Allegion (NYSE: ALLE) Reports Q4, Full-Year 2024 Financial Results, Introduces 2025 Outlook

Results showcase solid execution, margin expansion and balanced capital deployment 

Quarterly Financial Highlights

(All comparisons against the fourth quarter of 2023, unless otherwise noted)

• Net earnings per share (EPS) of $1.65, up 23.1% compared with $1.34; Adjusted EPS of $1.86, up 10.7% compared with $1.68
• Revenues of $945.6 million, up 5.4% on a reported basis and up 3.5% on an organic basis
• Operating margin of 19.5%, compared with 17.8%; Adjusted operating margin of 22.1%, up 10 basis points compared with 22.0%

Full-Year Financial Highlights

(All comparisons against the full year of 2023, unless otherwise noted)

• EPS of $6.82, up 11.4% compared with $6.12; Adjusted EPS of $7.53, up 8.2% compared with $6.96
• Revenues of $3,772.2 million, up 3.3% on a reported basis and up 2.1% on an organic basis
• Operating margin of 20.7%, compared with 19.4%; Adjusted operating margin of 22.8%, up 70 basis points compared with 22.1%
• Available cash flow, which is defined as net cash from operating activities minus capital expenditures, was $582.9 million for 2024, an increase of 12.9%

2025 Full-Year Outlook Highlights

• Full-year reported revenue growth is estimated to be 1% to 3%, with organic revenue growth estimated to be 1.5% to 3.5%
• Full-year adjusted EPS is estimated to be $7.65 to $7.85
• Available cash flow is estimated to be 85% to 90% of adjusted net income

Allegion plc (NYSE:ALLE), a leading global security products and solutions provider, today reported financial results for its fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31, 2024).

"Allegion delivered a record year in 2024 – a year marked by consistent, strong execution, solid margin expansion and balanced capital deployment," said Allegion President and CEO John H. Stone.

"These results are a testament to our team of highly engaged experts who, together with our distribution and channel partners, solve complex problems for our end-user customers and work tirelessly to make the world safer."

Q4 2024 Company Results

(All comparisons against the fourth quarter of 2023, unless otherwise noted)

Allegion reported fourth-quarter 2024 net revenues of $945.6 million and net earnings of $144.1 million, or $1.65 per share. Adjusted net earnings were $161.8 million, or $1.86 per share, up 10.7%, excluding items primarily related to restructuring, acquisition and integration expenses, as well as amortization expense related to acquired intangible assets.

Fourth-quarter 2024 net revenues increased 5.4%. On an organic basis, which excludes impacts of acquisitions, divestitures and foreign currency movements, net revenues increased 3.5%, led by the Americas region. The organic revenue increase was driven by price realization and volume growth. Reported revenue reflects a 2.0% positive impact from acquisitions and a slight headwind from foreign currency.

Fourth-quarter 2024 operating income was $184.6 million, an increase of $24.9 million or 15.6%. Adjusted operating income in fourth-quarter 2024 was $209.1 million, an increase of $11.9 million or 6.0%.

Fourth-quarter 2024 operating margin was 19.5%, compared with 17.8%. The adjusted operating margin in fourth-quarter 2024 was 22.1%, compared with 22.0%. The 10-basis-point increase in adjusted operating margin is attributable to favorable volume leverage and regional mix.

Q4 2024 Segment Results

(All comparisons against the fourth quarter of 2023, unless otherwise noted)

The Americas segment revenues were up 6.4% (up 4.6% on an organic basis). The organic revenue increase was driven by price realization as well as volume growth. The non-residential business was up mid-single digits, and the residential business grew high-single digits. The reported revenue reflects a 1.9% positive impact from acquisitions and a slight headwind from foreign currency. Adjusted operating margin in the region increased 70 basis points to 27.4%.

The International segment revenues increased 1.5% (down 0.7% on an organic basis). The organic revenue decrease was driven by volume decline offset partially by price realization. Reported revenue reflects a positive impact from acquisitions of 2.4% and a slight headwind from foreign currency. Adjusted operating margin in the region decreased 100 basis points to 15.8% on reduced volumes.

Full-Year 2024 Company Results

(All comparisons against the full year of 2023, unless otherwise noted)

Allegion reported full-year 2024 net revenues of $3,772.2 million and net earnings of $597.5 million, or $6.82 per share. Adjusted net earnings were $659.7 million, or $7.53 per share, up 8.2%, excluding items primarily related to restructuring, acquisition and integration expenses, as well as amortization expense related to acquired intangible assets.

Full-year 2024 net revenues increased 3.3%. Net revenues increased 2.1% on an organic basis, excluding impacts of acquisitions, divestitures and foreign currency movements. Favorable price was slightly offset by lower volumes, primarily in Allegion International. The reported revenue reflects a positive impact from acquisitions of 1.3% and a slight headwind from foreign currency.

Full-year 2024 operating income was $780.7 million, an increase of $72.3 million or 10.2%. Adjusted operating income for full-year 2024 was $860.8 million, an increase of $55.2 million or 6.9%.

Full-year 2024 operating margin was 20.7%, compared with 19.4%. The adjusted operating margin for full-year 2024 was 22.8%, compared with 22.1%. The 70-basis-point increase in adjusted operating margin is attributable to positive price and productivity net of inflation and investments. These increases were partially offset by lower volumes.

Additional Items

(All comparisons against the fourth quarter of 2023, unless otherwise noted)

Interest expense for fourth-quarter 2024 was $25.2 million, an increase of $2.3 million.

Other income, net for fourth-quarter 2024 was $2.9 million, compared to other income, net of $0.1 million.

The company's effective tax rate for fourth-quarter 2024 was 11.2%, compared with 13.4%. The company's adjusted effective tax rate for fourth-quarter 2024 was 13.1%, compared with 16.4%. The company's adjusted effective tax rate for full-year 2024 was 15.6%, compared with 14.3% for full-year 2023.

Cash Flow and Liquidity

Year-to-date available cash flow for 2024 was $582.9 million, an increase of $66.5 million versus the prior-year period. The company ended fourth-quarter 2024 with cash and cash equivalents of $503.8 million, as well as total debt of $1,999.5 million.

Share Repurchase and Dividends

In the fourth quarter of 2024, the company repurchased approximately 0.7 million shares for approximately $100 million and paid quarterly dividends of $0.48 per ordinary share or $41.4 million.

2025 Full-Year Outlook

(All comparisons against full-year 2024, unless otherwise noted)

The company expects full-year 2025 revenues to increase 1% to 3% on a reported basis and increase 1.5% to 3.5% organically, when compared to 2024, after excluding the expected impacts of acquisitions, divestitures and foreign currency movements.

Full-year 2025 reported EPS is expected to be in the range of $7.05 to $7.25, or $7.65 to $7.85 on an adjusted basis. The outlook assumes a full-year adjusted effective tax rate of approximately 17% to 18%.

Adjustments to 2025 EPS include estimated impacts of approximately $0.46 per share for acquisition-related amortization, as well as $0.14 per share for restructuring and M&A.

The outlook assumes an average diluted share count for the full year of approximately 86.7 million shares.

The company expects full-year available cash flow to be 85% to 90% of adjusted net income.

Conference Call Information

On Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, President and CEO John H. Stone and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mike Wagnes will conduct a conference call for analysts and investors, beginning at 8 a.m. ET, to review the company's results.

A real-time, listen-only webcast of the conference call will be broadcast live online. Individuals wishing to listen may access the call through https://investor.allegion.com.

About Allegion

At Allegion (NYSE:ALLE), we design and manufacture innovative security and access solutions that help keep people safe where they live, learn, work and connect. We're pioneering safety with our strong legacy of leading brands like CISA®, Interflex®, LCN®, Schlage®, SimonsVoss® and Von Duprin®. Our comprehensive portfolio of hardware, software and electronic solutions is sold around the world and spans residential and commercial locks, door closer and exit devices, steel doors and frames, access control and workforce productivity systems. Allegion had $3.8 billion in revenue in 2024. For more, visit www.allegion.com.

Non-GAAP Measures

This news release includes adjusted non-GAAP financial information which should be considered supplemental to, not a substitute for or superior to, the financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP. The company presents operating income, operating margin, earnings before income taxes, effective tax rate, net earnings and diluted earnings per share (EPS) on both a U.S. GAAP basis and on an adjusted (non-GAAP) basis, revenue growth on a U.S. GAAP basis and organic revenue growth on a non-GAAP basis, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin (all non-GAAP measures) and Available Cash Flow ("ACF," a non-GAAP measure), including in certain cases, on a segment basis. The company presents these non-GAAP measures because management believes these non-GAAP measures provide management and investors useful perspective of the company's underlying business results and trends and a more comparable measure of period-over-period results. These measures are also used to evaluate senior management and are a factor in determining at-risk compensation. Investors should not consider non-GAAP measures as alternatives to the related U.S. GAAP measures. Further information about the adjusted non-GAAP financial tables is attached to this news release. The Full-Year Outlook Highlights and Updated Full-Year Outlook contain non-GAAP financial measures that exclude or otherwise have been adjusted for non-GAAP adjustment items from our U.S. GAAP financial statements. When we provide forward-looking outlooks for any of the various non-GAAP metrics described above, we do not provide reconciliations of the U.S. GAAP measures as we are unable to predict with a reasonable degree of certainty the actual impact of the non-GAAP adjustment items. By their very nature, non-GAAP adjustment items are difficult to anticipate with precision because they are generally associated with unexpected and unplanned events that impact our company and its financial results. Therefore, we are unable to provide a reconciliation of these measures without unreasonable efforts.

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