Would Shareholders Who Purchased BrightView Holdings' (NYSE:BV) Stock Year Be Happy With The Share price Today?

Investors can approximate the average market return by buying an index fund. While individual stocks can be big winners, plenty more fail to generate satisfactory returns. Unfortunately the BrightView Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BV) share price slid 28% over twelve months. That's well below the market return of 20%. We wouldn't rush to judgement on BrightView Holdings because we don't have a long term history to look at. There was little comfort for shareholders in the last week as the price declined a further 2.4%.

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BrightView Holdings wasn't profitable in the last twelve months, it is unlikely we'll see a strong correlation between its share price and its earnings per share (EPS). Arguably revenue is our next best option. Generally speaking, companies without profits are expected to grow revenue every year, and at a good clip. Some companies are willing to postpone profitability to grow revenue faster, but in that case one does expect good top-line growth.

In the last twelve months, BrightView Holdings increased its revenue by 0.02%. While that may seem decent it isn't great considering the company is still making a loss. Given this fairly low revenue growth (and lack of profits), it's not particularly surprising to see the stock down 28% in a year. In a hot market it's easy to forget growth is the life-blood of a loss making company. So remember, if you buy a profitless company then you risk being a profitless investor.

The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).

Take a more thorough look at BrightView Holdings' financial health with this free report on its balance sheet.

A Different Perspective

Given that the market gained 20% in the last year, BrightView Holdings shareholders might be miffed that they lost 28%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. Putting aside the last twelve months, it's good to see the share price has rebounded by 9.6%, in the last ninety days. This could just be a bounce because the selling was too aggressive, but fingers crossed it's the start of a new trend. Shareholders might want to examine this detailed historical graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow.

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Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on US exchanges.

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