Brink's (BCO) Competitors

Brink's (NYSE:BCO) and ADT (NYSE:ADT) are both mid-cap security & alarm services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and risk.

Which has more volatility & risk, BCO or ADT?

Brink's has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ADT has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BCO or ADT a better dividend stock?

Brink's pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. ADT pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Brink's pays out 27.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ADT pays out 33.3% 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. Brink's has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and ADT has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend BCO or ADT?

Brink's currently has a consensus price target of $138.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.31%. ADT has a consensus price target of $9.34, indicating a potential upside of 5.96%. Given Brink's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Brink's is more favorable than ADT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brink's	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
ADT	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is BCO or ADT more profitable?

ADT has a net margin of 12.30% compared to Brink's' net margin of 3.21%. Brink's' return on equity of 86.86% beat ADT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brink's	3.21%	86.86%	4.62%
ADT	12.30%	18.58%	4.35%

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

95.0% of Brink's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of ADT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Brink's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of ADT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to BCO or ADT?

In the previous week, ADT had 11 more articles in the media than Brink's. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for ADT and 11 mentions for Brink's. Brink's' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat ADT's score of 1.14 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ADT	16 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BCO or ADT?

ADT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brink's. ADT 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	$5.01B	0.95	$162.90M	$3.70	30.74
ADT	$4.90B	1.50	$501.05M	$0.66	13.36

Summary

Brink's beats ADT on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.