Alight (ALIT) Competitors

Allegion (NYSE:ALLE) and Alight (NYSE:ALIT) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Is ALLE or ALIT a better dividend stock?

Allegion pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Alight pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Allegion pays out 29.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alight pays out -53.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Allegion has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Alight is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer ALLE or ALIT?

In the previous week, Allegion had 13 more articles in the media than Alight. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Allegion and 8 mentions for Alight. Allegion's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Alight's score of 1.28 indicating that Allegion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Allegion	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alight	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ALLE or ALIT?

Allegion has higher revenue and earnings than Alight. Alight is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allegion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Allegion	$3.77B	2.90	$597.50M	$6.82	18.62
Alight	$2.33B	1.17	-$157M	-$0.30	-16.68

Do analysts recommend ALLE or ALIT?

Allegion presently has a consensus target price of $137.67, suggesting a potential upside of 8.44%. Alight has a consensus target price of $10.19, suggesting a potential upside of 103.55%. Given Alight's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alight is more favorable than Allegion.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allegion	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83
Alight	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ALLE or ALIT?

Allegion received 385 more outperform votes than Alight when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.97% of users gave Alight an outperform vote while only 57.62% of users gave Allegion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Allegion	Outperform Votes 435 57.62%	Underperform Votes 320 42.38%
Alight	Outperform Votes 50 81.97%	Underperform Votes 11 18.03%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ALLE or ALIT?

92.2% of Allegion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of Alight shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Allegion shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Alight shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ALLE or ALIT more profitable?

Allegion has a net margin of 15.84% compared to Alight's net margin of -5.53%. Allegion's return on equity of 45.12% beat Alight's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allegion	15.84%	45.12%	14.24%
Alight	-5.53%	5.42%	2.45%

Which has more risk and volatility, ALLE or ALIT?

Allegion has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alight has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Allegion beats Alight on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.