Comparing Wolters Kluwer (OTCMKTS:WTKWY) and BrightView (NYSE:BV)

BrightView (NYSE:BV) and Wolters Kluwer (OTCMKTS:WTKWY) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

92.4% of BrightView shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Wolters Kluwer shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of BrightView shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for BrightView and Wolters Kluwer, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BrightView	1	1	4	0	2.50
Wolters Kluwer	0	0	1	1	3.50

BrightView presently has a consensus target price of $17.98, indicating a potential upside of 31.77%. Given BrightView’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe BrightView is more favorable than Wolters Kluwer.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BrightView and Wolters Kluwer”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BrightView	$2.77 billion	0.47	$66.40 million	$0.03	454.83
Wolters Kluwer	$6.40 billion	4.90	$1.17 billion	N/A	N/A

Wolters Kluwer has higher revenue and earnings than BrightView.

Volatility & Risk

BrightView has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wolters Kluwer has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares BrightView and Wolters Kluwer’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BrightView	2.00%	8.76%	3.33%
Wolters Kluwer	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

BrightView beats Wolters Kluwer on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Wolters Kluwer

Wolters Kluwer N.V. provides professional information, software solutions, and services in the Netherlands, rest of Europe, the United States, Canada, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates through Health; Tax & Accounting; Financial & Corporate Compliance; Legal & Regulatory; and Corporate Performance & ESG segments. The Health segment offers clinical technology and evidence-based solutions that drive effective decision-making and improved outcomes across healthcare. It serves hospitals, healthcare organizations, clinicians, students, schools, libraries, payers, life sciences, and pharmacies. The Tax & Accounting segment offers solutions that help tax, accounting, and audit professionals to drive productivity, navigate change, and deliver better outcomes. It serves accounting firms, tax and auditing departments, businesses of all sizes, government agencies, libraries, and universities. The Financial & Corporate Compliance segment offers solutions for legal entity compliance and banking product compliance. It serves corporations, small businesses, law firms, banks, non-bank lenders, credit unions, insurers, and securities firms. The Legal & Regulatory segment provides information, insights, and workflow solutions for changing regulatory obligations, managing risk, and increasing efficiency. It provides solutions for legal and compliance professionals in law firms, corporate legal departments, universities, and government organizations. The Corporate Performance & ESG segment offers enterprise software to drive financial and sustainability performance and manage risks, meet reporting requirements, improve safety and productivity, and reduce environmental impact. It serves corporate finance, audit, planning, risk, environmental, health and safety, operational risk management, and sustainability professionals in corporations, banks, and governments. Wolters Kluwer N.V. was founded in 1836 and is based in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands.