ALLE · Industrials(services-detective, guard & armored car services) · 10 years of annual accounts filed with the SEC · latest fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
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Allegion plc reported revenue of $4.1 billion in fiscal 2025, after growing 6.9% a year over the previous 9 years. Its operating margin widened from 19.4% in 2016 to 21.1%, and it earned 17.8% on its invested capital in the latest year. Of the $5.2 billion its operations generated over 10 years, 28.7% went to buybacks and 22.8% to dividends; the share count fell 10.6%. On the accounting screens, it passes 6 of 9 Piotroski tests, its Altman Z'' of 3.99 is in the safe zone and its Beneish M-score is below the -1.78 line; none of the six cross-checks between its statements fires.
Revenue, fiscal 20254.1B+6.9% a year over 9 years
Operating margin21.1%gross margin 45.2%
Return on invested capital17.8%19.0% on average over 5 years
Free cash flow after stock pay655.9M16.1% of revenue
Net debt ÷ EBITDA1.6×net debt 1.6B
Piotroski F-score6/9tests of improvement passed
Is it growing?
Revenue and the operating income it turns into. Growth that does not reach operating income is growth bought with margin.
RevenueOperating income
02.0B4.0B6.0B
2016Revenue 2.2BOperating income 434.3M
2017Revenue 2.4BOperating income 492.5M
2018Revenue 2.7BOperating income 525.8M
2019Revenue 2.9BOperating income 565.1M
2020Revenue 2.7BOperating income 403.5M
2021Revenue 2.9BOperating income 530.2M
2022Revenue 3.3BOperating income 586.4M
2023Revenue 3.7BOperating income 708.4M
2024Revenue 3.8BOperating income 780.7M
2025Revenue 4.1BOperating income 859.5M
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Compound growth a year
3 yrs
5 yrs
9 yrs
Revenue
+7.5%
+8.4%
+6.9%
Operating income
+13.6%
+16.3%
+7.9%
Net income
+12.0%
+15.4%
+12.2%
Earnings per share
+12.7%
+17.0%
+13.6%
Free cash flow per share
+20.9%
+10.6%
+9.6%
Dividend per share
+7.5%
+9.9%
+17.5%
Shares
-0.6%
-1.4%
-1.2%
Falling shares are buybacks: each remaining share owns more of the company.
Does it earn more than its capital costs?
Margins say how much of each sale is kept; return on invested capital says how much the business earns on the money it needs to operate. Growth only creates value when that return is above the cost of the capital.
Return on invested capitalCost of capital today · 7.3%
0.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%
2016Return on invested capital 21.6%
2017Return on invested capital 18.3%
2018Return on invested capital 23.0%
2019Return on invested capital 21.9%
2020Return on invested capital 15.4%
2021Return on invested capital 22.2%
2022Return on invested capital 17.2%
2023Return on invested capital 18.6%
2024Return on invested capital 19.1%
2025Return on invested capital 17.8%
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Economic profit
Economic profit
0200.0M400.0M600.0M
2016Economic profit 225.0M
2017Economic profit 207.0M
2018Economic profit 328.5M
2019Economic profit 318.4M
2020Economic profit 182.1M
2021Economic profit 328.0M
2022Economic profit 300.3M
2023Economic profit 376.7M
2024Economic profit 411.5M
2025Economic profit 424.1M
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
(return on capital − cost of capital) × capital invested: the profit left after paying for the money used. Today's cost of capital is applied to every year, since a past one cannot be rebuilt honestly.
Return on equity
31.1%
Return on assets
12.3%
Asset turnover
0.78×
Research & development
3.2% of revenue
Overheads (SG&A)
24.1% of revenue
Is the profit cash, and where does the cash go?
Net income is an accounting opinion; free cash flow is what was left in the bank after investing. Stock-based pay does not leave the bank — shareholders pay it through dilution — so it is shown taken off as well.
Net incomeFree cash flowAfter stock-based pay
0200.0M400.0M600.0M800.0M
2016Net income 229.1MFree cash flow 335.0MAfter stock-based pay 318.4M
2017Net income 273.3MFree cash flow 297.9MAfter stock-based pay 281.7M
2018Net income 434.9MFree cash flow 408.7MAfter stock-based pay 389.1M
2019Net income 401.8MFree cash flow 422.6MAfter stock-based pay 402.2M
2020Net income 314.3MFree cash flow 443.2MAfter stock-based pay 422.4M
2021Net income 483.0MFree cash flow 443.2MAfter stock-based pay 419.8M
2022Net income 458.0MFree cash flow 395.5MAfter stock-based pay 371.0M
2023Net income 540.4MFree cash flow 516.4MAfter stock-based pay 490.0M
2024Net income 597.5MFree cash flow 582.9MAfter stock-based pay 554.7M
2025Net income 643.8MFree cash flow 685.7MAfter stock-based pay 655.9M
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Where 10 years of operating cash went, 2016–2025
5.2B generated by the business. Each band is its share of that total.
Reinvested in the business 12%637.4M
Acquisitions 8%429.8M
Dividends 23%1.2B
Share buybacks 29%1.5B
Kept, or used to pay down debt 28%1.4B
Over the same years it paid 225.9M in stock. The share count fell 10.6%. 1.3B of the buybacks went beyond offsetting that dilution.
Per share
Earnings per shareFree cash flow per shareDividend per share
$0.00$2.00$4.00$6.00$8.00
2016Earnings per share $2.36Free cash flow per share $3.46Dividend per share $0.47
2017Earnings per share $2.85Free cash flow per share $3.10Dividend per share $0.63
2018Earnings per share $4.54Free cash flow per share $4.27Dividend per share $0.83
2019Earnings per share $4.26Free cash flow per share $4.48Dividend per share $1.07
2020Earnings per share $3.39Free cash flow per share $4.78Dividend per share $1.26
2021Earnings per share $5.34Free cash flow per share $4.90Dividend per share $1.43
2022Earnings per share $5.19Free cash flow per share $4.48Dividend per share $1.63
2023Earnings per share $6.12Free cash flow per share $5.85Dividend per share $1.80
2024Earnings per share $6.82Free cash flow per share $6.65Dividend per share $1.91
2025Earnings per share $7.43Free cash flow per share $7.92Dividend per share $2.02
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Shares outstanding
Diluted shares
85.0M90.0M95.0M100.0M
2016Diluted shares 96.9M
2017Diluted shares 96.0M
2018Diluted shares 95.7M
2019Diluted shares 94.3M
2020Diluted shares 92.8M
2021Diluted shares 90.5M
2022Diluted shares 88.3M
2023Diluted shares 88.3M
2024Diluted shares 87.6M
2025Diluted shares 86.6M
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
How strong is the balance sheet?
Debt is not bad in itself; debt the business cannot service in a bad year is. Net debt is debt minus cash, and below zero the company holds more cash than it owes.
Net debt
0500.0M1.0B1.5B2.0B
2016Net debt 1.2B
2017Net debt 1.0B
2018Net debt 1.2B
2019Net debt 1.1B
2020Net debt 949.2M
2021Net debt 1.0B
2022Net debt 1.8B
2023Net debt 1.5B
2024Net debt 1.5B
2025Net debt 1.6B
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Net debt ÷ EBITDA
1.6×
Interest coverage
9× operating income ÷ interest
Current ratio
1.84 current assets ÷ current liabilities
Cash conversion cycle
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Three classic screens of the accounts
Each asks a different question of the same statements — is it improving, does it look like a company heading for distress, do the accounts resemble ones that were manipulated. None is a verdict; each shows what moves it.
Piotroski F-score
Is the business improving? Nine yes-or-no tests, this year against last.
6of 9 tests passed
✓ProfitableReturn on assets above zeropassed
✓Cash from operationsOperating cash flow above zeropassed
✕Profitability improvedReturn on assets higher than a year beforefailed
✓Profit backed by cashOperating cash flow above net income (low accruals)passed
✓Less long-term debtLong-term debt as a share of assets fellpassed
✕More liquidCurrent ratio higher than a year beforefailed
✓No new sharesShare count did not growpassed
✓Better gross marginGross margin higher than a year beforepassed
✕Sells more per assetAsset turnover higher than a year beforefailed
Where it misleads: it measures change, not level. An excellent business that stood still for a year scores low; a poor one recovering from a disaster scores high.
Altman Z''-score
Does the balance sheet look like those of companies that went bankrupt?
3.99safe zone
1.12.6
Working capital ÷ assets 0.12 × 6.56+0.80
Retained earnings ÷ assets 0.43 × 3.26+1.40
Operating income ÷ assets 0.16 × 6.72+1.11
Equity ÷ liabilities 0.66 × 1.05+0.69
Where it misleads: buybacks. A company that returns so much cash that its equity turns small or negative sinks the last two ratios without being anywhere near bankruptcy. Banks and insurers do not fit the model at all.
Beneish M-score
Do the accounts resemble those of companies that manipulated their earnings?
-2.47below the -1.78 line
-1.78
Receivables vs sales 1.00 (not reported, set to 1)+0.92
Gross margin slipping 0.98+0.52
Soft assets 1.09+0.44
Sales growth 1.08+0.96
Slower depreciation 1.03+0.12
Overheads vs sales 1.02-0.18
Profit not in cash -0.03-0.13
Leverage rising 0.88-0.29
Where it misleads: fast growth and acquisitions. Sales growth carries a heavy weight, so a company growing 50% a year scores like a suspect without having done anything. It is a screen from a 1999 study, not an accusation.
Where the statements disagree
Cross-checks between the income statement, the balance sheet and the cash flow for the latest year, each with the benign reading and the worrying one.
None of the six cross-checks fires for the latest year: receivables and inventory move with revenue, profit turns into cash, investment keeps up with depreciation, the tax rate is ordinary and debt is moderate.
What is it worth, under which assumptions?
A company is worth the cash it will generate, brought back to today. This model projects revenue with growth that fades over the years, applies a free cash flow margin, and discounts the result at the cost of capital. Every assumption says where it came from, and all of them can be changed.
Value per share, with these assumptions$198.22discounted at 7.3% a year · 65% of it from after year 10
Type a share price on the left to ask the reverse questions: what growth, what margin or what discount rate that price implies.
What the value implies, in the usual multiples
At this model's value
Price ÷ earnings
26.7×
Enterprise value ÷ EBITDA
19.0×
Enterprise value ÷ revenue
4.6×
Free cash flow yield
3.8%
From cash flows to a value per share
10 years of cash flow, today6.6B
Everything after, today12.2B
The whole business18.8B
Minus net debt-1.6B
What belongs to shareholders17.2B
Divided among 86.6M shares: <strong>$198.22</strong> each.
The projection next to its history
Reported free cash flow after stock pay, then the model's. A projection that looks nothing like the past needs a reason.
ReportedProjected
0500.0M1.0B1.5B
2016Reported 318.4M
2017Reported 281.7M
2018Reported 389.1M
2019Reported 402.2M
2020Reported 422.4M
2021Reported 419.8M
2022Reported 371.0M
2023Reported 490.0M
2024Reported 554.7M
2025Reported 655.9M
2026Projected 740.6M
2027Projected 798.6M
2028Projected 855.9M
2029Projected 911.5M
2030Projected 964.7M
2031Projected 1.0B
2032Projected 1.1B
2033Projected 1.1B
2034Projected 1.1B
2035Projected 1.2B
2016201820202022202420262028203020322034
Year by year
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
2033
2034
2035
Revenue
4.4B
4.8B
5.1B
5.4B
5.7B
6.0B
6.3B
6.6B
6.8B
6.9B
Growth
8.5%
7.8%
7.2%
6.5%
5.8%
5.2%
4.5%
3.8%
3.2%
2.5%
Cash margin
16.8%
16.8%
16.8%
16.8%
16.8%
16.8%
16.8%
16.8%
16.8%
16.8%
Free cash flow
740.6M
798.6M
855.9M
911.5M
964.7M
1.0B
1.1B
1.1B
1.1B
1.2B
Worth today
690.1M
693.5M
692.5M
687.3M
677.8M
664.2M
646.8M
625.8M
601.6M
574.7M
If the least-known inputs move
Value per share as two inputs change at a time. Neighbouring cells that differ a lot are the conclusion: the value depends on numbers nobody knows to a point.
The discount rate and growth forever
discount ↓ · forever →
1.5%
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
3.5%
6.3%
206
229
257
294
344
6.8%
184
202
224
252
288
7.3%
166
181
198
220
247
7.8%
151
163
177
195
216
8.3%
138
148
160
174
191
Year-one growth and the final margin
margin ↓ · growth →
4.5%
6.5%
8.5%
10.5%
12.5%
13.4%
134
147
162
178
194
15.1%
149
164
180
197
216
16.8%
164
181
198
217
238
18.5%
179
197
216
237
260
20.1%
194
214
235
257
281
All the inputs moving at once
4,997 valuations, each with growth, final margin, discount rate and growth forever drawn at random around the values on the left (spreads of 3.0%, 2.5%, 1.0% and 0.5%). Not a probability — the spreads are assumptions too — but an honest picture of how wide the answer is.
10th percentile$136.07
Median$198.33
90th percentile$310.27
$200.00$400.00
Half of the simulations land between <b>$162.20</b> and <b>$247.92</b>; one in ten below $136.07, one in ten above $310.27.
Does the long run make sense?
14.7×The terminal value prices the business in year 10 at 14.7 times that year's EBITDA.
48%To grow 2.5% forever while reinvesting 5% of its after-tax operating profit, the business must earn 48% on the new capital — it has earned 19% on average over the last five years.
65%of the value comes from after year 10. The more of it, the more the answer depends on the part nobody can see.
Every Form 4 filed in the last twelve months, read line by line: 6 filings by 5 people. Open-market purchases and sales are counted apart from awards, option exercises and shares withheld for taxes.
Bought on the open market$26,9081 purchase(s) by 1 insider(s)
Sold on the open market$1.3M3 sale(s) by 3 insider(s)
Under pre-arranged plans0%of the sales followed a 10b5-1 plan set months earlier
A Form 4 says what happened, when, how many shares and at what price. It does not say why: a sale can be diversification, a tax bill or a plan fixed months earlier, and an award is pay, not a purchase. Nothing here is a reason to buy or sell anything.
Which large funds report holding it
From the Form 13F of the 28 institutions followed on this site, as of the end of their last reported quarter. A 13F is filed up to 45 days later and shows only long positions in US-listed shares.
Accounts from the company's own SEC filings; lines some companies do not report are shown as a dash rather than estimated. The risk-free rate is the 10-year US Treasury yield. A DCF is a way of making assumptions explicit, not a forecast: it states what the company would be worth if the assumptions held. The scores are screens that point where to look, not verdicts. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell.