Q1 Earnings Forecast for BrightView Issued By William Blair

BrightView Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BV) – Equities research analysts at William Blair cut their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of BrightView in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, July 2nd. William Blair analyst T. Mulrooney now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.03 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate 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.

BrightView (NYSE:BV) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May 7th. The company reported $0.14 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.12 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $662.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $643.29 million. BrightView had a net margin of 1.65% and a return on equity of 8.29%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.11 EPS.

BV has been the subject of several other reports. Robert W. Baird dropped their target price on BrightView from $20.00 to $19.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Wall Street Zen raised BrightView from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday. Finally, Loop Capital reduced their price target on BrightView from $21.00 to $20.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, BrightView presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $17.27.

BrightView Stock Performance

BrightView stock opened at $15.69 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.50 billion, a P/E ratio of -784.11 and a beta of 1.27. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $15.71 and a 200 day moving average price of $14.77. BrightView has a 52 week low of $11.81 and a 52 week high of $18.89. The company has a current ratio of 1.42, a quick ratio of 1.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other 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 stock was sold at an average price of $14.40, for a total transaction of $167,040,000.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 21,533,123 shares in the company, valued at approximately $310,076,971.20. This represents a 35.01% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 2.20% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of BrightView

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Cooke & Bieler LP increased its position in BrightView by 38.2% in the 1st quarter. Cooke & Bieler LP now owns 2,515,610 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,300,000 after acquiring an additional 695,315 shares during the period. Interval Partners LP acquired a new position in shares of BrightView in the 4th quarter valued at $10,728,000. Newtyn Management LLC boosted its position in shares of BrightView by 30.5% in the 1st quarter. Newtyn Management LLC now owns 2,300,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,532,000 after purchasing an additional 538,111 shares during the period. Millennium Management LLC boosted its position in shares of BrightView by 54.2% in the first quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 1,456,682 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,704,000 after buying an additional 512,098 shares during the period. Finally, Boston Partners boosted its position in shares of BrightView by 514.6% in the fourth quarter. Boston Partners now owns 579,159 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,260,000 after buying an additional 484,928 shares during the period. 92.41% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.