The Brink's Company (BCO) stock analysis

In our weekly check, The Brink's Company is graded B (A to F). Of 25 checks on debt, profit, cash flow and trend: 18 pass, warnings: 3, red flags: 4.

About The Brink's Company

The Brink's Company is an Industrials company (Security & Protection Services) based in the United States, listed on NYSE as BCO.

What our checks show for BCO

Red flags

• Net debt is 2.9x a year of EBITDA (debt/equity 13.66). That limits room in a downturn and raises refinancing risk.
• The net margin is only 3.3%: little room if costs rise.
• The stock has fallen as much as 64% from a peak. Would you have held through that?
• Recovering from its deepest fall took about 3.9 years.

Warning signs

• Operating profit covers interest only 2.3 times: a weak year could make the payments hard.
• Analysts expect only about 4.2% a year of growth in revenue.
• Thinly traded (about 471 thousand shares a day): buying and selling can move the price.

Strengths

• The net margin rose by 0.8 points over 5 years, to 3.3%.
• The gross margin is 26.4% and has risen by 3.5 points: pricing power is holding.
• Operating cash flow is 3.1x net profit: the profit arrives as real cash.
• Analysts expect earnings per share to grow about 49.2% a year over the next years.
• Analysts expect the net margin to improve by 4.9 points from today's 3.3%.
• The dividend takes 23% of profit: there is a cushion.

Next earnings report: 2026-11-04

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Questions

What grade does The Brink's Company (BCO) have?

In our weekly check, The Brink's Company is graded B (A to F). Of 25 checks on debt, profit, cash flow and trend: 18 pass, warnings: 3, red flags: 4. The grade is a risk check, not a buy or sell recommendation.

What are the main risks of BCO stock?

This week's biggest flags for The Brink's Company: High debt, Thin margins, Deep past fall. In total 7 of 25 checks show a warning or a red flag.

What does The Brink's Company do?

The Brink's Company is an Industrials company (Security & Protection Services) based in the United States, listed on NYSE as BCO.

When does The Brink's Company report earnings next?

The next earnings report is expected on 2026-11-04. We re-run the checks every week, so the grade can change after it.

The grade is a risk check, not a price forecast, and not investment advice. In our 10-year test (S&P 500, 2016-2026), stocks we graded A or B fell more than 30% 2-3 times less often than D or F, without a lower average return.

Updated 2026-10-24

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