.0x WMS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 21.7x 20.4x ALLE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -6.0% +10.4% +10.6% ALLE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -37.4% 14.0% 15.4% ALLE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 14.7% 17.9% ALLE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.6x 1.7x WMS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.55% 1.13% ALLE
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +46.0% -0.8% +15.7% CSTE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -34.0%/yr +4.4%/yr +8.2%/yr ALLE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 109.8% 36.6% 29.9% ALLE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 16/100 61/100 51/100 WMS

Percentile Scorecard

CSTEWMSALLE

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

AxisCSTEWMSALLE
Valuation 33 #37 of 55 46 #30 of 55 17 #46 of 55
Growth 8 #47 of 51 46 #28 of 51 58 #22 of 51
Profitability 8 #47 of 51 84 #9 of 51 98 #2 of 51
Financial Health 14 #51 of 59 50 #30 of 59 53 #28 of 59
Shareholder Returns – 80 #9 of 41 28 #30 of 41
Overall 16 61 51
  • CSTE 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

PeriodCSTEWMSALLESPY
1 month -42.5%+9.2%+24.3% -2.3%
3 months -24.3%-4.3%+18.9% -0.7%
6 months +29.9%-1.3%+44.7% +4.8%
Year to date -11.3%-4.1%+20.4% +10.3%
1 year +46.0%-0.8%+15.7% +10.3%
3 years -59.6%+23.3%+88.2% +73.0%
3 years, per year -26.1%+7.2%+23.5% +20.1%
5 years -87.5%+24.0%+48.2% +61.9%
5 years, per year -34.0%+4.4%+8.2% +10.1%
10 years -94.4%+639.0%+202.7% +258.6%
10 years, per year -25.1%+22.1%+11.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCSTEWMSALLESPY
Volatility, 1Y 109.8%36.6%29.9% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 114.9%33.3%27.7% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.631.340.41 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.42-0.020.53 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -95.4%-50.3%-34.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -53.7%-20.8%0.0% -3.5%
52-week high $3.56$175.38$191.76 $779.14
52-week low $0.62$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.

MultipleCSTEWMSALLE
P/E now vs peer median -0.4xmedian 21.6x 23.6xmedian 21.6x 25.0xmedian 21.6x
P/S now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 1.6x 3.1xmedian 1.6x 3.8xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -0.5xmedian 13.2x 12.6xmedian 13.2x 17.4xmedian 13.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median -4.2xmedian 17.4x 18.0xmedian 17.4x 24.3xmedian 17.4x
P/B now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 2.9x 5.4xmedian 2.9x 7.7xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 0.14median 1.00 -12.57median 1.00 2.63median 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 monthsCSTEWMSALLE
Revenue $381.81M $3.22B $4.29B
Gross profit $75.22M $1.24B $1.92B
Operating income -$127.93M $668.00M $893.40M
Net income -$142.69M $455.60M $658.60M
Free cash flow -$13.44M $550.15M $671.10M
R&D $5.62M – –
EPS (diluted) $-4.13 $5.86 $7.66
Cash & equivalents – $162.25M $320.60M
Total debt – $1.61B $2.03B
Shares (diluted) 34.57M 77.02M 86.00M
Enterprise value $57.05M $7.77B $15.02B

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
MetricCSTEWMSALLE
P/E -0.4x 23.6x 25.0x
P/FCF -4.2x 18.0x 24.3x
P/Operating cash flow -3.2x 12.3x 21.2x
P/S 0.1x 3.1x 3.8x
P/B 0.6x 5.4x 7.7x
P/Tangible book 0.6x 10.0x 12.5x
EV/EBITDA -0.5x 12.6x 17.4x
EV/EBIT -0.4x 17.0x 20.2x
EV/Revenue 0.1x 3.5x 4.2x
EV/FCF -4.2x 20.6x 26.9x
EV/Operating cash flow -3.2x 14.1x 23.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.14 -12.57 2.63

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCSTEWMSALLE
Revenue growth (1Y) -6.0% 10.4% 10.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -15.6% 3.2% 5.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -7.6% 14.0% 10.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -12.9% 4.3% 8.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) -135.1% 4.9% 9.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -0.8% -2.2% 9.6%
Net income growth (1Y) -136.2% 4.9% 5.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -2.9% -2.8% 8.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -136.0% 5.7% 5.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -2.9% -1.9% 9.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -52.4% 19.5% 0.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -37.6% 4.6% 9.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -3,032% 18.3% -1.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -32.2% 1.3% 10.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCSTEWMSALLE
Gross margin 19.7% 38.6% 44.8%
EBITDA margin -30.7% 27.9% 24.2%
Operating margin -33.5% 20.7% 20.8%
Pretax margin -36.3% 18.6% 18.5%
Net margin -37.4% 14.0% 15.4%
FCF margin -3.5% 17.1% 15.6%
Operating cash flow margin -4.7% 25.0% 17.9%
Return on equity -129.4% 24.6% 31.2%
Return on assets -39.5% 10.1% 12.3%
Return on invested capital – 14.7% 17.9%
Return on capital employed -58.0% 17.0% 19.6%
Asset turnover 1.1x 0.7x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.1x 1.8x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.2% 1.2% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCSTEWMSALLE
Debt / assets – 35.8% 37.9%
Debt / equity – 0.9x 1.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.6x 1.7x
Debt / FCF – 2.9x 3.0x
Liabilities / assets 71.1% 59.7% 60.5%
Equity / assets 28.9% 40.3% 39.5%
Interest coverage – – 8.9x
Current ratio 1.6x 2.1x 1.9x
Quick ratio – 1.1x 1.1x
Cash ratio – 0.3x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 0.27 4.21 5.14

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCSTEWMSALLE
Dividend yield – 0.5% 1.1%
Net buyback yield – 3.2% 1.0%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 3.8% 2.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 12.6% 27.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 10.4% 27.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 12.0% 6.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 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.

ConsensusCSTEWMSALLE
Forward P/E – 21.7xFY2026 20.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.97FY2026 $6.40FY2026 $9.41FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +2.1%FY2026 +15.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +22.7% +2.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $420.48MFY2026 $3.62BFY2026 $4.67BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.9%FY2026 +18.7%FY2026 +14.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.3% +5.8% +8.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCSTEWMSALLE
Held by institutions 5.9% 90.9% 100.0%
Institutions holding 36 554 731
Change in shares held, QoQ -22.3% +0.3% +3.0%
Institutions buying 7 259 336
Institutions selling 14 210 272
Buyers to sellers 0.50 1.23 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.

CSTEWMSALLE
CSTE 1.00 0.09 0.01
WMS 0.09 1.00 0.50
ALLE 0.01 0.50 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CSTE, WMS and ALLE?

Allegion (ALLE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Caesarstone (CSTE) $57.05M, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) $9.91B, Allegion (ALLE) $16.31B.

Which stock is cheaper, CSTE, WMS and ALLE?

Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Caesarstone (CSTE) -0.4x, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) 23.6x, Allegion (ALLE) 25.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Allegion (ALLE) is cheapest (Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) 21.7x, Allegion (ALLE) 20.4x). 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: Caesarstone (CSTE) -6.0%, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) +10.4%, Allegion (ALLE) +10.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Allegion (ALLE) has the highest net margin (Caesarstone (CSTE) -37.4%, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) 14.0%, Allegion (ALLE) 15.4%). On return on invested capital, Allegion (ALLE) leads (Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) 14.7%, Allegion (ALLE) 17.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Caesarstone (CSTE) returned the most: Caesarstone (CSTE) +46.0%, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) -0.8%, Allegion (ALLE) +15.7%. Over five years, Allegion (ALLE) compounded fastest (Caesarstone (CSTE) -34.0%/yr, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) +4.4%/yr, Allegion (ALLE) +8.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Allegion (ALLE) has the highest dividend yield: Caesarstone (CSTE) 0.00%, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) 0.55%, Allegion (ALLE) 1.13%. Caesarstone (CSTE) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Allegion (ALLE) has been the steadiest (Caesarstone (CSTE) 109.8%, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) 36.6%, Allegion (ALLE) 29.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CSTE, 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 8. 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.