C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) Competitors

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

Is CHRW or BCO more profitable?

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

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

Is CHRW or BCO a better dividend stock?

C.H. Robinson Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Brink's pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. 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 pays out 48.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media favor CHRW or BCO?

In the previous week, C.H. Robinson Worldwide had 5 more articles in the media than Brink's. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for C.H. Robinson Worldwide and 4 mentions for Brink's. Brink's' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat C.H. Robinson Worldwide's score of 0.94 indicating that Brink's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brink's	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CHRW or BCO?

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

Which has more risk and volatility, CHRW or BCO?

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

Do analysts prefer CHRW or BCO?

C.H. Robinson Worldwide presently has a consensus price target of $81.21, suggesting a potential upside of 16.22%. Brink's has a consensus price target of $106.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.37%. Given Brink's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	6 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.71
Brink's	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CHRW or BCO?

93.2% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Brink's shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Brink's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CHRW or BCO?

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
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	$17.60B	0.47	$325.13M	$2.71	25.87
Brink's	$4.87B	0.80	$87.70M	$1.82	48.09

Summary

Brink's beats C.H. Robinson Worldwide on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.