Brink's
BCO · Security & Alarm Services
$111.27
0.0%Snap-on
SNA · Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components
$357.02
0.2%The short version
- Brink's is the larger business, with $5.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $5.2B for Snap-on.
- Brink's grew revenue faster (5.0%, against 0.9%).
- Snap-on kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (25.8% operating margin, against 11.1% operating margin).
- Snap-on turned more of its sales into free cash flow (19.5% FCF margin, against 8.3% FCF margin).
- Snap-on earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (19.2%, against 11.4%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Brink's’s earnings: a P/E of 25.8x against 18.6x for Snap-on.
| Latest fiscal year | BCO · FY25 | SNA · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $4.6B | $18.7B |
| Revenue | $5.3B | $5.2B |
| Free cash flow | $436M | $1.0B |
| Net income | $200M | $1.0B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 5.0% | 0.9% |
| 5-year growth | 7.4% | 5.5% |
| Share count change | −5.1% | −0.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 25.8% | — |
| Operating margin | 11.1% | 25.8% |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 19.7% |
| FCF margin | 8.3% | 19.5% |
| Return on capital | 11.4% | 19.2% |
| Return on equity | — | 18.0% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $2.7B | −$421M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.1x | −0.3x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $252M | $791M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 25.8x | 18.6x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 6 |
FY16
BCO $3.0B
SNA $3.7B
FY17
BCO $3.3B
SNA $4.0B
FY18
BCO $3.5B
SNA $4.1B
FY19
BCO $3.7B
SNA $4.1B
FY20
BCO $3.7B
SNA $3.9B
FY21
BCO $4.2B
SNA $4.6B
FY22
BCO $4.5B
SNA $4.8B
FY23
BCO $4.9B
SNA $5.1B
FY24
BCO $5.0B
SNA $5.1B
FY25
BCO $5.3B
SNA $5.2B
BCO
SNA
FY16
BCO 6.1%
SNA 23.2%
FY17
BCO 8.2%
SNA 22.1%
FY18
BCO 7.9%
SNA 23.5%
FY19
BCO 6.4%
SNA 23.7%
FY20
BCO 5.8%
SNA 22.3%
FY21
BCO 8.4%
SNA 24.4%
FY22
BCO 8.0%
SNA 24.9%
FY23
BCO 8.7%
SNA 25.7%
FY24
BCO 9.0%
SNA 26.3%
FY25
BCO 11.1%
SNA 25.8%
BCO
SNA
FY16
BCO $78.1M
SNA $502M
FY17
BCO $122M
SNA $527M
FY18
BCO $209M
SNA $674M
FY19
BCO $204M
SNA $575M
FY20
BCO $199M
SNA $943M
FY21
BCO $310M
SNA $897M
FY22
BCO $297M
SNA $591M
FY23
BCO $500M
SNA $1.1B
FY24
BCO $204M
SNA $1.1B
FY25
BCO $436M
SNA $1.0B
BCO
SNA
FY16
BCO 13.6%
SNA 17.7%
FY17
BCO 15.4%
SNA 16.2%
FY18
BCO 11.4%
SNA 18.0%
FY19
BCO 8.0%
SNA 17.4%
FY20
BCO 5.9%
SNA —
FY21
BCO 7.7%
SNA —
FY22
BCO 10.6%
SNA 19.6%
FY23
BCO 7.0%
SNA 19.9%
FY24
BCO 9.9%
SNA 19.9%
FY25
BCO 11.4%
SNA 19.2%
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