Brink's (BCO) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, ADT or BCO?

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe 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. 2.2% of ADT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Brink's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & 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	$4.90B	1.43	$463.01M	$0.53	15.12
Brink's	$5.01B	0.75	$87.70M	$3.61	24.16

Does the media favor ADT or BCO?

In the previous week, Brink's had 2 more articles in the media than ADT. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Brink's and 10 mentions for ADT. Brink's' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat ADT's score of 1.00 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brink's	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate ADT or BCO?

ADT currently has a consensus price target of $9.05, indicating a potential upside of 12.91%. Brink's has a consensus price target of $138.00, indicating a potential upside of 58.26%. 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)	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

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%

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 41.5% 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 MarketBeat Community prefer 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 63.75% of users gave ADT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ADT	Outperform Votes 415 63.75%	Underperform Votes 236 36.25%
Brink's	Outperform Votes 450 65.60%	Underperform Votes 236 34.40%

Summary

Brink's beats ADT on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.