DXC Technology (DXC) Competitors

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

Is DXC or ALLE more profitable?

Allegion has a net margin of 15.84% compared to DXC Technology's net margin of -0.57%. Allegion's return on equity of 45.12% beat DXC Technology's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DXC Technology	-0.57%	20.70%	4.87%
Allegion	15.84%	45.12%	14.24%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DXC or ALLE?

Allegion received 24 more outperform votes than DXC Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.16% of users gave DXC Technology an outperform vote while only 57.62% of users gave Allegion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DXC Technology	Outperform Votes 411 61.16%	Underperform Votes 261 38.84%
Allegion	Outperform Votes 435 57.62%	Underperform Votes 320 42.38%

Which has more risk and volatility, DXC or ALLE?

DXC Technology has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allegion has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DXC or ALLE?

96.2% of DXC Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Allegion shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of DXC Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Allegion shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer DXC or ALLE?

DXC Technology currently has a consensus target price of $21.29, indicating a potential upside of 43.40%. Allegion has a consensus target price of $137.67, indicating a potential upside of 8.44%. Given DXC Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe DXC Technology is more favorable than Allegion.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DXC Technology	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86
Allegion	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83

Which has better earnings & valuation, DXC or ALLE?

Allegion has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DXC Technology. DXC Technology 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
DXC Technology	$13.09B	0.21	$91M	-$0.42	-35.34
Allegion	$3.77B	2.90	$597.50M	$6.82	18.62

Is DXC or ALLE a better dividend stock?

DXC Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Allegion pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. DXC Technology pays out -200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Allegion pays out 29.9% 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. DXC Technology is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer DXC or ALLE?

In the previous week, Allegion had 5 more articles in the media than DXC Technology. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Allegion and 16 mentions for DXC Technology. Allegion's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat DXC Technology's score of 0.66 indicating that Allegion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DXC Technology	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Allegion	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Allegion beats DXC Technology on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.