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Brightview Holdings, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Brightview Holdings, Inc. had return on equity of 4.4% and a net margin of 2.1%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2017Dec 20162018Sept 20182019Sept 20192020Sept 20202021Sept 20212022Sept 20222023Sept 20232024Sept 20242025Sept 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin−2.4%−0.6%1.8%−1.8%1.8%0.5%−0.3%2.4%2.1%0.7%
Return on equity−7.4%−1.6%3.5%−3.3%3.5%1.1%−0.6%5.3%4.4%1.6%
Return on assets—−0.5%1.5%−1.4%1.5%0.4%−0.2%2.0%1.7%0.6%
Effective tax rate——22.4%—9.0%28.6%—31.2%31.1%37.7%
SG&A as % of revenue21.4%20.4%18.8%22.5%19.9%19.3%18.9%17.9%17.1%16.8%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $3.4bn
Short-term assets $610mLonger-term assets $2.8bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $2.9bn
Short-term liabilities $476mLonger-term liabilities $1.2bnShareholders' equity $1.2bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $610m of assets due within a year against $476m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $610m short-term assets against $1.2bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $14m of cash against $883m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 71% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 90% to 71% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $213m of operating cash flow against $883m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $96m against $56m of interest.

From Brightview Holdings, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

50 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Brightview Holdings's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 8 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 3 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 3.9% of total assets over 8 years.

  • Pricing power 9 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 24.4%, moving by 1.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 8 years.

  • Durability 9 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 3.3%; its worst year was 2.2%.

  • Cash conversion 9 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 8 years, at a median 2.5% of revenue.

  • Discipline 19 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 7.6% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.8% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Brightview Holdings, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Brightview Holdings, Inc.