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what it is
Brink’s moves and protects cash, valuables, and documents for banks, retailers, and governments across $5.3B of annual revenue.
how it gets paid
Last year S made $5.3B in revenue. North America was the main engine at $1.75B, or 33% of sales.
why it's growing
Revenue grew 5.0% last year. The 7.63% EPS beat mattered because it says analysts were too low by $0.18 on a $2.36 estimate.
what just happened
Brink’s beat by 7.63%, with $2.54 in EPS versus $2.36 expected.
At a glance
B+ balance sheet — decent shape, but not bulletproof
85/100 earnings predictability — you can trust these numbers
16.2x trailing p/e — the market's not buying it — or you found a deal
0.8% dividend yield — cash in your pocket every quarter
12.5% return on capital — nothing to write home about
xvary composite: 73/100 — average
What they do
Brink’s moves and protects cash, valuables, and documents for banks, retailers, and governments across $5.3B of annual revenue.
Brink’s runs 68,100 employees across 4 regions, so your cash route is already built into its network. North America is 33% of revenue, and the other 3 regions make up 67%. AMS and DRS are nearly 28% of sales, so this is not just armored trucks anymore.
How they make money
$5.3B
annual revenue · their business grew +5.0% last year
North America
$1.75B
Latin America
$1.38B
Europe
$1.33B
Rest of World
$0.85B
The products that matter
cash engine
Secure Cash Logistics
~72% of $5.3B revenue
Armored transport, vaulting, cash processing, and valuables handling. This is the legacy base. It is large, operationally dense, and still growing — just slowly. It funds the transition.
scale base
higher-growth services
ATM Managed Services
part of 28% digital mix · mid-teen growth
Brink's runs ATM networks for banks — cash replenishment, maintenance, monitoring, and servicing. In plain English: banks outsource the headache. That usually means more recurring revenue and better economics than just driving the truck.
faster growth
strategic pivot
Digital Retail Solutions
part of 28% digital mix · mid-teen growth
Smart safes, retail cash tech, and checkout automation. This is Brink's trying to stay useful in a world where cash volume grows slowly and retailers want fewer manual touchpoints. If this segment keeps compounding, the market's "old truck company" framing breaks.
re-rating candidate
Key numbers
+22%
price upside
VL’s $157 target sits 22% above your $128.67 price, which is room for gains without paying a bargain-bin multiple.
16.2x
trailing p/e
You pay 16.2 dollars for each dollar of trailing earnings, which is not cheap for a cash-moving business, but it is not bubble territory either.
19.0%
operating margin
Brink’s keeps 19 cents of every revenue dollar before interest and taxes, which is a strong spread for a business built on logistics and security.
41%
debt load
Debt is 41% of capital, so leverage is real and rate moves still matter.
Financial health
B+
strength
- balance sheet grade B+ — solid but not elite
- risk rank 3 — safer than 50% of stocks
- price stability 70 / 100
- long-term debt $3.6B (41% of capital)
- net profit margin 6.4% — keeps 6 cents of every dollar in revenue
- return on equity 40% — $0.40 profit for every $1 investors have put in
B+ — return on equity looks solid but long-term debt needs watching.
Total return vs. market
You invested $10,000 in BCO 3 years ago → it's now worth $20,270.
The index would have given you $13,880.
source: institutional data · total return
What just happened
beat estimates
Brink’s beat by 7.63%, with $2.54 in EPS versus $2.36 expected.
EDGAR shows the latest quarter at $3.9B of revenue and $3.08 of EPS, up 191% and 258% vs. prior year. Yahoo Finance’s last-earnings snapshot also showed a $2.54 actual versus $2.36 estimate beat.
$3.9B
revenue
$3.08
eps
7.63%
surprise
the number that mattered
The 7.63% EPS beat mattered because it says analysts were too low by $0.18 on a $2.36 estimate.
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the brink’s company likely registered respectable full-year 2025 results. (note: fourth-quarter results were expected to be released soon after this report went to press.) the top line probably increased nearly 5%, vs. prior year, to $5.25 billion.
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meanwhile, the bottom line likely advanced to $7.95 per share, up nearly 12% from 2024.
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as seen through the first nine months of the year, performance continued to be supported by solid execution within the atm managed services (ams) and digital retail solutions (drs) operations.ongoing efforts to scale these higher-margin businesses globally likely contributed to mid- to high-teen organic revenue growth.
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we note that ams and drs together now account for nearly 28% of total revenue.
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the company continues to shift its business mix toward higher-value digital services.
source: EDGAR filing and Yahoo Finance consensus, 2026
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What could go wrong
Brink's does not have generic risks. It has one very specific problem to solve: replace slow-growth cash logistics with faster-growth service revenue before the old base stops carrying the model. The stock works if the transition keeps compounding. It gets ugly if the old business fades faster than the new one scales.
med
Cash usage falls faster than Brink's can change the mix
About 72% of revenue still comes from secure cash logistics. That is a big installed base to defend while consumer behavior keeps shifting toward digital payments. If major markets start looking more like the most cash-light countries, the legacy base becomes a drag instead of a funding source.
impact: roughly $3.8B of the current revenue base still depends on physical cash staying relevant
med
$3.6B of debt reduces your margin for error
Debt is 41% of capital and net margin is 7.1%. That's a workable setup when EPS is growing 11%. It is less comfortable if sales slow, digital investment needs rise, or integration and service execution slip.
impact: the balance sheet can absorb a normal slowdown, but it offers less flexibility if the pivot gets more expensive
med
International exposure adds friction you do not control
Latin America is 26% of revenue and Europe is 25%. Currency moves, regulation, political instability, and operating disruptions all hit a business that already runs on thin margins and heavy logistics.
impact: about $2.7B of revenue sits outside the Americas segment, so FX and local disruption are not side issues
Our kill criteria are simple. If digital revenue share stalls near 28% or the digital growth rate drops below 10%, the transition stops looking special. If that happens while debt stays elevated, the stock starts acting like a value trap instead of a re-rating candidate.
source: institutional data · regulatory filings · risk analysis
Pay attention to
next earnings
Q1 2026 earnings
This is the first hard read on whether the $6B revenue and $9.15 EPS setup is on track. If the digital mix does not keep climbing, the full-year target starts looking crowded.
biggest catalyst
Digital revenue share crossing 30%
The market still frames Brink's as a cash logistics operator. A move from 28% to above 30% digital revenue makes the shift harder to dismiss. Same business. Different narrative. Sometimes that is enough for the multiple to move.
risk to watch
Institutional selling trend
Institutions were net sellers for two straight quarters, with 151 buyers versus 159 sellers in the latest period. After a three-year double, some profit-taking is normal. If that imbalance widens, you should assume conviction is thinning.
metric that matters
AMS + DRS growth staying in the teens
These businesses are growing in the mid-to-high teens today. If that drops below 10%, the digital pivot stops looking like a pivot and starts looking like a side business.
Analyst rankings
short-term outlook
top 5%
This is the highest rating tier. In human-speak, analysts think BCO has a better 12-month setup than most stocks they cover.
risk profile
average
Stability rank 3 means the stock is neither especially defensive nor unusually fragile. You are not buying a bunker. You are also not buying chaos.
chart momentum
average
momentum rank 3 says the chart is behaving normally. No obvious momentum blow-off. No clear breakdown either.
earnings predictability
85 / 100
Management usually lands near guidance. That matters more when a company is asking you to believe in a multi-year transition.
source: institutional data
Institutional activity
institutions have been net selling for 2 consecutive quarters — 151 buyers vs. 159 sellers in 3q2025. total institutional holdings: 40.5M shares. net selling for 2 quarters.
source: institutional data
Price targets
3-5 year target range
$101
$213
$129
current price
$157
target midpoint · +22% from current · 3-5yr high: $180 (+40% · 10% ann'l return)
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