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Brinks vs Expeditors International of Washington

BCO and EXPD side by side, both in transportation services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How BCO and EXPD compare

Expeditors International of Washington is the larger company, worth 5.3 times as much as Brinks ($25.3B against $4.8B).

On earnings, Expeditors International of Washington is cheaper: it trades at 24.7× trailing earnings, against 30.6× for Brinks.

Expeditors International of Washington grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (18.6% versus 7.3% for Brinks).

Expeditors International of Washington keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 7.9% compared with 2.9% at Brinks.

Both pay dividends: Brinks yields 0.65% and Expeditors International of Washington 0.81%.

Expeditors International of Washington scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 14 for Brinks), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricBCOEXPD
Size and price
Market cap$4.8B$25.3B
Share price$116.80$194.59
Change, 1 year2.7%38.6%
Change, 5 years75.8%51.1%
Beta (5Y)0.820.87
Employees65K20K
StockData Score
Total score1415 (better)
Valuation score1 (better)0
Growth score22
Performance score55
Health score26 (better)
Dividend score4 (better)2
Valuation
P/E30.6×24.7× (better)
P/S0.9× (better)1.9×
P/B16.1×10.8× (better)
EV/EBITDA8.6× (better)17.3×
P/FCF13.1× (better)27.3×
PEG3.21–
FCF yield7.7% (better)3.7%
Fair value$118.98$138.12
Margin of safety1.8% (better)−40.9%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)7.3%18.6% (better)
Revenue growth, 5Y average7.3% (better)2.9%
Net income growth (TTM)−6.5%23.1% (better)
EPS growth (TTM)−3.0%28.5% (better)
EPS growth, 5Y average72.2% (better)7.9%
Profitability
Gross margin26.1%–
Operating margin10.0%10.1% (better)
Net margin2.9%7.9% (better)
FCF margin6.7%7.0% (better)
Return on equity56.0% (better)45.0%
Return on invested capital12.9%86.9% (better)
Financial health
Debt / equity13.88 (better)0.00
Net debt / EBITDA2.97–
Interest coverage2.2×–
Current ratio1.551.56 (better)
Altman Z-score1.718.42 (better)
Piotroski F-score8 (better)6
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield0.65%0.81% (better)
Payout ratio26.5%–
Years of dividend growth516 (better)
Dividend growth, 5Y average10.9% (better)8.2%
Buyback yield1.8%3.5% (better)
Shareholder yield2.4%4.3% (better)
Ownership
Held by institutions110%98.6%
Held by insiders1.2%0.73%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$169K (better)−$2.4M
Short interest, % of float13.2%3.8%

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