BrightView Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BV) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” from Analysts

Shares of BrightView Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BV) have earned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the seven research firms that are covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have issued a hold recommendation and three have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $15.90.

A number of analysts have commented on BV shares. Zacks Research raised shares of BrightView from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 4th. Robert W. Baird reduced their price target on BrightView from $19.00 to $15.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price objective on BrightView from $13.50 to $10.50 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Morgan Stanley cut their target price on BrightView from $16.00 to $12.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut BrightView from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, August 9th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of BV. IFP Advisors Inc grew its holdings in BrightView by 54.2% during the second quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 2,385 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,000 after purchasing an additional 838 shares during the period. Creative Planning raised its holdings in BrightView by 3.9% in the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 22,841 shares of the company’s stock worth $380,000 after purchasing an additional 858 shares during the period. Redmond Asset Management LLC boosted its position in shares of BrightView by 0.5% during the third quarter. Redmond Asset Management LLC now owns 172,478 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,311,000 after purchasing an additional 871 shares in the last quarter. CWM LLC grew its holdings in shares of BrightView by 58.7% in the 1st quarter. CWM LLC now owns 3,418 shares of the company’s stock valued at $44,000 after buying an additional 1,264 shares during the period. Finally, Anchor Capital Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of BrightView by 2.0% in the 3rd quarter. Anchor Capital Advisors LLC now owns 69,777 shares of the company’s stock valued at $935,000 after buying an additional 1,355 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 92.41% of the company’s stock.

BrightView Stock Performance

BrightView stock opened at $12.62 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $1.20 billion, a PE ratio of 315.50 and a beta of 1.29. The company has a current ratio of 1.29, a quick ratio of 1.30 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61. BrightView has a 1 year low of $11.06 and a 1 year high of $18.08. The company’s 50-day moving average is $12.75 and its two-hundred day moving average is $14.49.

BrightView (NYSE:BV) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The company reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.32 by ($0.05). The business had revenue of $702.80 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $718.03 million. BrightView had a return on equity of 8.43% and a net margin of 2.10%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.30 EPS. BrightView has set its FY 2026 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that BrightView will post 0.73 earnings per share for the current year.

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.