BrightView Holdings

Specialty Business Services · Industrials

Price

$11.30

+0.15 (+1.35%)

Market Cap

$1.05B

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Weak

Growth

Weak

Cash Flow

Good

Stability

Good

Valuation

Data not available

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Share count falling — buybacks

−7.5% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 105.7M (2021) → 97.7M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

BrightView Holdings is the largest commercial landscaping company in the United States. It mows, plants, trims, and maintains outdoor spaces for businesses, hospitals, universities, sports stadiums, and government properties. The company also handles snow removal and landscape construction, such as installing new lawns, trees, and irrigation systems.

BrightView earns money by charging clients recurring service contracts for ongoing maintenance, plus project-based fees for one-time construction work. It operates across the U.S. with roughly 22,000 employees and hundreds of branch locations, giving it a scale advantage that smaller local landscapers cannot easily match. However, the business has thin profit margins, heavy reliance on labor, and faces pressure from rising wages and fuel costs — all of which make it difficult to consistently grow earnings even as revenue increases.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+1.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-118.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

26.6%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~2 months

$14M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

BrightView Holdings has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

21.2%

Thin — 21.2% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

4.5%

Thin — 4.5% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

3.9%

Weak — 3.9% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+1.5%

Nearly flat sales (+1.5% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

1866%

Turns 1866% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

-0.9%

Burning cash (-0.9%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.51

Conservative — low debt load (0.51)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

1.82x

Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.8x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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