Sectors & Industries IndustrialsSecurity & Protection Services
Best Security & Protection Service Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top security & protection service stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best security & protection service stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Security & Protection Ser...

Zen Rating Price Value Growth Financials Momentum Sentiment Forecast Dividends Due Diligence

Security & Protection Services is Zen Rated B and is the 30th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
CXW	CORECIVIC INC	NYSE	Security & Protection Services	$3.31B	$33.43	2.89%	$383.50M	26.32x	1.40	United States
SPCB	SUPERCOM LTD	NASDAQ	Security & Protection Services	$52.40M	$9.41	-0.53%	$3.21M	-156.83x	0.59	Israel
BRC	BRADY CORP	NYSE	Security & Protection Services	$3.98B	$84.78	0.76%	$313.98M	19.53x	0.36	United States
CIX	COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC	NYSEMKT	Security & Protection Services	$461.39M	$37.40	2.72%	$32.74M	20.89x	0.12	United States
ALLE	ALLEGION PLC	NYSE	Security & Protection Services	$13.11B	$154.21	-0.05%	$1.04B	20.13x	1.53	Ireland
MSA	MSA SAFETY INC	NYSE	Security & Protection Services	$6.99B	$181.23	1.23%	$517.50M	22.49x	0.86	United States
BCO	BRINKS CO	NYSE	Security & Protection Services	$4.19B	$101.80	1.83%	$885.50M	23.40x	22.19	United States
NSSC	NAPCO SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES INC	NASDAQ	Security & Protection Services	$1.29B	$36.17	-0.06%	$52.03M	29.89x	0.25	United States
ADT	ADT INC	NYSE	Security & Protection Services	$4.57B	$6.25	0.32%	$2.66B	8.12x	3.53	United States
GEO	GEO GROUP INC	NYSE	Security & Protection Services	$4.13B	$31.36	1.85%	$687.01M	14.59x	1.47	United States
REZI	RESIDEO TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Security & Protection Services	$2.79B	$18.35	0.99%	$866.00M	7.58x	1.92	United States
EVLV	EVOLV TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Security & Protection Services	$827.75M	$4.57	-2.97%	$27.08M	-152.33x	1.54	United States
BAER	BRIDGER AEROSPACE GROUP HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Security & Protection Services	$40.00M	$0.68	-0.29%	$27.85M	-0.94x	-0.75	United States
KSCP	KNIGHTSCOPE INC	NASDAQ	Security & Protection Services	$17.74M	$0.75	-1.18%	-$41.75M	-0.22x	0.89	United States
SUGP	SU GROUP HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Security & Protection Services	$121.58k	$0.42	-18.47%	N/A	-0.05x	0.41	Hong Kong
NL	NLI HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Security & Protection Services	$341.31M	$6.98	-1.27%	-$33.97M	-13.42x	0.24	United States
DETX	LIBERTY DEFENSE HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Security & Protection Services	$11.94M	$2.11	0.96%	N/A	-0.36x	0.50	United States
IVDA	IVEDA SOLUTIONS INC	NASDAQ	Security & Protection Services	$3.63M	$0.29	-3.33%	-$3.00M	-0.54x	0.29	United States
SNT	SENSTAR TECHNOLOGIES CORP	NASDAQ	Security & Protection Services	$35.93M	$1.54	0.00%	N/A	77.00x	0.26	Israel
BKYI	BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC	NASDAQ	Security & Protection Services	$3.05M	$2.12	-7.42%	-$5.64M	-0.26x	0.73	United States
CIGL	CONCORDE INTERNATIONAL GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Security & Protection Services	$2.47M	$0.37	-2.63%	-$14.26M	-0.55x	2.11	Singapore
UUU	UNIVERSAL SAFETY PRODUCTS INC	NYSEMKT	Security & Protection Services	$14.78M	$4.88	-5.79%	-$4.65M	-2.38x	0.41	United States
VRME	VERIFYME INC	NASDAQ	Security & Protection Services	$7.29M	$5.54	-38.31%	-$4.70M	-1.39x	0.14	United States
MG	MISTRAS GROUP INC	NYSE	Security & Protection Services	$657.70M	$20.65	0.10%	$81.17M	23.74x	1.43	United States
GFAI	GUARDFORCE AI CO LTD	NASDAQ	Security & Protection Services	$9.66M	$0.31	-0.65%	-$4.55M	-1.06x	0.45	Singapore

Security & Protection Service Stocks FAQ

What are the best security & protection service stocks to buy right now in Oct 2026?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best security & protection service stocks to buy right now are:

1. Corecivic (NYSE:CXW)

Corecivic (NYSE:CXW) is the #1 top security & protection service stock out of 25 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Corecivic (NYSE:CXW) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Corecivic (NYSE:CXW) has a Due Diligence Score of 28, which is -4 points lower than the security & protection service industry average of 32. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates CXW as a "B".

CXW passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Corecivic has seen its stock return 71.61% over the past year, overperforming other security & protection service stocks by 80 percentage points.

Corecivic has an average 1 year price target of $40.67, an upside of 21.65% from Corecivic's current stock price of $33.43.

Corecivic stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Corecivic, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Supercom (NASDAQ:SPCB)

Supercom (NASDAQ:SPCB) is the #2 top security & protection service stock out of 25 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Supercom (NASDAQ:SPCB) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: D.

Supercom (NASDAQ:SPCB) has a Due Diligence Score of 25, which is -7 points lower than the security & protection service industry average of 32. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates SPCB as a "B".

SPCB passed 8 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Supercom has seen its stock lose -19.91% over the past year, underperforming other security & protection service stocks by -11 percentage points.

3. Brady (NYSE:BRC)

Brady (NYSE:BRC) is the #3 top security & protection service stock out of 25 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Brady (NYSE:BRC) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Brady (NYSE:BRC) has a Due Diligence Score of 63, which is 31 points higher than the security & protection service industry average of 32.

BRC passed 24 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Brady has seen its stock return 8.36% over the past year, overperforming other security & protection service stocks by 17 percentage points.

Brady has an average 1 year price target of $103.00, an upside of 21.49% from Brady's current stock price of $84.78.

Brady stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Brady, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the security & protection service stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 9 security & protection service stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 security & protection service stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Verifyme (NASDAQ:VRME)

Verifyme (NASDAQ:VRME) has an annual dividend yield of 29.78%, which is 24 percentage points higher than the security & protection service industry average of 5.36%.

Verifyme's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Nli Holdings (NYSE:NL)

Nli Holdings (NYSE:NL) has an annual dividend yield of 5.59%, which is the same as the security & protection service industry average of 5.36%. Nli Holdings's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Nli Holdings's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Nli Holdings's dividend payout ratio of -113.5% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Adt (NYSE:ADT)

Adt (NYSE:ADT) has an annual dividend yield of 3.52%, which is -2 percentage points lower than the security & protection service industry average of 5.36%. Adt's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Adt's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Adt's dividend payout ratio of 28.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are security & protection service stocks up?

Security & protection service stocks were up 0.4% in the last day, and down -1.57% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why security & protection service stocks are up.

What are the most undervalued security & protection service stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued security & protection service stocks right now are:

1. Adt (NYSE:ADT)

Adt (NYSE:ADT) is the most undervalued security & protection service stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Adt has a valuation score of 71, which is 49 points higher than the security & protection service industry average of 22. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Adt's stock has dropped -28.57% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the security & protection service industry by -20 percentage points.

2. Brinks Co (NYSE:BCO)

Brinks Co (NYSE:BCO) is the second most undervalued security & protection service stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Brinks Co has a valuation score of 29, which is 7 points higher than the security & protection service industry average of 22. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Brinks Co's stock has dropped -12.46% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the security & protection service industry by -4 percentage points.

3. Corecivic (NYSE:CXW)

Corecivic (NYSE:CXW) is the third most undervalued security & protection service stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Corecivic has a valuation score of 57, which is 35 points higher than the security & protection service industry average of 22. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Corecivic's stock has gained 71.61% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the security & protection service industry by 80 percentage points.

Are security & protection service stocks a good buy now?

72.73% of security & protection service stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect security & protection service stocks to rise by 23.79% over the next year.

0% of security & protection service stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 28.57% of security & protection service stocks are rated B (Buy), 64.29% are rated C (Hold), 7.14% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the security & protection services industry?

The average P/E ratio of the security & protection services industry is 15.59x.

WallStreetZen does not provide financial advice and does not issue recommendations or offers to buy stock or sell any security.

Information is provided 'as-is' and solely for informational purposes and is not advice. WallStreetZen does not bear any responsibility for any losses or damage that may occur as a result of reliance on this data.