Brink's (BCO) Competitors

Brink's (NYSE:BCO) and Stericycle (NASDAQ:SRCL) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BCO or SRCL?

Stericycle received 18 more outperform votes than Brink's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.24% of users gave Brink's an outperform vote while only 59.10% of users gave Stericycle an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brink's	Outperform Votes 443 65.24%	Underperform Votes 236 34.76%
Stericycle	Outperform Votes 461 59.10%	Underperform Votes 319 40.90%

Do analysts rate BCO or SRCL?

Brink's presently has a consensus target price of $106.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.79%. Stericycle has a consensus target price of $59.40, indicating a potential upside of 27.66%. Given Stericycle's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Stericycle is more favorable than Brink's.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brink's	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Stericycle	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Which has more risk & volatility, BCO or SRCL?

Brink's has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stericycle has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BCO or SRCL?

Brink's has higher revenue and earnings than Stericycle. Stericycle 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
Brink's	$4.87B	0.88	$87.70M	$2.61	37.16
Stericycle	$2.64B	1.64	-$21.40M	-$0.22	-211.50

Is BCO or SRCL more profitable?

Brink's has a net margin of 2.46% compared to Stericycle's net margin of -0.74%. Brink's' return on equity of 59.84% beat Stericycle's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brink's	2.46%	59.84%	5.28%
Stericycle	-0.74%	7.31%	3.44%

Does the media prefer BCO or SRCL?

In the previous week, Stericycle had 5 more articles in the media than Brink's. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Stericycle and 3 mentions for Brink's. Stericycle's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Brink's' score of 0.78 indicating that Stericycle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brink's	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Stericycle	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BCO or SRCL?

95.0% of Brink's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Stericycle shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Brink's shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Stericycle shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Brink's beats Stericycle on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.