ADT vs. BCO, KTOS, ALLE, SON, ZWS, CWST, MLI, TKR, FLS, and MSM
Should you be buying ADT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ADT include Brink's (BCO), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Allegion (ALLE), Sonoco Products (SON), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Mueller Industries (MLI), Timken (TKR), Flowserve (FLS), and MSC Industrial Direct (MSM).
ADT (NYSE:ADT) and Brink's (NYSE:BCO) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and community ranking.
ADT has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% 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.
87.2% of ADT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Brink's shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of ADT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Brink's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, ADT had 22 more articles in the media than Brink's. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for ADT and 2 mentions for Brink's. Brink's' average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat ADT's score of 0.29 indicating that Brink's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ADT currently has a consensus price target of $8.58, indicating a potential upside of 33.36%. Brink's has a consensus price target of $106.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.03%. Given ADT's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe ADT is more favorable than Brink's.
ADT has a net margin of 12.81% compared to Brink's' net margin of 1.77%. Brink's' return on equity of 55.36% beat ADT's return on equity.
ADT pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Brink's pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. ADT pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brink's pays out 48.4% 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.
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.
Brink's received 29 more outperform votes than ADT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.24% of users gave Brink's an outperform vote while only 64.19% of users gave ADT an outperform vote.
Summary
ADT and Brink's tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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