BV vs. SP, TH, NGMS, PTON, CRSR, GDEN, PRDO, BYON, AMRK, and ACEL
Should you be buying BrightView stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BrightView include SP Plus (SP), Target Hospitality (TH), NeoGames (NGMS), Peloton Interactive (PTON), Corsair Gaming (CRSR), Golden Entertainment (GDEN), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Beyond (BYON), A-Mark Precious Metals (AMRK), and Accel Entertainment (ACEL). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
BrightView (NYSE:BV) and SP Plus (NASDAQ:SP) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, BrightView and BrightView both had 14 articles in the media. BrightView's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat SP Plus' score of 0.11 indicating that BrightView is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SP Plus has a net margin of 1.74% compared to BrightView's net margin of -0.19%. SP Plus' return on equity of 22.49% beat BrightView's return on equity.
BrightView currently has a consensus price target of $11.75, indicating a potential downside of 6.30%. SP Plus has a consensus price target of $52.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.97%. Given SP Plus' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SP Plus is more favorable than BrightView.
SP Plus has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BrightView. BrightView is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SP Plus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BrightView has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SP Plus has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SP Plus received 265 more outperform votes than BrightView when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.04% of users gave SP Plus an outperform vote while only 24.14% of users gave BrightView an outperform vote.
92.4% of BrightView shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of SP Plus shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of BrightView shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of SP Plus shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
SP Plus beats BrightView on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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