Brink's (BCO) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ADT or BCO?

87.2% of ADT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Brink's shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of ADT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Brink's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Which has preferable 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	$4.98B	1.43	$463.01M	$0.58	14.70
Brink's	$5.02B	0.71	$87.70M	$3.70	23.04

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%

Does the media favor ADT or BCO?

In the previous week, Brink's had 1 more articles in the media than ADT. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Brink's and 20 mentions for ADT. Brink's' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat ADT's score of 0.82 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	14 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brink's	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend ADT or BCO?

ADT currently has a consensus price target of $9.05, suggesting a potential upside of 6.16%. Brink's has a consensus price target of $138.00, suggesting a potential upside of 61.88%. Given Brink's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk & volatility, ADT or BCO?

ADT has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brink's has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% 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 1.2%. ADT pays out 37.9% 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 increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Brink's has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Summary

Brink's beats ADT on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.