NSSC vs RSKIA vs ADT Stock Comparison

Napco Security Technologies, George Risk Industries and Adt Prices as of Nov 6, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ADT ADT Inc.
$9.87 +56.7% 1M +21.0% 1Y
Market cap
$6.67B
P/E
10.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.22B
Div. yield
–
Security Services Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

George Risk Industries leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (George Risk Industries 7, Adt 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNSSCRSKIAADTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.08B $102.91M $6.67B ADT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 24.7x 10.5x 10.8x RSKIA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 20.0x — 11.4x ADT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +8.7% +13.9% +2.0% RSKIA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 21.6% 37.9% 11.9% RSKIA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 8.2% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 2.6x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -29.4% +26.0% +21.0% RSKIA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.7%/yr +9.8%/yr +1.8%/yr RSKIA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.9% 25.3% 41.2% RSKIA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 63/100 88/100 67/100 RSKIA

Percentile Scorecard

NSSCRSKIAADT

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

AxisNSSCRSKIAADT
Valuation 37 #72 of 114 76 #28 of 114 97 #5 of 114
Growth 60 #40 of 98 90 #11 of 98 49 #51 of 98
Profitability 98 #3 of 95 88 #12 of 95 92 #9 of 95
Financial Health 97 #5 of 126 98 #3 of 126 15 #107 of 126
Shareholder Returns 21 #56 of 71 86 #11 of 71 81 #14 of 71
Overall 63 88 67
  • NSSC ranked among 131 companies in Business Services
  • RSKIA ranked among 131 companies in Business Services
  • ADT ranked among 131 companies in Business Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNSSCRSKIAADTSPY
1 month -14.1%+9.0%+56.7% -5.4%
3 months -26.9%+10.5%+29.2% -4.9%
6 months -25.9%+13.2%+43.7% -0.3%
Year to date -27.5%+22.0%+22.3% +7.8%
1 year -29.4%+26.0%+21.0% +9.7%
3 years +20.9%+83.8%+62.1% +68.3%
3 years, per year +6.5%+22.5%+17.5% +19.0%
5 years +26.1%+59.5%+9.2% +57.0%
5 years, per year +4.7%+9.8%+1.8% +9.4%
10 years +757.9%+188.4%— +252.6%
10 years, per year +24.0%+11.2%— +13.4%

Risk

MeasureNSSCRSKIAADTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.9%25.3%41.2% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 51.5%30.6%33.4% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.250.010.52 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.651.030.51 0.72
Max drawdown, 5Y -65.8%-39.0%-49.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -36.0%-7.5%-0.3% -5.6%
52-week high $47.23$22.75$9.90 $779.14
52-week low $29.99$16.34$6.08 $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.

MultipleNSSCRSKIAADT
P/E now vs peer median 24.5xmedian 21.1x 10.6xmedian 21.1x 10.8xmedian 21.1x
P/S now vs peer median 5.3xmedian 0.9x 4.0xmedian 0.9x 1.3xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 19.4xmedian 11.7x 7.2xmedian 11.7x 5.0xmedian 11.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 21.4xmedian 15.3x 24.6xmedian 15.3x 3.5xmedian 15.3x
P/B now vs peer median 5.4xmedian 2.3x 1.6xmedian 2.3x 1.8xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 2.57median 0.88 0.61median 0.88 0.06median 0.88

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 monthsNSSCRSKIAADT
Revenue $203.13M $25.81M $5.22B
Gross profit $121.30M $12.15M $4.17B
Operating income $46.11M $7.06M $1.28B
Net income $43.87M $9.79M $618.20M
Free cash flow $50.10M $4.22M $1.93B
R&D $14.60M – –
EPS (diluted) $1.22 $1.99 $0.84
Cash & equivalents $123.88M $6.84M $228.30M
Total debt – – $7.78B
Shares (diluted) 35.88M 4.91M 736.76M
Enterprise value $571.26M -$85.38M $6.24B

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
MetricNSSCRSKIAADT
P/E 24.5x 10.6x 10.8x
P/FCF 21.4x 24.6x 3.5x
P/Operating cash flow 20.5x 23.2x 3.2x
P/S 5.3x 4.0x 1.3x
P/B 5.4x 1.6x 1.8x
P/Tangible book 5.5x 1.6x -5.9x
EV/EBITDA 19.4x 7.2x 5.0x
EV/EBIT 20.3x 7.6x 11.1x
EV/Revenue 4.6x 2.1x 2.7x
EV/FCF 18.7x 12.7x 7.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.0x 12.0x 6.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.57 0.61 0.06

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNSSCRSKIAADT
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.7% 13.9% 2.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.7% 9.8% 2.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 16.3% 10.6% 0.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.4% 10.2% -1.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) -4.0% 12.6% 0.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 6.4% 13.9% 6.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -1.2% 19.1% -3.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 8.3% 17.2% 153.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -1.2% 19.2% 8.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 9.5% 17.5% 166.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -1.7% 7.8% 7.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.3% 29.7% 5.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -2.7% 13.2% 6.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.7% 45.3% 5.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNSSCRSKIAADT
Gross margin 59.7% 47.1% 80.0%
EBITDA margin 23.8% 29.0% 55.0%
Operating margin 22.7% 27.4% 24.6%
Pretax margin 24.9% 50.9% 16.6%
Net margin 21.6% 37.9% 11.9%
FCF margin 24.7% 16.4% 37.0%
Operating cash flow margin 25.7% 17.3% 40.6%
Return on equity 22.5% 15.2% 17.4%
Return on assets 18.7% 13.4% 3.9%
Return on invested capital – – 8.2%
Return on capital employed 22.3% 10.4% 9.3%
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.4x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 0.5x 3.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% – 1.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNSSCRSKIAADT
Debt / assets – – 48.8%
Debt / equity – – 2.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 2.6x
Debt / FCF – – 4.0x
Liabilities / assets 14.4% 11.9% 77.2%
Equity / assets 85.6% 88.1% 22.8%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 7.2x 14.6x 0.5x
Quick ratio 5.8x 11.2x 0.3x
Cash ratio 4.8x 10.3x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 23.16 10.10 0.61

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNSSCRSKIAADT
Dividend yield 2.0% 5.9% 2.4%
Net buyback yield -0.1% – 9.3%
Shareholder yield 2.0% 5.9% 11.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusNSSCRSKIAADT
Forward P/E 20.0xFY2027 – 11.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.50FY2027 – $0.87FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -6.3%FY2027 – -2.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +22.7% – +18.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $204.22MFY2027 – $4.96BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.9%FY2027 – -3.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.6% – +12.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNSSCRSKIAADT
Held by institutions 100.0% – 94.5%
Institutions holding 261 – 457
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.2% – -2.7%
Institutions buying 138 – 297
Institutions selling 89 – 125
Buyers to sellers 1.55 – 2.38

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.

NSSCRSKIAADT
NSSC 1.00 0.03 0.23
RSKIA 0.03 1.00 0.03
ADT 0.23 0.03 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NSSC, RSKIA and ADT?

Adt (ADT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) $1.08B, George Risk Industries (RSKIA) $102.91M, Adt (ADT) $6.67B.

Which stock is cheaper, NSSC, RSKIA and ADT?

George Risk Industries (RSKIA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 24.7x, George Risk Industries (RSKIA) 10.5x, Adt (ADT) 10.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Adt (ADT) is cheapest (Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 20.0x, Adt (ADT) 11.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

George Risk Industries (RSKIA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) +8.7%, George Risk Industries (RSKIA) +13.9%, Adt (ADT) +2.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

George Risk Industries (RSKIA) has the highest net margin (Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 21.6%, George Risk Industries (RSKIA) 37.9%, Adt (ADT) 11.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year George Risk Industries (RSKIA) returned the most: Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) -29.4%, George Risk Industries (RSKIA) +26.0%, Adt (ADT) +21.0%. Over five years, George Risk Industries (RSKIA) compounded fastest (Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) +4.7%/yr, George Risk Industries (RSKIA) +9.8%/yr, Adt (ADT) +1.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, George Risk Industries (RSKIA) has been the steadiest (Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 44.9%, George Risk Industries (RSKIA) 25.3%, Adt (ADT) 41.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NSSC, RSKIA and ADT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, George Risk Industries (RSKIA) leads on 7. 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.