Brink's (BCO) Competitors

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

Does the media favor ADT or BCO?

In the previous week, ADT and ADT both had 6 articles in the media. Brink's' average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat ADT's score of 1.04 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brink's	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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	$5.14B	1.21	$463.01M	$0.92	7.42
Brink's	$4.99B	0.79	$87.70M	$2.64	34.22

Which has more risk & volatility, ADT or BCO?

ADT has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brink's has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% 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 3.2%. Brink's pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. 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.

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. 2.2% 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate ADT or BCO?

ADT currently has a consensus target price of $8.55, suggesting a potential upside of 25.18%. Brink's has a consensus target price of $120.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.37%. Given Brink's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

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 MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Summary

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