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(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

ADT vs. BCO, KTOS, ALLE, SUGP, GFAI, DOV, HUBB, TS, PKG, and ZBRA

Should you be buying ADT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ADT include Brink's (BCO), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Allegion (ALLE), SU Group (SUGP), Guardforce AI (GFAI), Dover (DOV), Hubbell (HUBB), Tenaris (TS), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), and Zebra Technologies (ZBRA).

ADT vs.

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

87.2% of ADT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Brink's shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of ADT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Brink's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

ADT currently has a consensus target price of $8.40, indicating a potential upside of 11.33%. Brink's has a consensus target price of $120.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.26%. 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
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Brink's
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

ADT pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Brink's pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. ADT pays out 23.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brink's pays out 36.7% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Brink's received 33 more outperform votes than ADT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.50% of users gave Brink's an outperform vote while only 64.04% of users gave ADT an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ADTOutperform Votes
415
64.04%
Underperform Votes
233
35.96%
Brink'sOutperform Votes
448
65.50%
Underperform Votes
236
34.50%

In the previous week, Brink's had 5 more articles in the media than ADT. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Brink's and 3 mentions for ADT. Brink's' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat ADT's score of 0.70 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Brink's
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
ADT18.18% 17.77% 4.23%
Brink's 2.37%71.46%5.11%

ADT has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brink's has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ADT$4.98B1.37$463.01M$0.928.20
Brink's$4.99B0.81$87.70M$2.6435.04

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ADT vs. The Competition

MetricADTDetective & armored car services IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.84B$3.80B$9.57B$19.89B
Dividend Yield2.94%2.16%2.02%3.54%
P/E Ratio8.205.9022.2942.83
Price / Sales1.371.267.4918.13
Price / Cash3.127.6216.9417.86
Price / Book1.843.854.275.52
Net Income$463.01M$194.54M$413.78M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-0.66%-5.31%2.89%-0.22%
1 Month Performance6.42%7.35%0.45%0.12%
1 Year Performance23.99%-3.87%28.19%23.71%

ADT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ADT
ADT
3.1371 of 5 stars
$7.55
flat
$8.40
+11.3%
+24.0%$6.85B$4.98B8.2014,300
BCO
Brink's
4.8196 of 5 stars
$92.51
+0.8%
$120.50
+30.3%
+18.5%$4.00B$4.87B35.0468,200
KTOS
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
3.6532 of 5 stars
$25.22
+0.7%
$25.40
+0.7%
+31.5%$3.78B$1.04B252.233,900Analyst Downgrade
ALLE
Allegion
4.0825 of 5 stars
$139.43
+0.9%
$144.60
+3.7%
+31.9%$12.01B$3.65B21.4212,400Analyst Revision
SUGP
SU Group
N/A$1.84
-8.5%
N/AN/A$26.63M$20.91M0.00N/A
GFAI
Guardforce AI
0.9237 of 5 stars
$1.09
-0.9%
N/A-71.3%$11.26M$36.28M0.001,594
DOV
Dover
4.7403 of 5 stars
$198.13
-0.3%
$208.40
+5.2%
+43.3%$27.26B$8.44B17.7225,000Short Interest ↓
HUBB
Hubbell
3.9557 of 5 stars
$445.58
-1.5%
$445.56
0.0%
+48.1%$24.28B$5.37B32.1018,317
TS
Tenaris
1.9822 of 5 stars
$37.01
+0.5%
$38.67
+4.5%
+7.5%$21.52B$13.09B8.0629,134Analyst Downgrade
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
4.6926 of 5 stars
$244.12
+2.4%
$221.60
-9.2%
+59.5%$21.40B$7.80B28.4514,900Analyst Downgrade
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ZBRA
Zebra Technologies
4.5468 of 5 stars
$384.53
+0.6%
$385.18
+0.2%
+74.4%$19.72B$4.58B52.329,750

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This page (NYSE:ADT) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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