BrightView (NYSE:BV) versus Millennium Prime (OTCMKTS:MLMN) Critical Survey

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

Risk and Volatility

Millennium Prime has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightView has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Millennium Prime and BrightView’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Millennium Prime	N/A	N/A	N/A
BrightView	1.90%	7.85%	2.98%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Millennium Prime and BrightView”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Millennium Prime	N/A	N/A	-$30,000.00	N/A	N/A
BrightView	$2.67 billion	0.42	$56.00 million	($0.02)	-594.75

BrightView has higher revenue and earnings than Millennium Prime.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Millennium Prime and BrightView, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Millennium Prime	0	0	0	0	0.00
BrightView	3	2	2	2	2.33

BrightView has a consensus price target of $14.68, indicating a potential upside of 23.44%. Given BrightView’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BrightView is more favorable than Millennium Prime.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

92.4% of BrightView shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.4% of Millennium Prime shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of BrightView shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

BrightView beats Millennium Prime on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Millennium Prime

Millennium Prime, Inc. develops, acquires, and markets lifestyle brands and products for the Millennial marketplace. It focuses on marketing products in the areas of beverage, apparel, and general merchandise. Millennium Prime, Inc. was formerly known as Genio Group, Inc. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in Miami Beach, Florida.

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.