ICTSF vs NSSC vs BCO Stock Comparison

Icts International N V, Napco Security Technologies and Brinks Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BCO Brinks Co
$110.86 +3.8% 1M -3.9% 1Y
Market cap
$4.44B
P/E
24.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.48B
Div. yield
0.01%
Security Services Industrials
5 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

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

QuestionICTSFNSSCBCOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $207.76M $1.41B $4.44B BCO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -14.0x 32.7x 24.5x BCO
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 24.4x 13.8x BCO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +11.4% +8.1% NSSC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 21.3% 3.3% 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% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +27.6% -11.0% -3.9% ICTSF
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -6.6%/yr +10.9%/yr +11.0%/yr BCO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 79.1% 40.9% 34.1% BCO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 65/100 52/100 NSSC

Percentile Scorecard

ICTSFNSSCBCO

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

AxisICTSFNSSCBCO
Valuation 33 #75 of 112 32 #76 of 112 64 #41 of 112
Growth – 79 #21 of 96 63 #36 of 96
Profitability – 100 #1 of 91 67 #31 of 91
Financial Health 52 #60 of 125 96 #6 of 125 24 #95 of 125
Shareholder Returns – 18 #55 of 67 41 #40 of 67
Overall – 65 52
  • ICTSF ranked among 130 companies in Business Services
  • NSSC ranked among 130 companies in Business Services
  • BCO ranked among 130 companies in Business Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodICTSFNSSCBCOSPY
1 month -5.8%+10.0%+3.8% -0.8%
3 months +0.9%+7.8%-6.0% +3.5%
6 months +27.6%-14.9%+3.8% +7.0%
Year to date +66.2%-5.9%-5.0% +12.2%
1 year +27.6%-11.0%-3.9% +13.0%
3 years +20.7%+104.7%+68.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year +6.5%+27.0%+19.1% +23.1%
5 years -28.8%+67.9%+68.5% +68.6%
5 years, per year -6.6%+10.9%+11.0% +11.0%
10 years +681.7%+991.5%+182.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year +22.8%+27.0%+10.9% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureICTSFNSSCBCOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 79.1%40.9%34.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 124.9%43.4%33.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.311.210.75 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.35-0.27-0.11 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -68.3%-65.8%-33.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -13.6%-16.9%-18.2% -1.8%
52-week high $6.42$47.23$135.58 $779.14
52-week low $3.10$34.96$92.16 $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.

MultipleICTSFNSSCBCO
P/E now vs peer median -14.0xmedian 21.9x 32.5xmedian 21.9x 25.4xmedian 21.9x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 0.9x 6.9xmedian 0.9x 0.8xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 12.2x 26.5xmedian 12.2x 8.4xmedian 12.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median -6.3xmedian 14.3x 23.7xmedian 14.3x 11.6xmedian 14.3x
P/B now vs peer median -9.8xmedian 2.3x 7.3xmedian 2.3x 10.3xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.02 1.83median 1.02 1.11median 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 monthsICTSFNSSCBCO
Revenue – $202.32M $5.48B
Gross profit – $119.79M $1.45B
Operating income – $45.64M $576.00M
Net income – $43.03M $191.00M
Free cash flow – $59.23M $393.60M
R&D – $13.79M –
EPS (diluted) – $1.20 $4.36
Cash & equivalents $16.89M $126.93M $1.66B
Total debt $25.53M – $4.59B
Shares (diluted) 36.18M 35.89M 41.50M
Enterprise value $95.20M $922.89M -$1.83B

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
MetricICTSFNSSCBCO
P/E -14.0x 32.5x 25.4x
P/FCF -6.3x 23.7x 11.6x
P/Operating cash flow – 23.0x 8.1x
P/S 0.4x 6.9x 0.8x
P/B -9.8x 7.3x 10.3x
P/Tangible book -9.8x 7.5x 51.4x
EV/EBITDA – 26.5x 8.4x
EV/EBIT – 27.7x 13.0x
EV/Revenue – 6.3x 1.4x
EV/FCF – 21.4x 19.1x
EV/Operating cash flow – 20.7x 13.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.83 1.11

Growth

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

Profitability

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

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricICTSFNSSCBCO
Debt / assets 4.7% – 62.6%
Debt / equity -0.4x – 10.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 3.3x
Debt / FCF – – 11.7x
Liabilities / assets 112.8% 20.0% 94.0%
Equity / assets -12.8% 80.0% 6.0%
Interest coverage – – 2.3x
Current ratio 1.8x 4.9x 1.6x
Quick ratio 1.6x 4.1x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.6x 3.2x 0.8x
Altman Z-score – 21.28 1.67

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricICTSFNSSCBCO
Dividend yield – 1.6% 0.9%
Net buyback yield – 0.0% 2.4%
Shareholder yield – 1.5% 3.3%
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.

ConsensusICTSFNSSCBCO
Forward P/E – 24.4xFY2027 13.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $1.61FY2027 $8.02FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +0.6%FY2027 -0.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +19.3% +24.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $208.17MFY2027 $5.22BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +2.9%FY2027 -0.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +9.1% +4.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersICTSFNSSCBCO
Held by institutions – 100.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 259 359
Change in shares held, QoQ – +4.2% +12.1%
Institutions buying – 136 182
Institutions selling – 89 122
Buyers to sellers – 1.53 1.49

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.

ICTSFNSSCBCO
ICTSF 1.00 0.02 0.11
NSSC 0.02 1.00 0.20
BCO 0.11 0.20 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ICTSF, NSSC and BCO?

Brinks (BCO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Icts International N V (ICTSF) $207.76M, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) $1.41B, Brinks (BCO) $4.44B.

Which stock is cheaper, ICTSF, NSSC and BCO?

Brinks (BCO) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Icts International N V (ICTSF) -14.0x, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 32.7x, Brinks (BCO) 24.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Brinks (BCO) is cheapest (Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 24.4x, Brinks (BCO) 13.8x). 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: Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) +11.4%, Brinks (BCO) +8.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

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

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Icts International N V (ICTSF) returned the most: Icts International N V (ICTSF) +27.6%, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) -11.0%, Brinks (BCO) -3.9%. Over five years, Brinks (BCO) compounded fastest (Icts International N V (ICTSF) -6.6%/yr, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) +10.9%/yr, Brinks (BCO) +11.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 0.00%, Brinks (BCO) 0.01%. Icts International N V (ICTSF) and Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Brinks (BCO) has been the steadiest (Icts International N V (ICTSF) 79.1%, Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 40.9%, Brinks (BCO) 34.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Brinks (BCO) 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.