BrightView (BV) versus The Competition Financial Survey

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for BrightView and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BrightView	2	3	3	1	2.33
BrightView Competitors	1910	6252	9042	665	2.47

BrightView currently has a consensus target price of $13.60, indicating a potential upside of 40.61%. As a group, “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies have a potential upside of 10.35%. Given BrightView’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe BrightView is more favorable than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares BrightView and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
BrightView	$2.67 billion	$56.00 million	-38.69
BrightView Competitors	$2.49 billion	$141.50 million	13.13

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

92.4% of BrightView shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.1% of shares of all “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of BrightView shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of shares of all “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

BrightView has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightView’s peers have a beta of 2.50, indicating that their average stock price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares BrightView and its peers’ 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	-49.89%	-119.07%	-1.27%

Summary

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

About BrightView

BrightView Holdings, Inc. provides commercial landscaping services in the United States. Its services include landscape maintenance, design and development, enhancements, and tree care for properties such as corporate campuses, residential communities, and public spaces. The company also provides snow and ice management and related services to help clients maintain their properties throughout the year. BrightView was formed in 2014 through the combination of landscaping businesses Brickman and ValleyCrest.