BrightView Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BV - Free Report) - Analysts at William Blair cut their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for BrightView in a research note issued on Wednesday, July 2nd. William Blair analyst T. Mulrooney now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.03 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.04. The consensus estimate for BrightView's current full-year earnings is $0.73 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for BrightView's Q2 2026 earnings at $0.10 EPS.
Other research analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Loop Capital decreased their price objective on BrightView from $21.00 to $20.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Wall Street Zen cut BrightView from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, June 6th. Finally, Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on BrightView from $20.00 to $19.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $17.27.
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BrightView Stock Up 3.6%
Shares of NYSE:BV traded up $0.54 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $15.69. 1,027,237 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 605,290. The company has a quick ratio of 1.42, a current ratio of 1.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63. The company has a market cap of $1.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.31 and a beta of 1.27. BrightView has a one year low of $11.81 and a one year high of $18.89. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $15.64 and its 200-day simple moving average is $14.79.
BrightView (NYSE:BV - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 7th. The company reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.12 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $662.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $643.29 million. BrightView had a return on equity of 8.29% and a net margin of 1.65%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 1.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.11 earnings per share.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On BrightView
A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Strs Ohio bought a new stake in BrightView during the 1st quarter worth $537,000. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC lifted its holdings in BrightView by 20.0% during the 1st quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 171,074 shares of the company's stock worth $2,197,000 after buying an additional 28,491 shares during the period. Optimize Financial Inc lifted its holdings in BrightView by 31.7% during the 1st quarter. Optimize Financial Inc now owns 17,680 shares of the company's stock worth $227,000 after buying an additional 4,260 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC lifted its holdings in BrightView by 2.1% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 508,421 shares of the company's stock worth $6,528,000 after buying an additional 10,236 shares during the period. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its holdings in BrightView by 11.3% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,658,306 shares of the company's stock worth $21,293,000 after buying an additional 167,966 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 92.41% of the company's stock.
Insider Activity
In related news, major shareholder Kkr Group Partnership L.P. sold 11,600,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, June 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $14.40, for a total transaction of $167,040,000.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 21,533,123 shares in the company, valued at $310,076,971.20. The trade was a 35.01% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders own 2.20% of the company's stock.
BrightView Company Profile
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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.
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