What is William Blair's Forecast for BrightView Q3 Earnings?

BrightView Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BV - Free Report) - Analysts at William Blair upped their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of BrightView in a research report issued on Wednesday, July 2nd. William Blair analyst T. Mulrooney now forecasts that the company will earn $0.29 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.26. The consensus estimate for BrightView's current full-year earnings is $0.73 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for BrightView's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.28 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $0.70 EPS.

BrightView (NYSE:BV - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 7th. The company reported $0.14 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.12 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $662.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $643.29 million. BrightView had a return on equity of 8.29% and a net margin of 1.65%. The business's revenue was down 1.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.11 earnings per share.

BV has been the subject of several other research reports. Robert W. Baird lowered their price objective on shares of BrightView from $20.00 to $19.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Wall Street Zen cut shares of BrightView from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, June 6th. Finally, Loop Capital dropped their price objective on shares of BrightView from $21.00 to $20.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, BrightView presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $17.27.

BrightView Price Performance

Shares of BrightView stock traded up $0.54 during trading on Friday, reaching $15.69. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,027,237 shares, compared to its average volume of 605,290. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $15.68 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $14.78. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.15 and a beta of 1.27. The company has a current ratio of 1.42, a quick ratio of 1.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63. BrightView has a one year low of $11.81 and a one year high of $18.89.

Institutional Trading of BrightView

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. First Trust Advisors LP bought a new stake in BrightView in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $3,388,000. Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of BrightView in the 4th quarter valued at $1,727,000. Deutsche Bank AG raised its stake in BrightView by 71.1% during the 4th quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 45,086 shares of the company's stock worth $721,000 after buying an additional 18,742 shares during the period. Trexquant Investment LP lifted its holdings in BrightView by 38.8% during the fourth quarter. Trexquant Investment LP now owns 334,859 shares of the company's stock worth $5,354,000 after acquiring an additional 93,551 shares in the last quarter. Finally, MetLife Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in BrightView by 6.9% during the fourth quarter. MetLife Investment Management LLC now owns 35,505 shares of the company's stock worth $568,000 after acquiring an additional 2,277 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.41% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity at BrightView

In related news, major shareholder Kkr Group Partnership L.P. sold 11,600,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $14.40, for a total value of $167,040,000.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 21,533,123 shares in the company, valued at $310,076,971.20. This represents a 35.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 2.20% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.