Brink's (BCO) Competitors

ADT (NYSE:ADT) and Brink's (NYSE:BCO) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ADT or BCO?

ADT has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
ADT	$4.96B	1.42	$463.01M	$0.58	13.81
Brink's	$5.01B	0.77	$87.70M	$3.61	24.75

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ADT or BCO?

Brink's received 35 more outperform votes than ADT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.60% of users gave Brink's an outperform vote while only 63.65% of users gave ADT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ADT	Outperform Votes 415 63.65%	Underperform Votes 237 36.35%
Brink's	Outperform Votes 450 65.60%	Underperform Votes 236 34.40%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ADT or BCO?

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

Do analysts recommend ADT or BCO?

ADT presently has a consensus target price of $9.05, indicating a potential upside of 12.98%. Brink's has a consensus target price of $138.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.47%. Given Brink's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brink's is more favorable than ADT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ADT	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Brink's	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, ADT or BCO?

ADT has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brink's has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ADT or BCO a better dividend stock?

ADT pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Brink's pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. ADT pays out 37.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brink's pays out 26.9% 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.

Does the media refer more to ADT or BCO?

In the previous week, ADT had 32 more articles in the media than Brink's. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for ADT and 9 mentions for Brink's. Brink's' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat ADT's score of 0.83 indicating that Brink's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ADT	16 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brink's	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ADT or BCO more profitable?

ADT has a net margin of 18.18% compared to Brink's' net margin of 2.37%. Brink's' return on equity of 71.46% beat ADT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ADT	18.18%	17.77%	4.23%
Brink's	2.37%	71.46%	5.11%

Summary

Brink's beats ADT on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.