The Brink's Company (BCO) Key Metrics
BCO valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $4.31B
- Enterprise value
- $7.22B
- P/E (TTM)
- 24.3 10-yr median 47.0
- Forward P/E
- 17.3
- PEG ratio
- 1.16
- Price / sales
- 0.8 10-yr median 0.9
- Price / book
- 13.9 10-yr median 18.7
- EV / EBITDA
- 8.1 10-yr median 9.8
- Dividend yield
- 0.97% $1.02 a year
- Beta
- 0.96
BCO key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsBCO valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
BCO returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
BCO per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
BCO financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
BCO efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
BCO valuation history
BCO returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
BCO debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
BCO cash returned to shareholders
BCO price vs earnings per share
BCO key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $4.91B | $4.16B | $4.12B | $2.57B | $3.29B | $3.66B | $4.63B | $3.29B | $3.97B | $2.09B |
| Enterprise value | $7.57B | $7.01B | $6.82B | $5.32B | $5.86B | $5.87B | $6.25B | $4.50B | $4.60B | $2.35B |
| P/E ratio | 24.6 | 25.5 | 47.0 | 15.0 | 31.2 | 228.6 | 159.8 | — | 238.0 | 60.5 |
| Price / sales | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| Price / book | 17.7 | 22.5 | 10.4 | 5.7 | 26.7 | 28.4 | 24.2 | 19.8 | 11.8 | 6.2 |
| Price / free cash flow | 11.3 | 20.4 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 10.6 | 18.4 | 22.7 | 15.7 | 51.2 | 37.7 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 7.7 | 9.8 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 6.9 | 11.5 | 12.6 | 9.0 | 15.8 | 12.5 |
| EV / sales | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.5 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 10.0 | 15.1 | 15.9 | 16.6 | 12.5 | 8.5 |
| EV / free cash flow | 17.4 | 34.5 | 13.7 | 17.9 | 18.9 | 29.5 | 30.7 | 21.5 | 59.2 | 42.4 |
| Earnings yield | 4.1% | 3.9% | 2.1% | 6.6% | 3.2% | 0.4% | 0.6% | −1.0% | 0.4% | 1.7% |
| Free cash flow yield | 8.9% | 4.9% | 12.1% | 11.6% | 9.4% | 5.4% | 4.4% | 6.4% | 2.0% | 2.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.9% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 5.1% | 5.9% | 5.1% | 3.5% | 7.2% | 2.2% | 0.8% | 3.8% | 1.0% | 1.3% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $116.73 | $92.77 | $87.95 | $53.71 | $65.57 | $72.00 | $90.68 | $64.65 | $78.70 | $41.25 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $124.97 | $111.87 | $103.94 | $94.88 | $83.84 | $72.66 | $72.08 | $68.54 | $66.28 | $59.70 |
| Earnings per share | $4.74 | $3.64 | $1.87 | $3.57 | $2.10 | $0.31 | $0.57 | −$0.65 | $0.33 | $0.68 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $15.19 | $9.51 | $14.98 | $10.04 | $9.54 | $6.25 | $7.21 | $7.15 | $4.99 | $3.31 |
| Free cash flow per share | $10.37 | $4.54 | $10.65 | $6.22 | $6.19 | $3.92 | $3.99 | $4.11 | $1.54 | $1.09 |
| Cash per share | $53.85 | $31.15 | $25.09 | $20.33 | $14.18 | $12.22 | $6.09 | $6.75 | $12.16 | $3.63 |
| Book value per share | $6.60 | $4.13 | $8.47 | $9.35 | $2.46 | $2.54 | $3.75 | $3.27 | $6.70 | $6.66 |
| Tangible book value per share | −$38.55 | −$37.33 | −$33.36 | −$32.20 | −$35.53 | −$29.85 | −$16.93 | −$14.56 | −$4.38 | $2.60 |
| Dividends per share | $1.00 | $0.93 | $0.84 | $0.79 | $0.74 | $0.59 | $0.59 | $0.60 | $0.55 | $0.39 |
| Capex per share | $4.82 | $4.97 | $4.32 | $3.82 | $3.35 | $2.33 | $3.23 | $3.05 | $3.46 | $2.22 |
| Debt per share | $117.03 | $94.93 | $82.66 | $77.98 | $65.58 | $55.71 | $37.73 | $30.53 | $24.49 | $8.76 |
| Shares outstanding | 42.1M | 44.8M | 46.9M | 47.8M | 50.1M | 50.8M | 51.1M | 50.9M | 50.5M | 50.6M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −6.0% | −4.5% | −1.9% | −4.6% | −1.4% | −0.6% | +0.4% | +0.8% | −0.2% | +2.6% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 86.3% | 56.0% | 20.8% | 59.8% | 83.6% | 10.0% | 16.2% | −13.2% | 4.9% | 10.5% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 11.7% | 9.6% | 6.7% | 10.0% | 7.0% | 5.1% | 7.4% | 11.8% | 17.6% | 12.6% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 2.9% | 2.5% | 1.4% | 2.9% | 2.0% | 0.4% | 0.8% | −1.1% | 0.7% | 1.8% |
| Return on tangible assets | 3.7% | 3.4% | 1.9% | 3.9% | 2.9% | 0.5% | 1.1% | −1.4% | 0.7% | 1.9% |
| Free cash flow margin | 8.3% | 4.1% | 10.3% | 6.6% | 7.4% | 5.4% | 5.5% | 6.0% | 2.3% | 1.8% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 3.20 | 2.62 | 8.01 | 2.81 | 4.54 | 19.86 | 12.71 | — | 15.10 | 4.86 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $4.93B | $4.25B | $3.88B | $3.73B | $3.29B | $2.83B | $1.93B | $1.55B | $1.24B | $443.2M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $2.27B | $1.40B | $1.18B | $972.0M | $710.3M | $620.9M | $311.0M | $343.4M | $614.3M | $183.5M |
| Net debt | $2.66B | $2.86B | $2.70B | $2.76B | $2.58B | $2.21B | $1.62B | $1.21B | $622.4M | $259.7M |
| Debt / equity | 17.74 | 23.00 | 9.75 | 8.34 | 26.71 | 21.97 | 10.05 | 9.33 | 3.66 | 1.31 |
| Debt / assets | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.55 | 0.51 | 0.48 | 0.40 | 0.22 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.99 | 3.59 | 3.77 | 4.51 | 4.39 | 5.70 | 4.10 | 4.46 | 1.69 | 0.94 |
| Current ratio | 1.51 | 1.52 | 1.43 | 1.55 | 1.40 | 1.36 | 1.23 | 1.39 | 1.90 | 1.12 |
| Quick ratio | 1.51 | 1.51 | 1.17 | 1.55 | 1.17 | 1.15 | 1.09 | 1.38 | 1.89 | 1.10 |
| Interest coverage | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 8.1 | 7.1 |
| Working capital | $1.13B | $989.5M | $844.2M | $922.6M | $570.5M | $478.6M | $230.6M | $266.2M | $593.5M | $89.9M |
| Invested capital | $2.94B | $3.04B | $3.10B | $3.20B | $2.70B | $2.34B | $1.81B | $1.38B | $960.6M | $596.8M |
| Tangible asset value | −$1.49B | −$1.54B | −$1.44B | −$1.42B | −$1.65B | −$1.44B | −$849.5M | −$740.9M | −$221.2M | $149.5M |
| Net current asset value | −$3.60B | −$3.42B | −$3.29B | −$3.20B | −$3.31B | −$3.12B | −$2.32B | −$2.13B | −$1.46B | −$796.3M |
| Graham number | $26.53 | $18.38 | $18.88 | $27.41 | $10.77 | $4.24 | $6.92 | — | $7.06 | $10.11 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$96.32 | −$96.88 | −$86.45 | −$86.98 | −$77.78 | −$71.77 | −$52.46 | −$44.52 | −$31.97 | −$21.00 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $42.3M | $41.8M | $39.6M | $37.6M | $37.2M | $30.1M | $29.9M | $30.4M | $27.7M | $19.8M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $209.4M | $203.6M | $169.9M | $52.2M | $200.0M | $50.0M | $8.9M | $93.5M | $10.2M | $6.6M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 21.2% | 25.7% | 45.2% | 22.0% | 35.4% | 188.1% | 103.1% | — | 165.9% | 57.4% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 57.7% | 120.6% | 41.9% | 30.2% | 76.5% | 40.2% | 19.0% | 59.3% | 48.8% | 47.7% |
| Capex / revenue | 3.9% | 4.4% | 4.2% | 4.0% | 4.0% | 3.2% | 4.5% | 4.4% | 5.2% | 3.7% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 31.8% | 52.2% | 28.9% | 38.0% | 35.1% | 37.3% | 44.7% | 42.6% | 69.2% | 67.0% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.70 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.70 | 0.57 | 0.89 | 0.96 | 1.19 | 0.85 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| SG&A / revenue | 14.8% | 16.7% | 14.2% | 15.5% | 15.0% | 15.8% | 16.4% | 14.6% | 14.0% | 14.3% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 53.8 | 56.3 | 63.1 | 64.7 | 61.8 | 67.4 | 63.0 | 66.1 | 63.9 | 61.3 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 2.0 | 25.9 | 49.9 | — | 34.5 | 26.4 | 9.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.8 |
| Days payables outstanding | 29.7 | 27.6 | 26.9 | 26.8 | 23.5 | 24.8 | 23.1 | 23.6 | 22.0 | 22.2 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 26.1 | 54.6 | 86.1 | 38.0 | 72.8 | 69.1 | 49.1 | 43.2 | 43.0 | 41.0 |
| Receivables turnover | 6.78 | 6.48 | 5.79 | 5.64 | 5.90 | 5.41 | 5.80 | 5.52 | 5.72 | 5.95 |
| Payables turnover | 12.28 | 13.22 | 13.57 | 13.64 | 15.51 | 14.74 | 15.77 | 15.48 | 16.62 | 16.46 |
| Inventory turnover | 183.68 | 14.09 | 7.31 | — | 10.57 | 13.82 | 39.58 | 510.06 | 332.25 | 200.40 |
| Asset turnover | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.78 | 0.83 | 1.05 | 1.11 | 1.32 | 1.53 |
| Average receivables | $775.8M | $773.4M | $842.4M | $804.4M | $711.4M | $682.0M | $635.5M | $631.5M | $585.5M | $507.7M |
| Average payables | $317.9M | $283.1M | $273.1M | $253.8M | $208.6M | $195.2M | $179.6M | $174.6M | $156.9M | $147.3M |
| Average inventory | $21.2M | $265.6M | $507.0M | — | $306.2M | $208.2M | $71.5M | $5.3M | $7.8M | $12.1M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 25.9% | 28.0% | 29.7% | 31.2% | 34.2% | 32.0% | 28.1% | 28.0% | 18.3% | 10.3% |
Computed from BCO's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 26, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
BCO valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Brink's traded at 24.6 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 47.0. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 24.3 and the forward P/E is 17.3. Brink's earned a return on equity of 86.3% and a return on invested capital of 11.7% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $4.9 billion of debt and $2.3 billion in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $2.7 billion. It returned $251.7 million to shareholders: $42.3 million in dividends and $209.4 million in share buybacks, 58% of free cash flow. The share count fell 16.8% from 50.6M to 42.1M over 9 years.
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BCO key metrics FAQ
What is Brink's's P/E ratio?
Brink's's trailing P/E ratio is 24.3 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 17.3. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 24.6, compared with a 10-year median of 47.0.
What is Brink's's EV/EBITDA?
Brink's's enterprise value was 8.5 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $7.6 billion, EBITDA $890.2 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 8.1.
What is Brink's's return on equity?
Brink's's return on equity (ROE) was 86.3% in fiscal 2025: net income of $199.7 million on average shareholders' equity of $231.3 million. ROE is high partly because years of buybacks have reduced equity on the balance sheet.
What is Brink's's ROIC?
Brink's's return on invested capital was 11.7% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Brink's have?
Brink's had total debt of $4.9 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 17.74 and $2.7 billion of net debt (2.99 times EBITDA).
What is Brink's's dividend yield?
Brink's's forward dividend yield is 0.97%. Brink's paid $42.3 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($1.00 per share), a payout ratio of 21.2%.
Does Brink's buy back its shares?
Yes. Brink's spent $209.4 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −6.0% over the year, to 42.1M..
What is Brink's's free cash flow yield?
Brink's generated $436.4 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 8.9% on its market value at year-end ($4.9 billion).
What is Brink's's current ratio?
Brink's's current ratio was 1.51 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.51 times current liabilities.