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The Brink's Company

BCO
41
Security & Protection Services · Industrials
Price
$120.12
+2.35 (+2.00%)
Market Cap
$4.95B
Winston Score
41
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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

16.0% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 50.1M (2021) → 42.1M (2025)

Brink's is one of the world's largest cash management and security companies. It picks up, transports, and stores physical cash and valuables for banks, retailers, ATM operators, and governments. The company is best known for its armored trucks, which move billions of dollars in currency and coins every day across more than 100 countries.

Brink's makes money by charging fees for its services, including cash-in-transit, ATM replenishment, vault storage, and digital payment solutions. It operates across North America, Latin America, Europe, and other regions, generating roughly $5 billion in annual revenue. Its main competitive advantage is its global network of armored vehicles, secure facilities, and long-term contracts with major financial institutions, which are difficult for smaller rivals to replicate. The biggest long-term risk is the ongoing decline in cash usage as consumers shift toward digital payments, which could gradually shrink demand for its core services.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+10.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-35.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

1.1%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

$2.1B cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

The Brink's Company is growing revenue at 10% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
25.9%
Modest — 25.9% gross margin
Operating Margin
7.5%
Modest — 7.5% operating margin
ROCE
2.3%
Weak — 2.3% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+7.3%
Steady sales growth (7.3% YoY)
EPS YoY
+14.6%
Earnings growing (14.6% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
404%
Turns 404% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
10.1%
Modest free cash flow (10.1%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
15.86
Heavy debt load (15.86)
Interest Cover
2.29x
Tight — interest eats into profit (2.3x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
27.8x
Growth-priced — P/E 27.8

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
+19.8
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (27.8 → 8.0)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.00%
Small dividend — 1.00% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+3.8%
Dividend growing modestly (3.8% YoY)

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