BrightView Holdings, Inc. BV

Competitive advantage analysis · industrials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
57/100
Moderate

Ranked against 40 peers in Specialty Business Services

About BrightView Holdings, Inc.

BrightView Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides commercial landscaping services in the United States. It operates in 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, and golf course maintenance. Its customers' properties include corporate and commercial … Full BV analysis →

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.89), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.95), suggesting sticky customer base.

Key risks

  • Inconsistent Cash Generation Cash generation is inconsistent (score 0.44), indicating operational challenges.

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Pricing Power

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Where BV ranks in Specialty Business Services

BrightView Holdings, Inc. ranks #17 of 41 scored companies in Specialty Business Services by moat score — the top 41%. The widest moat in the group is Copart, Inc. (CPRT) at 81/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
13 Rentokil Initial plc RTO 60/100 Moderate
14 Cimpress PLC CMPR 58/100 Moderate
15 LegalZoom.com, Inc. LZ 58/100 Moderate
16 RB Global, Inc. RBA 58/100 Moderate
17 BrightView Holdings, Inc. BV 57/100 Moderate
18 Pursuit Attractions and Hospita PRSU 56/100 Moderate
19 ABM Industries Incorporated ABM 53/100 Moderate
20 Quad Graphics, Inc QUAD 52/100 Moderate
21 Aramark ARMK 52/100 Moderate

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How BV scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 65 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 61 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 64 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 49 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 44 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 59 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding BV's moat

What is BrightView Holdings, Inc.'s moat score?

BrightView Holdings, Inc. (BV) scores 57 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #17 of 41 scored companies in Specialty Business Services, the top 41%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 40 companies in Specialty Business Services. Its strongest defense is Pricing Power (65/100) and its weakest is Resilience (44/100).

How does BrightView Holdings, Inc. compare with other Specialty Business Services companies?

BrightView Holdings, Inc. ranks #17 of 41 scored companies in Specialty Business Services by moat score. The widest moat in Specialty Business Services is Copart, Inc. (CPRT) at 81/100. The companies ranked closest are RB Global, Inc. (RBA) at 58 just above it and Pursuit Attractions and Hospita (PRSU) at 56 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 40 companies in Specialty Business Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is BrightView Holdings, Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for BrightView Holdings, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and BV scores: Pricing Power (65), Cost Advantage (61), Customer Stickiness (64), Capital Efficiency (49), Resilience (44), Scale & Market Position (59). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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