BCO vs. CNXC, SRCL, BRZE, AUR, PAGS, WU, NVEI, CRVL, NSP, and DNB
Should you be buying Brink's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brink's include Concentrix (CNXC), Stericycle (SRCL), Braze (BRZE), Aurora Innovation (AUR), PagSeguro Digital (PAGS), Western Union (WU), Nuvei (NVEI), CorVel (CRVL), Insperity (NSP), and Dun & Bradstreet (DNB). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Brink's (NYSE:BCO) and Concentrix (NASDAQ:CNXC) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Brink's received 427 more outperform votes than Concentrix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.29% of users gave Brink's an outperform vote while only 48.57% of users gave Concentrix an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Brink's had 7 more articles in the media than Concentrix. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Brink's and 3 mentions for Concentrix. Concentrix's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Brink's' score of 0.52 indicating that Concentrix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Brink's pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Concentrix pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Brink's pays out 37.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Concentrix pays out 24.9% 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. Concentrix is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Concentrix has higher revenue and earnings than Brink's. Concentrix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brink's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brink's currently has a consensus target price of $106.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.94%. Concentrix has a consensus target price of $74.75, suggesting a potential upside of 19.95%. Given Concentrix's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Concentrix is more favorable than Brink's.
Concentrix has a net margin of 3.53% compared to Brink's' net margin of 2.46%. Brink's' return on equity of 59.84% beat Concentrix's return on equity.
95.0% of Brink's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Concentrix shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Brink's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Concentrix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brink's has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Concentrix has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Brink's and Concentrix tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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