Critical Contrast: BrightView (BV) and Its Peers

BrightView (NYSE:BV) is one of 60 publicly-traded companies in the “BUSINESS SVCS” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare BrightView to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

BrightView has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightView’s peers have a beta of 2.50, meaning that their average stock price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

92.4% of BrightView shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.3% of shares of all “BUSINESS SVCS” companies are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of BrightView shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of shares of all “BUSINESS SVCS” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares BrightView and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
BrightView	$2.77 billion	$66.40 million	-784.50
BrightView Competitors	$4.52 billion	$148.30 million	1.54

BrightView’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than BrightView. 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for BrightView and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BrightView	2	1	5	1	2.56
BrightView Competitors	197	1103	1851	77	2.56

BrightView presently has a consensus price target of $17.27, indicating a potential upside of 10.08%. As a group, “BUSINESS SVCS” companies have a potential upside of 7.56%. Given BrightView’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe BrightView is more favorable than its peers.

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	1.65%	8.29%	3.14%
BrightView Competitors	2.14%	-161.22%	1.26%

Summary

BrightView peers beat BrightView on 8 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.