C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) Competitors

Brink's (NYSE:BCO) and C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ:CHRW) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Which has more volatility and risk, BCO or CHRW?

Brink's has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, C.H. Robinson Worldwide has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend BCO or CHRW?

Brink's currently has a consensus price target of $106.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.19%. C.H. Robinson Worldwide has a consensus price target of $81.21, suggesting a potential upside of 14.90%. Given C.H. Robinson Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brink's is more favorable than C.H. Robinson Worldwide.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brink's	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	6 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.71

Does the media favor BCO or CHRW?

In the previous week, C.H. Robinson Worldwide had 3 more articles in the media than Brink's. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for C.H. Robinson Worldwide and 2 mentions for Brink's. C.H. Robinson Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Brink's' score of 0.22 indicating that Brink's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brink's	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BCO or CHRW?

C.H. Robinson Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than Brink's. C.H. Robinson Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brink's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brink's	$4.87B	0.81	$87.70M	$1.82	48.29
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	$17.60B	0.48	$325.13M	$2.71	26.39

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BCO or CHRW?

95.0% of Brink's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Brink's shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is BCO or CHRW more profitable?

C.H. Robinson Worldwide has a net margin of 1.85% compared to C.H. Robinson Worldwide's net margin of 1.77%. C.H. Robinson Worldwide's return on equity of 55.36% beat Brink's' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brink's	1.77%	55.36%	5.15%
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	1.85%	27.61%	7.17%

Is BCO or CHRW a better dividend stock?

Brink's pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. C.H. Robinson Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Brink's pays out 48.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. C.H. Robinson Worldwide pays out 90.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brink's has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BCO or CHRW?

C.H. Robinson Worldwide received 73 more outperform votes than Brink's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.24% of users gave Brink's an outperform vote while only 48.04% of users gave C.H. Robinson Worldwide an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brink's	Outperform Votes 443 65.24%	Underperform Votes 236 34.76%
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	Outperform Votes 516 48.04%	Underperform Votes 558 51.96%

Summary

Brink's beats C.H. Robinson Worldwide on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.