C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) Competitors

C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ:CHRW) and Brink's (NYSE:BCO) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Do analysts rate CHRW or BCO?

C.H. Robinson Worldwide presently has a consensus target price of $81.21, suggesting a potential upside of 15.66%. Brink's has a consensus target price of $106.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.03%. Given Brink's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brink's is more favorable than C.H. Robinson Worldwide.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	6 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.71
Brink's	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor CHRW or BCO?

In the previous week, C.H. Robinson Worldwide had 6 more articles in the media than Brink's. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for C.H. Robinson Worldwide and 2 mentions for Brink's. Brink's' average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat C.H. Robinson Worldwide's score of 0.74 indicating that Brink's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brink's	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CHRW or BCO?

93.2% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Brink's shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CHRW or BCO?

C.H. Robinson Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than Brink's. C.H. Robinson Worldwide 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
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	$17.60B	0.47	$325.13M	$2.71	25.91
Brink's	$4.87B	0.81	$87.70M	$1.82	48.75

Which has more volatility and risk, CHRW or BCO?

C.H. Robinson Worldwide has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brink's has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CHRW or BCO?

C.H. Robinson Worldwide received 73 more outperform votes than Brink's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.24% of users gave Brink's an outperform vote while only 48.04% of users gave C.H. Robinson Worldwide an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	Outperform Votes 516 48.04%	Underperform Votes 558 51.96%
Brink's	Outperform Votes 443 65.24%	Underperform Votes 236 34.76%

Is CHRW or BCO a better dividend stock?

C.H. Robinson Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Brink's pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. C.H. Robinson Worldwide pays out 90.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brink's pays out 48.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is CHRW or BCO more profitable?

C.H. Robinson Worldwide has a net margin of 1.85% compared to Brink's' net margin of 1.77%. Brink's' return on equity of 55.36% beat C.H. Robinson Worldwide's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	1.85%	27.61%	7.17%
Brink's	1.77%	55.36%	5.15%

Summary

Brink's beats C.H. Robinson Worldwide on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.