| Snowflake Score | |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 2/6 |
| Future Growth | 0/6 |
| Past Performance | 3/6 |
| Financial Health | 2/6 |
| Dividends | 4/6 |
BCO Stock Overview
The Brink's Company provides secure transportation, cash management, and other security-related services in North America, Latin America, Europe, and internationally.
Brink's Competitors
Price History & Performance
| Historical stock prices | |
|---|---|
| Current Share Price | US$69.16 |
| 52 Week High | US$84.72 |
| 52 Week Low | US$58.48 |
| Beta | 1.64 |
| 1 Month Change | 9.17% |
| 3 Month Change | 17.24% |
| 1 Year Change | -3.04% |
| 3 Year Change | -3.80% |
| 5 Year Change | 57.72% |
| Change since IPO | 219.82% |
Recent News & Updates
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Shareholder Returns
| BCO | US Commercial Services | US Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7D | -5.0% | -4.7% | -6.1% |
| 1Y | -3.0% | 10.1% | 4.2% |
Return vs Industry: BCO underperformed the US Commercial Services industry which returned 11.2% over the past year.
Return vs Market: BCO underperformed the US Market which returned 6.6% over the past year.
Price Volatility
| BCO volatility | |
|---|---|
| BCO Average Weekly Movement | 5.5% |
| Commercial Services Industry Average Movement | 6.0% |
| Market Average Movement | 6.7% |
| 10% most volatile stocks in US Market | 15.6% |
| 10% least volatile stocks in US Market | 2.4% |
Stable Share Price: BCO is not significantly more volatile than the rest of US stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 6% a week.
Volatility Over Time: BCO's weekly volatility (6%) has been stable over the past year.
About the Company
| Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1859 | 75,100 | Doug Pertz | https://www.brinks.com |
The Brink's Company provides secure transportation, cash management, and other security-related services in North America, Latin America, Europe, and internationally. The company offers armored vehicle transportation of valuables; automated teller machine (ATM) management services, such as cash replenishment, replenishment forecasting, cash optimization, ATM remote monitoring, service call dispatching, transaction processing, installation, and first and second line maintenance services; network infrastructure; and cash-in-transit services. It also provides transportation services for diamonds, jewelry, precious metals, securities, bank notes, currency, high-tech devices, electronics, and pharmaceuticals; vault outsourcing and money processing services; and services related to deploying and servicing intelligent safes and safe control devices, as well as cashier balancing, counterfeit detection, account consolidation, electronic reporting, check imaging, and reconciliation services.
Brink's Fundamentals Summary
| BCO fundamental statistics | |
|---|---|
| Market Cap | US$3.40b |
| Earnings (TTM) | US$80.80m |
| Revenue (TTM) | US$4.12b |
42.1x
P/E Ratio0.8x
P/S RatioIs BCO overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
| BCO income statement (TTM) | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | US$4.12b |
| Cost of Revenue | US$3.17b |
| Gross Profit | US$950.90m |
| Expenses | US$870.10m |
| Earnings | US$80.80m |
Last Reported Earnings
Sep 30, 2021
Next Earnings Date
n/a
| Earnings per share (EPS) | 1.64 |
| Gross Margin | 23.06% |
| Net Profit Margin | 1.96% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | 1,083.9% |
How did BCO perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonDividends
1.2%
Current Dividend Yield43%
Payout RatioValuation
Is Brink's undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
>50%
Undervalued compared to fair value
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: BCO ($69.16) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($185.57)
Significantly Below Fair Value: BCO is trading below fair value by more than 20%.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: BCO is poor value based on its PE Ratio (42.1x) compared to the US Commercial Services industry average (25.6x).
PE vs Market: BCO is poor value based on its PE Ratio (42.1x) compared to the US market (16.7x).
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate BCO's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: BCO is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (28x) compared to the US Commercial Services industry average (2.1x).
Future Growth
How is Brink's forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 2 analysts?
7.9%
Forecasted annual revenue growth
Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts
Analyst Future Growth Forecasts
Earnings vs Savings Rate: Insufficient data to determine if BCO's forecast earnings growth is above the savings rate (2%).
Earnings vs Market: Insufficient data to determine if BCO's earnings are forecast to grow faster than the US market
High Growth Earnings: Insufficient data to determine if earnings are expected to grow significantly over the next 3 years.
Revenue vs Market: BCO's revenue (7.9% per year) is forecast to grow slower than the US market (9.2% per year).
High Growth Revenue: BCO's revenue (7.9% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.
Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts
Future Return on Equity
Future ROE: Insufficient data to determine if BCO's Return on Equity is forecast to be high in 3 years time
Past Performance
How has Brink's performed over the past 5 years?
1.9%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: BCO has high quality earnings.
Growing Profit Margin: BCO became profitable in the past.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: BCO's earnings have grown by 1.9% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: BCO has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: BCO has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Commercial Services industry (35.3%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: Whilst BCO's Return on Equity (36.83%) is high, this metric is skewed due to their high level of debt.
Financial Health
How is Brink's's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: BCO's short term assets ($2.0B) exceed its short term liabilities ($1.4B).
Long Term Liabilities: BCO's short term assets ($2.0B) do not cover its long term liabilities ($3.9B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: BCO's net debt to equity ratio (802.4%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: BCO's debt to equity ratio has increased from 125.7% to 1083.9% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: BCO's debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (18.7%).
Interest Coverage: BCO's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (3.1x coverage).
Balance Sheet
Dividend
What is Brink's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
1.16%
Current Dividend Yield
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: BCO's dividend (1.16%) isn’t notable compared to the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.36%).
High Dividend: BCO's dividend (1.16%) is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (3.55%).
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: BCO's dividends per share have been stable in the past 10 years.
Growing Dividend: BCO's dividend payments have increased over the past 10 years.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: With its reasonably low payout ratio (43.2%), BCO's dividend payments are well covered by earnings.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: BCO's dividends in 3 years are forecast to be thoroughly covered by earnings (9.1% payout ratio).
Next Steps
Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
3.0yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Doug Pertz (67 yo)
5.58yrs
Tenure
US$13,901,789
Compensation
Mr. Douglas Allen Pertz, also known as Doug, has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of The Brink's Company since June 9, 2016. Mr. Pertz serves as the President of Mosaic USA Holdings, Inc. Mr....
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Doug's total compensation ($USD13.90M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD5.23M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Doug's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
Leadership Team
Experienced Management: BCO's management team is considered experienced (3 years average tenure).
Board Members
Experienced Board: BCO's board of directors are considered experienced (6 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: BCO insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
The Brink's Company's employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: The Brink's Company
- Ticker: BCO
- Exchange: NYSE
- Founded: 1859
- Industry: Security and Alarm Services
- Sector: Commercial Services
- Implied Market Cap: US$3.399b
- Shares outstanding: 49.15m
- Website: https://www.brinks.com
Number of Employees
Location
- The Brink's Company
- 1801 Bayberry Court
- PO Box 18100
- Richmond
- Virginia
- 23226-8100
- United States
Listings
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2022/01/21 23:39 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2022/01/21 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2021/09/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2020/12/31 |
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.