How does Trendshare evaluate BV as a worked example?

This example shows how we apply the Trendshare checklist to BV: earnings power, cash generation, valuation, and margin of safety. We look at business quality, free cash flow trends, price to earnings, and whether there is a reasonable margin of safety at the current price of 10.25.

BrightView Holdings Stock Price and Value Analysis

BrightView Holdings (NYSE:BV) in our automated value investing analysis, with the cash flow history and price comparison below.

Key Facts

Ticker: BV (NYSE)
Current price: $10.25
Sector: Consumer Defensive
Industry: Farm Products

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BV Free Cash Flow Trend

Free Cash Flow trendline for BV — Free Cash Flow trendline for BrightView Holdings

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Based on historical returns, we believe that BrightView Holdings can grow its free cash at a rate of about 2%. That's positive!

Advantages	Disadvantages	Neutral
This stock is on sale.	This company is less known than others. This company is making money at a modest rate. This company has wild ups and downs.	This company pays no dividend.

Inside the BV Numbers

	BV Price (BrightView Holdings stock price per share)	$10.25
× PE Ratio Versus Sector The PE ratio measures the reported earnings of a company to its current stock price. While earnings are easy to manipulate on the balance sheet, this ratio gives you a sense of what buyers are willing to pay for the stock—what they believe it will do in the future. Comparing a stock's PE to the average PE of companies in its industry gives you a sense of market sentiment about the stock and how well it fares financially. It's not the only number, nor the most important, but comparing similar companies is valuable. A ratio far above or below that of its peers is significant. Industries are more specific than sectors, so companies within most industries are more similar than are companies within an industry. Be aware that the size and customers of companies are important to their prospects. Close ^[?]	PE Ratio versus Sector	672% higher than other Consumer Defensive stocks
× PE Ratio Versus Industry The PE ratio measures the reported earnings of a company to its current stock price. While earnings are easy to manipulate on the balance sheet, this ratio gives you a sense of what buyers are willing to pay for the stock—what they believe it will do in the future. Comparing a stock's PE to the average PE of companies in its sector gives you a sense of market sentiment about the stock and how well it fares financially. It's not the only number, nor the most important, but comparing similar companies is valuable. A ratio far above or below that of its peers is significant. Be aware that sectors are very broad, with many types of companies in the same sector. Close ^[?]	PE Ratio versus Industry	3619% higher than other Farm Products stocks
× Free Cash Flow Jitter The free cash flow jitter of a stock measures how much the company's free cash flow varies from its historical trend, on average. While it's always nice to make more money than you expected, a company with predictable free cash flow is stable and good. A company with wild swings in its free cash flow warrants further research. In general, the lower this number, the better. Close ^[?]	Free Cash Flow Jitter	50%

Insider Activity Summary

In the six months to 2026-11-13, 1 insider bought in 2 trades, about $562 thousand, and no insider sold shares.

The six months before that had 2 buys and 1 sale.

Recent Insider Activity

Open-market buys and sells reported by BrightView Holdings's officers, directors, and 10% owners on SEC Form 4. Routine transactions (tax withholding, option exercises, and stock grants) are excluded -- these are discretionary trades only.

Date	Insider	Type	Shares	Price
2026-08-06	Cornog William L	Buy	40,000	$11.25
2026-08-06	Cornog William L	Buy	10,000	$11.24
2026-02-06	Cornog William L	Buy	5,000	$13.46
2025-12-02	Cornog William L	Buy	10,000	$12.84
2025-12-01	Gottsegen Jonathan Mark (EVP, CLO & Corporate Secretary)	Sell	35,000	$12.62
2025-08-26	Urban Brett Nicholas (Chief Financial Officer)	Sell	62,619	$14.54
2025-08-25	Urban Brett Nicholas (Chief Financial Officer)	Sell	14,800	$14.66
2025-08-25	Orders Amanda Marie (EVP & CHRO)	Sell	70,000	$14.78
2025-03-14	Barker Kurtis T	Buy	40,000	$13.25
2025-02-21	Cornog William L	Buy	10,000	$13.49

This stock has short interest! This means that people have shorted it.

Why does that matter? They've made a bet that price will decrease from where they bought it. Maybe there are financial problems, or maybe there's a value play.

As of the latest analysis, there are 4,151,320 shares shorted. With 66,866,016 shares available for purchase and an average trading volume over the past 10 trading days of 1,496,170, it would take at least 2.8 days for all of the short holders to cover their shorts.

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Calculation Results

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How to use this result: Compare the intrinsic value to the current stock price. If intrinsic value is significantly higher than market price (30-50% margin of safety), the stock may be undervalued. Remember, these are estimates based on your assumptions.

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Free Cash Flow by Fiscal Year

Each year names the SEC filer that reported it, so a change of filer shows up here.

Fiscal year	SEC filer (CIK)	Free cash flow (USD millions)
2016	1734713	36.3
2018	1734713	99.4
2019	1734713	85.7
2020	1734713	168.9
2021	1734713	75.2
2022	1734713	27.4
2023	1734713	53.4
2024	1734713	131.4
2025	1734713	177.3

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Price Versus Our Estimated Value

Free cash flow was positive in all 9 fiscal years we have for BrightView Holdings under its current SEC filer.

BrightView Holdings's average free cash flow rose sharply, from $73.8 million in its earliest three years to $120.7 million in its latest three.

Year-to-year variability in free cash flow is volatile, measured at 50%.

BrightView Holdings at $10.25 lies between its safe value ($8.51) and its fair value ($14.18).

No dividend yield is recorded for BrightView Holdings in our data.

These numbers change when new filings or prices arrive, so treat this page as a snapshot and check the company's own filings.

Compared With Its Sector and Industry

Its trailing P/E ratio is 672% above the average for stocks in the Consumer Defensive sector.

Its trailing P/E ratio is 3619% above the average for stocks in the Farm Products industry.

A P/E ratio depends on trailing earnings, which one-time items can distort, so a lower P/E is not by itself evidence of value.

SEC Filer History

Every fiscal year on this page is reported by one SEC filer, CIK 1734713.

Each figure on this page comes from that filer.

Risks to This Analysis

Free cash flow is volatile from year to year, so the estimates depend heavily on which years are included.
These figures are automated calculations from SEC filings and the recent price. They may contain errors, and they do not reflect lawsuits, management changes, or other events the filings do not show.

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Questions to Answer Before You Invest in BV

Does BrightView Holdings have a coherent story? Does it have a plan to continue to make money? Is it worth your time? Only you can decide where to go from here. Our investment guide helps you ask the right questions, including how to buy stocks. Use these research links for more information.

Step 1 — Snapshot
- Price: 10.25
- Market cap: $935M
- EPS: -0.37
Step 2 — Valuation checks
- P/E: —
- FCF yield: —
- Date checked: Nov 12, 2026
Step 3 — Margin of safety
- Compare price to fair value and safety price.
- Look for durable cash generation and reasonable leverage.
- Decide if it passes your personal checklist.