NSSC vs BCO vs JCI Stock Comparison

Napco Security Technologies, Brinks and Johnson Controls International Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BCO Brinks Co
$107.32 +5.3% 1M -3.5% 1Y
Market cap
$4.42B
P/E
24.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.48B
Div. yield
0.96%
Security Services Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Johnson Controls International leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Johnson Controls International 6, Napco Security Technologies 4, Brinks 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNSSCBCOJCILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.15B $4.42B $88.72B JCI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.6x 24.6x 24.9x BCO
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.9x 13.4x 22.9x BCO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.4% +8.1% +6.8% NSSC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 21.3% 3.3% 14.3% NSSC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 6.9% 10.5% JCI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.3x 2.3x JCI
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.90% 0.96% 1.09% NSSC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -27.3% -3.5% +28.0% JCI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +7.0%/yr +9.2%/yr +15.1%/yr JCI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 45.4% 35.2% 32.4% JCI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 54/100 44/100 NSSC

Percentile Scorecard

NSSCBCOJCI

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

AxisNSSCBCOJCI
Valuation 38 #70 of 113 68 #37 of 113 13 #48 of 55
Growth 81 #19 of 97 63 #37 of 97 88 #7 of 51
Profitability 100 #1 of 93 71 #28 of 93 62 #20 of 51
Financial Health 96 #6 of 126 26 #94 of 126 26 #44 of 59
Shareholder Returns 20 #54 of 67 46 #37 of 67 33 #28 of 41
Overall 67 54 44
  • NSSC ranked among 131 companies in Business Services
  • BCO ranked among 131 companies in Business Services
  • JCI ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNSSCBCOJCISPY
1 month -11.3%+5.3%-6.3% -2.3%
3 months -15.7%-7.1%+0.0% -0.7%
6 months -19.0%+2.8%+1.4% +4.8%
Year to date -23.0%-8.1%+22.3% +10.3%
1 year -27.3%-3.5%+28.0% +10.3%
3 years +70.8%+51.3%+184.5% +73.0%
3 years, per year +19.5%+14.8%+41.7% +20.1%
5 years +40.2%+55.0%+102.1% +61.9%
5 years, per year +7.0%+9.2%+15.1% +10.1%
10 years +810.6%+178.0%+254.2% +258.6%
10 years, per year +24.7%+10.8%+13.5% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureNSSCBCOJCISPY
Volatility, 1Y 45.4%35.2%32.4% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 51.5%35.4%33.9% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.280.681.22 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.60-0.100.86 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -65.8%-33.5%-43.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -32.0%-20.8%-7.7% -3.5%
52-week high $47.23$135.58$158.77 $779.14
52-week low $32.10$92.16$110.85 $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.

MultipleNSSCBCOJCI
P/E now vs peer median 26.6xmedian 21.8x 24.6xmedian 21.8x 24.9xmedian 21.6x
P/S now vs peer median 5.7xmedian 0.9x 0.8xmedian 0.9x 3.5xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 21.1xmedian 12.3x 8.2xmedian 12.3x 25.9xmedian 13.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 19.4xmedian 14.2x 11.2xmedian 14.2x 28.0xmedian 17.4x
P/B now vs peer median 6.0xmedian 2.4x 10.0xmedian 2.4x 6.6xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 1.49median 1.00 1.08median 1.00 1.00median 1.00

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 monthsNSSCBCOJCI
Revenue $202.32M $5.48B $25.00B
Gross profit $119.79M $1.45B $9.16B
Operating income $45.64M $576.00M $2.99B
Net income $43.03M $191.00M $3.58B
Free cash flow $59.23M $393.60M $3.17B
R&D $13.79M – –
EPS (diluted) $1.20 $4.36 $5.87
Cash & equivalents $126.93M $1.66B $641.00M
Total debt – $4.59B $9.48B
Shares (diluted) 35.89M 41.50M 610.00M
Enterprise value $664.51M -$1.72B $86.49B

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
MetricNSSCBCOJCI
P/E 26.6x 24.6x 24.9x
P/FCF 19.4x 11.2x 28.0x
P/Operating cash flow 18.8x 7.9x 25.1x
P/S 5.7x 0.8x 3.5x
P/B 6.0x 10.0x 6.6x
P/Tangible book 6.1x 49.8x 8.9x
EV/EBITDA 21.1x 8.2x 25.9x
EV/EBIT 22.1x 12.8x 32.7x
EV/Revenue 5.0x 1.3x 3.9x
EV/FCF 17.1x 18.7x 30.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 16.5x 13.1x 27.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.49 1.08 1.00

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNSSCBCOJCI
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.4% 8.1% 6.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.0% 5.0% 4.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 18.6% 13.6% 7.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 17.8% 9.3% 5.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -1.3% 22.8% 14.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 14.6% 14.1% 27.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -0.9% 9.8% 60.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 16.6% 15.8% 20.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 0.8% 13.6% 72.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.8% 22.8% 25.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 14.2% -1.9% 20.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 35.3% 1.0% 41.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 15.2% 13.2% 29.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 39.7% 3.5% 56.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNSSCBCOJCI
Gross margin 59.2% 26.4% 36.7%
EBITDA margin 23.6% 16.3% 15.1%
Operating margin 22.6% 10.5% 12.0%
Pretax margin 24.6% 5.9% 10.9%
Net margin 21.3% 3.3% 14.3%
FCF margin 29.3% 7.2% 12.7%
Operating cash flow margin 30.2% 10.2% 14.2%
Return on equity 23.3% 45.7% 27.0%
Return on assets 18.7% 2.6% 9.5%
Return on invested capital – 6.9% 10.5%
Return on capital employed 24.3% 11.0% 11.0%
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.8x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 2.9x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 0.5% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNSSCBCOJCI
Debt / assets – 62.6% 24.4%
Debt / equity – 10.4x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.3x 2.3x
Debt / FCF – 11.7x 3.0x
Liabilities / assets 20.0% 94.0% 65.1%
Equity / assets 80.0% 6.0% 34.9%
Interest coverage – 2.3x –
Current ratio 4.9x 1.6x 1.0x
Quick ratio 4.1x 1.2x 0.9x
Cash ratio 3.2x 0.8x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 18.06 1.66 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNSSCBCOJCI
Dividend yield 1.9% 1.0% 1.1%
Net buyback yield -0.1% 2.5% 6.6%
Shareholder yield 1.8% 3.4% 7.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 22.1% 27.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 10.7% 30.8%
Dividend growth (1Y) – -0.2% -0.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 3.4% 0.2%

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.

ConsensusNSSCBCOJCI
Forward P/E 19.9xFY2027 13.4xFY2026 22.9xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $1.61FY2027 $8.02FY2026 $6.41FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +0.6%FY2027 -0.4%FY2026 +36.6%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +19.3% +24.7% +8.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $208.17MFY2027 $5.22BFY2026 $26.80BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.9%FY2027 -0.8%FY2026 +13.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +9.1% +4.2% +6.3%
NSSC estimates →BCO estimates →JCI estimates →

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNSSCBCOJCI
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 89.5%
Institutions holding 261 360 1,599
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.2% +12.1% -1.1%
Institutions buying 138 182 791
Institutions selling 89 123 558
Buyers to sellers 1.55 1.48 1.42
NSSC holders →BCO holders →JCI 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.

NSSCBCOJCI
NSSC 1.00 0.11 0.31
BCO 0.11 1.00 0.14
JCI 0.31 0.14 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NSSC, BCO and JCI?

Johnson Controls International (JCI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) $1.15B, Brinks (BCO) $4.42B, Johnson Controls International (JCI) $88.72B.

Which stock is cheaper, NSSC, BCO and JCI?

Brinks (BCO) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 26.6x, Brinks (BCO) 24.6x, Johnson Controls International (JCI) 24.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Brinks (BCO) is cheapest (Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 19.9x, Brinks (BCO) 13.4x, Johnson Controls International (JCI) 22.9x). 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%, Johnson Controls International (JCI) +6.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) has the highest net margin (Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 21.3%, Brinks (BCO) 3.3%, Johnson Controls International (JCI) 14.3%). On return on invested capital, Johnson Controls International (JCI) leads (Brinks (BCO) 6.9%, Johnson Controls International (JCI) 10.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Johnson Controls International (JCI) returned the most: Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) -27.3%, Brinks (BCO) -3.5%, Johnson Controls International (JCI) +28.0%. Over five years, Johnson Controls International (JCI) compounded fastest (Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) +7.0%/yr, Brinks (BCO) +9.2%/yr, Johnson Controls International (JCI) +15.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) has the highest dividend yield: Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 1.90%, Brinks (BCO) 0.96%, Johnson Controls International (JCI) 1.09%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Johnson Controls International (JCI) has been the steadiest (Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) 45.4%, Brinks (BCO) 35.2%, Johnson Controls International (JCI) 32.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Johnson Controls International (JCI) leads on 6. 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.