GFAI vs BCO vs NSSC Stock Comparison

Guardforce AI, Brinks and Napco Security Technologies Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BCO Brinks Co
$102.15 -0.9% 1M -9.4% 1Y
Market cap
$4.26B
P/E
23.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.48B
Div. yield
0.01%
Security Services Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Napco Security Technologies leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Napco Security Technologies 5, Brinks 3, Guardforce AI 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGFAIBCONSSCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.90M $4.26B $1.41B BCO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 23.5x 32.8x BCO
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 1.5x 12.7x 24.8x GFAI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +8.1% +11.4% NSSC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 3.3% 21.3% NSSC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 6.9% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.3x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -81.1% -9.4% -8.6% NSSC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -72.6%/yr +8.2%/yr +10.8%/yr NSSC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 93.8% 34.8% 40.9% BCO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 54/100 64/100 NSSC

Percentile Scorecard

GFAIBCONSSC

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

AxisGFAIBCONSSC
Valuation – 67 #38 of 113 30 #80 of 113
Growth – 62 #37 of 96 80 #20 of 96
Profitability – 69 #29 of 91 100 #1 of 91
Financial Health 93 #10 of 122 24 #93 of 122 96 #6 of 122
Shareholder Returns – 48 #35 of 66 15 #56 of 66
Overall – 54 64
  • GFAI 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

PeriodGFAIBCONSSCSPY
1 month -40.6%-0.9%+12.4% +0.7%
3 months -38.7%-13.1%+9.9% +3.7%
6 months -66.6%-4.3%-14.5% +7.1%
Year to date -65.9%-12.5%-4.1% +12.8%
1 year -81.1%-9.4%-8.6% +11.9%
3 years -94.0%+53.1%+117.3% +85.2%
3 years, per year -60.9%+15.3%+29.5% +22.8%
5 years -99.8%+48.3%+66.7% +67.6%
5 years, per year -72.6%+8.2%+10.8% +10.9%
10 years —+157.7%+1,042.3% +262.0%
10 years, per year —+9.9%+27.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureGFAIBCONSSCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 93.8%34.8%40.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 93.1%35.0%43.6% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.530.721.21 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.86-0.27-0.21 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.8%-33.5%-65.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -81.1%-24.7%-15.4% -1.2%
52-week high $1.01$135.58$47.23 $779.14
52-week low $0.19$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.

MultipleGFAIBCONSSC
P/E now vs peer median —median 21.9x 23.4xmedian 21.9x 33.2xmedian 21.9x
P/S now vs peer median —median 0.9x 0.8xmedian 0.9x 7.1xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 11.9x 8.0xmedian 11.9x 27.0xmedian 11.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 14.4x 10.7xmedian 14.4x 24.1xmedian 14.4x
P/B now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 2.4x 9.5xmedian 2.4x 7.5xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.97 1.02median 0.97 1.86median 0.97

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 monthsGFAIBCONSSC
Revenue – $5.48B $202.32M
Gross profit – $1.45B $119.79M
Operating income – $576.00M $45.64M
Net income – $191.00M $43.03M
Free cash flow – $393.60M $59.23M
R&D – – $13.79M
EPS (diluted) – $4.36 $1.20
Cash & equivalents $21.30M $1.66B $126.93M
Total debt – $4.59B –
Shares (diluted) 21.92M 41.50M 35.89M
Enterprise value -$179.58M -$2.01B $927.53M

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
MetricGFAIBCONSSC
P/E – 23.4x 33.2x
P/FCF – 10.7x 24.1x
P/Operating cash flow – 7.5x 23.4x
P/S – 0.8x 7.1x
P/B 0.2x 9.5x 7.5x
P/Tangible book 0.2x 47.4x 7.6x
EV/EBITDA – 8.0x 27.0x
EV/EBIT – 12.4x 28.3x
EV/Revenue – 1.3x 6.4x
EV/FCF – 18.1x 21.8x
EV/Operating cash flow – 12.7x 21.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.02 1.86

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGFAIBCONSSC
Revenue growth (1Y) – 8.1% 11.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 5.0% 6.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 13.6% 18.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 9.3% 17.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 22.8% -1.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 14.1% 14.6%
Net income growth (1Y) – 9.8% -0.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 15.8% 16.6%
EPS growth (1Y) – 13.6% 0.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 22.8% 17.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -1.9% 14.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 1.0% 35.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 13.2% 15.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 3.5% 39.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGFAIBCONSSC
Gross margin – 26.4% 59.2%
EBITDA margin – 16.3% 23.6%
Operating margin – 10.5% 22.6%
Pretax margin – 5.9% 24.6%
Net margin – 3.3% 21.3%
FCF margin – 7.2% 29.3%
Operating cash flow margin – 10.2% 30.2%
Return on equity – 45.7% 23.3%
Return on assets – 2.6% 18.7%
Return on invested capital – 6.9% –
Return on capital employed – 11.0% 24.3%
Asset turnover – 0.8x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.9x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGFAIBCONSSC
Debt / assets – 62.6% –
Debt / equity – 10.4x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.3x –
Debt / FCF – 11.7x –
Liabilities / assets 30.7% 94.0% 20.0%
Equity / assets 69.3% 6.0% 80.0%
Interest coverage – 2.3x –
Current ratio 5.2x 1.6x 4.9x
Quick ratio 4.8x 1.2x 4.1x
Cash ratio 3.8x 0.8x 3.2x
Altman Z-score – 1.64 21.61

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGFAIBCONSSC
Dividend yield – 1.0% 1.5%
Net buyback yield – 2.6% 0.0%
Shareholder yield – 3.6% 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.

ConsensusGFAIBCONSSC
Forward P/E 1.5xFY2026 12.7xFY2026 24.8xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $0.13FY2026 $8.02FY2026 $1.61FY2027
EPS growth, next FY – -0.4%FY2026 +0.6%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after – +24.7% +19.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $40.46MFY2026 $5.22BFY2026 $208.17MFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +14.9%FY2026 -0.8%FY2026 +2.9%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +158.0% +4.2% +9.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGFAIBCONSSC
Held by institutions – 100.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 360 260
Change in shares held, QoQ – +12.1% +4.2%
Institutions buying – 182 137
Institutions selling – 123 89
Buyers to sellers – 1.48 1.54

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.

GFAIBCONSSC
GFAI 1.00 0.18 0.14
BCO 0.18 1.00 0.19
NSSC 0.14 0.19 1.00

Add a Peer

Largest companies in the same industry

Related Comparisons

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GFAI, BCO and NSSC?

Brinks (BCO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Guardforce AI (GFAI) $3.90M, Brinks (BCO) $4.26B, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) $1.41B.

Which stock is cheaper, GFAI, BCO and NSSC?

Brinks (BCO) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Brinks (BCO) 23.5x, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 32.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Guardforce AI (GFAI) is cheapest (Guardforce AI (GFAI) 1.5x, Brinks (BCO) 12.7x, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 24.8x). 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: Brinks (BCO) +8.1%, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) +11.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) has the highest net margin (Brinks (BCO) 3.3%, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 21.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) returned the most: Guardforce AI (GFAI) -81.1%, Brinks (BCO) -9.4%, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) -8.6%. Over five years, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) compounded fastest (Guardforce AI (GFAI) -72.6%/yr, Brinks (BCO) +8.2%/yr, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) +10.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

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

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Brinks (BCO) has been the steadiest (Guardforce AI (GFAI) 93.8%, Brinks (BCO) 34.8%, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 40.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GFAI, 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, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) leads on 5. 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.