Brink's (BCO) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, 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	$4.90B	1.46	$501.05M	$0.66	13.02
Brink's	$5.01B	0.96	$162.90M	$3.70	31.31

Which has more risk and volatility, ADT or BCO?

ADT has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brink's has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% 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 2.6%. Brink's pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. ADT pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brink's pays out 27.6% 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. ADT has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Brink's has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate ADT or BCO?

ADT currently has a consensus target price of $9.34, suggesting a potential upside of 8.67%. Brink's has a consensus target price of $138.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.11%. Given Brink's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Brink's	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Brink's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ADT or BCO 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
ADT	12.30%	18.58%	4.35%
Brink's	3.21%	86.86%	4.62%

Does the media prefer ADT or BCO?

In the previous week, ADT had 6 more articles in the media than Brink's. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for ADT and 3 mentions for Brink's. Brink's' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat ADT's score of 0.76 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brink's	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Brink's beats ADT on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.