• Wondering whether Allegion's current share price really reflects what you are getting as an investor? This article focuses on what the stock might be worth based on several valuation angles rather than just recent headlines.
• The stock most recently closed at US$130.43, with the share price up 3.8% over the past week, down 10.7% over the past month, down 18.9% year to date and down 6.4% over the past year. It is still 27.3% higher over three years and roughly flat over five years.
• Recent news flow has centered on Allegion as a building products company in a market where investors are weighing long term demand for security and access solutions against broader cyclical concerns. These headlines help explain why the stock has seen both periods of renewed interest and phases where risk perceptions have risen.
• On Simply Wall St's valuation checks, Allegion scores a 5 out of 6. This suggests the stock screens as undervalued on most, but not all, of the key tests that will be unpacked next. The article will finish by looking at a broader way to think about valuation beyond any single model.

Approach 1: Allegion Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Analysis

A Discounted Cash Flow, or DCF, model estimates what a stock could be worth by projecting future cash flows and then discounting them back to today’s value. It is essentially asking what Allegion’s future cash generation is worth in today’s dollars.

For Allegion, the model used is a 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity approach. The latest twelve month free cash flow (FCF) is about $682.7 million. Analyst and extrapolated projections suggest FCF of $683.8 million in 2026, rising to a projected $1,010.3 million in 2035, with figures between these years based on a mix of analyst estimates and Simply Wall St extrapolation.

When those projected cash flows are discounted back, the DCF model points to an estimated intrinsic value of about $138.27 per share. Compared with the recent share price of $130.43, this implies the stock trades at roughly a 5.7% discount to that estimate. This is a small gap rather than a screaming bargain.

Result: ABOUT RIGHT

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Approach 2: Allegion Price vs Earnings

For a profitable company like Allegion, the P/E ratio is a useful way to check how much you are paying for each dollar of earnings. It helps you see whether expectations built into the share price look high or low relative to those earnings.

What counts as a “normal” P/E depends on how the market views a company’s growth potential and risk. Higher expected growth and lower perceived risk usually support a higher P/E, while slower expected growth or higher risk often line up with a lower P/E.

Allegion currently trades on a P/E of 17.69x. That sits below the Building industry average P/E of about 21.26x, and well below the peer group average of 43.44x. Simply Wall St also calculates a proprietary “Fair Ratio” for Allegion of 23.01x, which reflects factors such as earnings growth profile, industry, profit margins, market cap and risk indicators.

This Fair Ratio is more tailored than a simple comparison with peers or the industry, because it adjusts for Allegion’s own characteristics rather than assuming all companies deserve the same multiple. Compared with the current 17.69x P/E, the 23.01x Fair Ratio points to the stock trading below that tailored fair level.

Result: UNDERVALUED

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Upgrade Your Decision Making: Choose your Allegion Narrative

Earlier it was mentioned that there is an even better way to think about value. On Simply Wall St this takes the form of Narratives, where you build a simple story about Allegion, link that story to your own revenue, earnings and margin assumptions, and let the platform turn it into a fair value that you can compare with the current share price on the Community page used by millions of investors. For example, one investor might build a more optimistic Allegion Narrative that lines up with a fair value around the higher analyst target of about US$189, while another might lean on a more cautious story closer to the US$155 level. As new information such as earnings, guidance or news is reflected, these Narratives can be refreshed so you always see how your chosen Allegion story lines up against the market price.

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This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.