---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000078890-24-000171"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BCO"
cik: "0000078890"
company_name: "BRINKS CO"
filed_at: "2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T14:43:42.991654+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brink's Q1 GAAP net income up 229% to $49M; record revenue $1.236B; reaffirms FY guidance

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $1.09, up 263% YoY; non-GAAP EPS $1.52, up 20% YoY.
- Record Q1 revenue $1,236M (+4% total, +12% organic); adjusted EBITDA $218M (+15%).
- TTM GAAP net cash from ops $800M (+56%); non-GAAP free cash flow $363M (+61%).
- All segments posted organic revenue growth; AMS and DRS combined organic growth 18% YoY.
- FY 2024 guidance reaffirmed: revenue $5,075-5,225M, adj. EBITDA $935-985M, EPS $7.30-8.00.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000078890-24-000171
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BCO
- cik: 0000078890
- company_name: BRINKS CO
- filed_at: 2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78890/000007889024000171/0000078890-24-000171-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78890/000007889024000171/bco-20240508.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BRINKS CO reported the first quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: revenue $1,236, net income $49, EPS $1.09. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the first quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Revenue: $1,236
  - Net income: $49
  - EPS: $1.09
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: summarized in the following table: (In millions, except for per share amounts) First-Quarter 2024 (vs. 2023) GAAP Change Non-GAAP Change Constant Currency Change (b) Revenue $ 1,236 4% $ 1,236 4% 12% Operating Profit $ 121 52% $ 145 14% 37% Operating Margin 9.8 % 310 bps 11.7 % 100 bps 240 bps Net Income / Adjusted EBITDA (a) $ 49 229% $ 218 15% 30% EPS $
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78890/000007889024000171/0000078890-24-000171-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.