Brink's (BCO) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders 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. 2.2% 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ADT or BCO?

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 63.94% of users gave ADT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ADT	Outperform Votes 415 63.94%	Underperform Votes 234 36.06%
Brink's	Outperform Votes 448 65.50%	Underperform Votes 236 34.50%

Is ADT or BCO a better dividend stock?

ADT pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. 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.

Does the media favor ADT or BCO?

In the previous week, ADT and ADT both had 9 articles in the media. Brink's' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat ADT's score of 0.42 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Brink's	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer ADT or BCO?

ADT presently has a consensus target price of $8.55, indicating a potential upside of 17.85%. Brink's has a consensus target price of $120.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.16%. 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)	2 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

Which has more risk and volatility, ADT or BCO?

ADT has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brink's has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ADT or BCO?

ADT has higher revenue and 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
ADT	$4.98B	1.32	$463.01M	$0.92	7.89
Brink's	$4.87B	0.83	$87.70M	$2.64	35.07

Summary

Brink's beats ADT on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.