BrightView (BV) & Its Peers Financial Review

BrightView (NYSE:BV) is one of 354 public companies in the “Commercial Services & Supplies” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare BrightView to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability and earnings.

Volatility & Risk

BrightView has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightView’s rivals have a beta of 2.55, suggesting that their average stock price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for BrightView and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BrightView	2	3	3	1	2.33
BrightView Competitors	1899	6239	9019	663	2.47

BrightView currently has a consensus price target of $13.93, indicating a potential upside of 15.28%. As a group, “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies have a potential upside of 9.35%. Given BrightView’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe BrightView is more favorable than its rivals.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares BrightView and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
BrightView	$2.67 billion	$56.00 million	-48.34
BrightView Competitors	$2.44 billion	$140.58 million	14.79

BrightView has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its rivals. BrightView is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares BrightView and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BrightView	0.74%	5.03%	1.87%
BrightView Competitors	-67.40%	-119.18%	-1.34%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

92.4% of BrightView shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of shares of all “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of BrightView shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of shares of all “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

BrightView beats its rivals on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About BrightView

BrightView Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides commercial landscaping services in the United States. It operates through two segments, Maintenance Services and Development Services. The Maintenance Services segment delivers a suite of recurring commercial landscaping services, including mowing, gardening, mulching and snow removal, water management, irrigation maintenance, tree care, golf course maintenance, and specialty turf maintenance. Its customers' properties include corporate and commercial properties, homeowners associations, public parks, hotels and resorts, airport authorities, municipalities, hospitals and other healthcare facilities, educational institutions, restaurants and retail, and golf courses. This segment's customer base includes approximately 8,800 office parks and corporate campuses 7,100 residential communities, and 550 educational institutions. The Development Services segment offers landscape architecture and development services for new facilities and redesign projects. Its services include project design and management services, landscape architecture and installation, irrigation installation, tree moving and installation, pool and water features, sports field, and other services. BrightView Holdings, Inc. also operates as official field consultant to various league baseball. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.