Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Our common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “BCO.” As of February 26, 2024, there were 1,004 shareholders of record of common stock. The number of record holders does not include beneficial owners of our securities whose shares are held in the names of various security brokers, dealers and registered clearing agencies.
Share Repurchase Program
On November 2, 2023, our Board of Directors authorized a $500 million share repurchase program that expires on December 31, 2025 (the “2023 Repurchase Program”).
Under the 2023 Repurchase Program, we are not obligated to repurchase any specific dollar amount or number of shares. The.timing and volume of share repurchases may be executed at the discretion of management on an opportunistic basis, or pursuant to trading plans or other arrangements. Share repurchases under the 2023 Repurchase Program may be made in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise.
In October 2021, we announced that our Board of Directors authorized a $250 million share repurchase program (the "2021 Repurchase Program"). Under the 2021 Repurchase Program, in 2023, we repurchased a total of 2,297,955 shares of our common stock for an aggregate of $169.9 million and an average price of $73.92 per share. In 2022, we repurchased a total of 948,395 shares of our common stock for an aggregate of $52.2 million and an average price of $55.01 per share. These shares were retired upon repurchase. The 2021 Repurchase Program expired on December 31, 2023 with approximately $28 million remaining available.
Our Board of Directors previously authorized a $250 million repurchase program (the “2020 Repurchase Program”) in February 2020.
Under the 2020 Repurchase Program, we entered into three accelerated share repurchase arrangements (each, an "ASR") with a financial institution. In each case, in exchange for an upfront payment at the beginning of each purchase period, the financial institution delivered to us shares of our common stock. The shares received were retired in the period they were delivered to us, and the upfront payment was accounted for as a reduction to shareholders' equity in the consolidated balance sheet. For purposes of calculating earnings per share, we reported each ASR as a repurchase of our common stock and as a forward contract indexed to our common stock. Each ASR met the applicable criteria for equity classification, and, as a result, none were accounted for as a derivative instrument.
Below is a summary of each ASR entered into under the 2020 Repurchase Program:
Upfront Payment Shares Received Average Repurchase Price
August 2020 $ 50,000,000 849,978 $ 58.83
September 2020 — 246,676 —
$ 50,000,000 1,096,654 $ 45.59
August 2021 $ 50,000,000 524,315 $ 95.36
September 2021 — 131,384 —
$ 50,000,000 655,699 $ 76.25
November 2021 (a)
$ 150,000,000 1,742,160 $ 86.10
April 2022 (a)
— 546,993 —
$ 150,000,000 2,289,153 $ 65.53
$ 250,000,000 4,041,506 $ 61.86
(a) We received 1,742,160 shares in November 2021. Under this ASR, the purchase period had a scheduled termination date of June 1, 2022, although the financial institution was eligible to early terminate the ASR after January 31, 2022. In April 2022, the financial institution early terminated this ASR and we received additional 546,993 shares.
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The following table provides information about common stock repurchases by the Company during the quarter then ended December 31, 2023.
Period
(a) Total Number of Shares Purchased
(b) Average Price Paid per Share (c) Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (1)
(d) Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares that May Yet be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (1)
October 1 through
October 31, 2023 306,508 $70.71 306,508 $ 70,449,787
November 1 through
November 30, 2023 298,380 $74.09 604,888 48,343,349
December 1 through
December 31, 2023 239,494 $85.08 844,382 27,967,551
(1) On October 27, 2021, the Company's Board of Directors approved a $250 million share repurchase program that expired on December 31, 2023, with approximately $28 million remaining under the program.
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The following graph compares the cumulative 5-year total return provided to shareholders of The Brink’s Company’s common stock compared to the cumulative total returns of the S&P Midcap 400 index and the common stocks of a selected peer group of companies. Given our unique service offerings, we do not believe that any single published industry index is appropriate for comparing shareholder return. Therefore, the peer group used in the performance graph combines publicly traded companies in the logistics services industry that have similar operational characteristics, such as route-based delivery of services. The companies included in the peer group are Cintas Corporation, Iron Mountain, Inc., Euronet Worldwide, Inc., Stericycle, Inc., UniFirst Corporation and Waste Management, Inc.
The graph tracks the performance of a $100 investment in our common stock and in each index from December 31, 2018, through December 31, 2023. The performance of The Brink’s Company’s common stock assumes that the shareholder reinvested all dividends received during the period.
*$100 invested on 12/31/18 in stock or index, including reinvestment of dividends
Fiscal Year ending December 31.
Source: Zacks Investment Research, Inc.
Comparison of Five-Year Cumulative Total Return (a)
Years Ended December 31,
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
The Brink's Company $ 100.00 141.27 113.61 104.52 86.75 143.83
S&P MidCap 400 Index 100.00 126.20 143.44 178.95 155.58 181.15
Peer Group 100.00 138.62 154.49 204.70 198.74 246.80
(a) For the line designated as “The Brink’s Company” the graph depicts the cumulative return on $100 invested in The Brink’s Company’s common stock at December 31, 2018. The cumulative return for each index is measured on an annual basis for the periods from December 31, 2018, through December 31, 2023, with the value of each index set to $100 on December 31, 2018. Total return assumes reinvestment of dividends. We chose the S&P Midcap 400 Index and our custom peer group as we are included in the S&P Midcap 400 Index, and we believe the custom peer group has more similar characteristics to our company for the factors noted above.
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