ADT vs BCO vs NSSC Stock Comparison

Adt, Brinks and Napco Security Technologies Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group

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ADT ADT Inc.

$6.91 +9.0% 1M -20.7% 1Y

Market cap: $5.21B
P/E: 8.5x
Revenue (TTM): $5.16B
Div. yield: –

7 wins

BCO Brinks Co

$111.33 +6.1% 1M -4.0% 1Y

Market cap: $4.60B
P/E: 25.4x
Revenue (TTM): $5.48B
Div. yield: 0.01%

2 wins

NSSC Napco Security Technologies, Inc

$38.82 +8.0% 1M -11.6% 1Y

Market cap: $1.39B
P/E: 32.3x
Revenue (TTM): $202.32M
Div. yield: –

2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Adt leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Adt 7, Napco Security Technologies 2, Brinks 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

Question	ADT	BCO	NSSC	Leader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation	$5.21B	$4.60B	$1.39B	ADT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only	8.5x	25.4x	32.3x	ADT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS	8.0x	13.8x	24.1x	ADT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months	+2.1%	+8.1%	+11.4%	NSSC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months	11.9%	3.3%	21.3%	NSSC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital	8.2%	6.9%	—	ADT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA	2.7x	3.3x	—	ADT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield	0.00%	0.01%	0.00%	–
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months	-20.7%	-4.0%	-11.6%	BCO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years	-3.9%/yr	+13.6%/yr	+11.3%/yr	BCO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year	29.8%	34.0%	40.8%	ADT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers	69/100	53/100	65/100	ADT

Percentile Scorecard

ADTBCONSSC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

Axis	ADT	BCO	NSSC
Valuation	96 #5 of 112	64 #41 of 112	32 #76 of 112
Growth	50 #49 of 96	64 #35 of 96	80 #20 of 96
Profitability	91 #9 of 93	70 #29 of 93	100 #1 of 93
Financial Health	14 #109 of 126	24 #96 of 126	96 #6 of 126
Shareholder Returns	92 #6 of 67	42 #39 of 67	17 #56 of 67
Overall	69	53	65

ADT ranked among 130 companies in Business Services
BCO ranked among 130 companies in Business Services
NSSC ranked among 130 companies in Business Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

Period	ADT	BCO	NSSC	SPY
1 month	+9.0%	+6.1%	+8.0%	-1.0%
3 months	-2.0%	-8.8%	+8.6%	+2.9%
6 months	-4.8%	+1.2%	-15.4%	+6.4%
Year to date	-14.4%	-4.6%	-6.9%	+11.4%
1 year	-20.7%	-4.0%	-11.6%	+13.1%
3 years	+11.6%	+61.2%	+92.6%	+79.4%
3 years, per year	+3.7%	+17.3%	+24.4%	+21.5%
5 years	-17.8%	+88.7%	+70.6%	+67.7%
5 years, per year	-3.9%	+13.6%	+11.3%	+10.9%
10 years	—	+202.2%	+972.4%	+255.2%
10 years, per year	—	+11.7%	+26.8%	+13.5%

Risk

Measure	ADT	BCO	NSSC	SPY
Volatility, 1Y	29.8%	34.0%	40.8%	12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y	35.4%	33.6%	43.4%	12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y	0.70	0.75	1.20	1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y	-0.69	-0.12	-0.28	1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y	-49.2%	-33.5%	-65.8%	-25.4%
From 52-week high	-21.8%	-17.9%	-17.8%	-2.5%
52-week high	$8.84	$135.58	$47.23	$779.14
52-week low	$6.08	$92.16	$34.96	$631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

Multiple	ADT	BCO	NSSC
P/E now vs peer median	8.6xmedian 21.0x	25.5xmedian 21.0x	32.2xmedian 21.0x
P/S now vs peer median	0.9xmedian 0.9x	0.8xmedian 0.9x	6.9xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median	4.3xmedian 12.3x	8.4xmedian 12.3x	26.1xmedian 12.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median	2.4xmedian 15.1x	11.7xmedian 15.1x	23.4xmedian 15.1x
P/B now vs peer median	1.3xmedian 2.4x	10.4xmedian 2.4x	7.3xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median	0.05median 1.02	1.12median 1.02	1.81median 1.02

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve months	ADT	BCO	NSSC
Revenue	$5.16B	$5.48B	$202.32M
Gross profit	$4.17B	$1.45B	$119.79M
Operating income	$1.29B	$576.00M	$45.64M
Net income	$612.75M	$191.00M	$43.03M
Free cash flow	$1.97B	$393.60M	$59.23M
R&D	–	–	$13.79M
EPS (diluted)	$0.75	$4.36	$1.20
Cash & equivalents	$3.88M	$1.66B	$126.93M
Total debt	$7.69B	$4.59B	–
Shares (diluted)	820.13M	41.50M	35.89M
Enterprise value	$4.95B	-$1.67B	$907.18M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics

Metric	ADT	BCO	NSSC
P/E	8.6x	25.5x	32.2x
P/FCF	2.4x	11.7x	23.4x
P/Operating cash flow	2.2x	8.2x	22.7x
P/S	0.9x	0.8x	6.9x
P/B	1.3x	10.4x	7.3x
P/Tangible book	-3.5x	51.7x	7.4x
EV/EBITDA	4.3x	8.4x	26.1x
EV/EBIT	9.6x	13.1x	27.4x
EV/Revenue	2.4x	1.4x	6.2x
EV/FCF	6.3x	19.1x	21.1x
EV/Operating cash flow	5.7x	13.4x	20.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR)	0.05	1.12	1.81

Growth

14 metrics

Metric	ADT	BCO	NSSC
Revenue growth (1Y)	2.1%	8.1%	11.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y)	1.7%	5.0%	6.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y)	1.3%	13.6%	18.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y)	-1.4%	9.3%	17.8%
Operating income growth (1Y)	-0.3%	22.8%	-1.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y)	19.1%	14.1%	14.6%
Net income growth (1Y)	-1.6%	9.8%	-0.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y)	164.5%	15.8%	16.6%
EPS growth (1Y)	0.8%	13.6%	0.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y)	178.3%	22.8%	17.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y)	8.5%	-1.9%	14.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y)	5.0%	1.0%	35.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y)	7.7%	13.2%	15.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y)	5.3%	3.5%	39.7%

Profitability

14 metrics

Metric	ADT	BCO	NSSC
Gross margin	80.7%	26.4%	59.2%
EBITDA margin	55.6%	16.3%	23.6%
Operating margin	25.0%	10.5%	22.6%
Pretax margin	16.6%	5.9%	24.6%
Net margin	11.9%	3.3%	21.3%
FCF margin	38.1%	7.2%	29.3%
Operating cash flow margin	41.8%	10.2%	30.2%
Return on equity	16.8%	45.7%	23.3%
Return on assets	3.9%	2.6%	18.7%
Return on invested capital	8.2%	6.9%	–
Return on capital employed	8.8%	11.0%	24.3%
Asset turnover	0.3x	0.8x	0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income)	3.5x	2.9x	1.4x
Stock comp / revenue	1.1%	0.5%	0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics

Metric	ADT	BCO	NSSC
Debt / assets	48.8%	62.6%	–
Debt / equity	2.2x	10.4x	–
Net debt / EBITDA	2.7x	3.3x	–
Debt / FCF	3.9x	11.7x	–
Liabilities / assets	77.9%	94.0%	20.0%
Equity / assets	22.1%	6.0%	80.0%
Interest coverage	–	2.3x	–
Current ratio	0.7x	1.6x	4.9x
Quick ratio	0.4x	1.2x	4.1x
Cash ratio	0.0x	0.8x	3.2x
Altman Z-score	0.56	1.67	21.09

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics

Metric	ADT	BCO	NSSC
Dividend yield	3.4%	0.9%	1.6%
Net buyback yield	15.2%	2.4%	0.0%
Shareholder yield	18.6%	3.3%	1.5%
Payout ratio (earnings)	–	22.1%	–
Payout ratio (FCF)	–	10.7%	–
Dividend growth (1Y)	–	-0.2%	–
Dividend CAGR (3Y)	–	3.4%	–

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

Consensus	ADT	BCO	NSSC
Forward P/E	8.0xFY2026	13.8xFY2026	24.1xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year	$0.86FY2026	$8.06FY2026	$1.61FY2027
EPS growth, next FY	-3.4%FY2026	+0.1%FY2026	+0.6%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after	+19.8%	+25.3%	+19.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year	$4.95BFY2026	$5.23BFY2026	$208.17MFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY	-3.4%FY2026	-0.6%FY2026	+2.9%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after	+12.7%	+4.4%	+9.1%

ADT estimates →BCO estimates →NSSC estimates →

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026

Holders	ADT	BCO	NSSC
Held by institutions	94.5%	100.0%	100.0%
Institutions holding	456	359	259
Change in shares held, QoQ	-2.7%	+12.1%	+4.2%
Institutions buying	297	182	136
Institutions selling	125	122	89
Buyers to sellers	2.38	1.49	1.53

ADT holders →BCO holders →NSSC holders →

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

	ADT	BCO	NSSC
ADT	1.00	0.27	0.32
BCO	0.27	1.00	0.20
NSSC	0.32	0.20	1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ADT, BCO and NSSC?

Adt (ADT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Adt (ADT) $5.21B, Brinks (BCO) $4.60B, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) $1.39B.

Which stock is cheaper, ADT, BCO and NSSC?

Adt (ADT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Adt (ADT) 8.5x, Brinks (BCO) 25.4x, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 32.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Adt (ADT) is cheapest (Adt (ADT) 8.0x, Brinks (BCO) 13.8x, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 24.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Adt (ADT) +2.1%, Brinks (BCO) +8.1%, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) +11.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) has the highest net margin (Adt (ADT) 11.9%, Brinks (BCO) 3.3%, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 21.3%). On return on invested capital, Adt (ADT) leads (Adt (ADT) 8.2%, Brinks (BCO) 6.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Brinks (BCO) returned the most: Adt (ADT) -20.7%, Brinks (BCO) -4.0%, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) -11.6%. Over five years, Brinks (BCO) compounded fastest (Adt (ADT) -3.9%/yr, Brinks (BCO) +13.6%/yr, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) +11.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Adt (ADT) 0.00%, Brinks (BCO) 0.01%, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 0.00%. Adt (ADT) and Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Adt (ADT) has been the steadiest (Adt (ADT) 29.8%, Brinks (BCO) 34.0%, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 40.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ADT, BCO and NSSC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Adt (ADT) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.