Stocks · Industrials · Specialty Business Services
BrightView Holdings, Inc. BV
$10.28 +1.18% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $958.1M
Weak trend
Next earnings report: Nov 18, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 3.1× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The diluted share count fell 4.8% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 24%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 7%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 24%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 48%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 34%
- Gross marginBottom 31%
- Operating marginBottom 36%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 7%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 34%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 30%
- Interest coverBottom 38%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 27%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 22%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 4%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 10%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 23%
- 6-month returnBottom 29%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 21%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 38%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 14%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 43%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 33%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 36%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 43%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 34%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 30%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -0.0% | 1.5% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 23.2% | 21.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 4.9% | 3.7% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 1.2% | -0.9% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 1.5% | -0.0% | ↑ | Bottom 24% |
| Gross margin | 21.0% | 23.2% | ↓ | Bottom 31% |
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 4.9% | ↓ | Bottom 36% |
| Net margin | 0.4% | 2.0% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -0.9% | 1.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 2.1% | — | Bottom 34% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -1.2% | — | Bottom 24% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -0.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.08×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 5.36%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.36%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -4.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -55.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $14.88
- Target vs current price
- +44.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 13
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 54%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | -40.6% | -2.7% | -16.4% | -17.6% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +12.5% | +1.6% | +12.2% | +3.3% | +13.5% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | -176.9% | -1.1% | -2.5% | -2.2% | -14.5% |
| Nov 19, 2025 | -14.9% | -0.3% | +5.1% | +8.3% | +14.5% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -9.1% | +1.0% | -6.1% | -11.4% | -22.3% |
| May 7, 2025 | +16.7% | +1.3% | +16.3% | +9.5% | +7.8% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | +0.0% | +0.0% | -9.0% | -22.3% | -12.9% |
| Nov 13, 2024 | -3.2% | -0.7% | -14.0% | -6.3% | -20.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $0.17 | $0.29 | -40.6% | $717.6M |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.09 | $0.08 | +12.5% | $702.9M |
| Feb 3, 2026 | -$0.01 | $0.01 | -176.9% | $614.7M |
| Nov 19, 2025 | $0.27 | $0.32 | -14.9% | $702.8M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.30 | $0.33 | -9.1% | $708.3M |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.14 | $0.12 | +16.7% | $662.6M |
| Feb 5, 2025 | $0.04 | $0.04 | +0.0% | $599.2M |
| Nov 13, 2024 | $0.30 | $0.31 | -3.2% | $728.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 20.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.2× | — | — | Top 4% |
| EV / Sales | 0.70× | — | — | Top 10% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -2.56% | — | — | Bottom 22% |
| Earnings yield | -2.36% | — | — | Bottom 27% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 29.5× – 263.9× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -11.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -9.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -18.0%
- RSI (14)
- 39.9
- Relative volume
- 1.02×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 54.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 95th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.88
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.39
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -30.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -47.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2021 | Apr 26, 2023 | -72.4% | 501 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 25, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -12.0% | 4 days | 15 days (Feb 22, 2021) |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -10.8% | 14 days | 8 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Nov 24, 2020 | Dec 3, 2020 | -10.3% | 6 days | 16 days (Dec 28, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $958.1M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.24
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.74B
- 52-week range
- $9.82 – $15.00
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.55B | $2.77B | $2.82B | $2.77B | $2.67B |
| Gross profit | $650.8M | $674.8M | $678.9M | $645.6M | $621.7M |
| Operating income | $90.5M | $88.4M | $101.0M | $156.9M | $134.6M |
| Net income | $46.3M | $14.0M | -$7.7M | $66.4M | $56.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.44 | $0.14 | -$0.08 | $0.20 | $0.57 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $728.7M | $599.2M | $662.6M | $708.3M | $702.8M | $614.7M | $702.9M | $717.6M |
| Net income | $25.6M | -$10.4M | $6.4M | $32.3M | $27.7M | -$15.2M | $1.7M | -$2.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.00 | -$0.20 | -$0.03 | $0.15 | $0.12 | -$0.26 | -$0.07 | -$0.03 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $148.4M | $106.9M | $129.9M | $205.6M | $291.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$61.2M | -$107.3M | -$71.3M | -$78.4M | -$254.2M |
| Free cash flow | $87.2M | -$400,000 | $58.6M | $127.2M | $37.6M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$100,000 | -$162.2M | -$1.0M | -$100,000 | -$21.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $14.4M
- Total assets
- $3.41B
- Total liabilities
- $1.67B
- Total debt
- $963.4M
- Net debt
- $949.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.74B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,692,726
- Days to cover
- 4.06
- Change vs previous report
- -3.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.