Contrasting BrightView (NYSE:BV) & Premium Catering (NASDAQ:PC)

BrightView (NYSE:BV) and Premium Catering (NASDAQ:PC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares BrightView and Premium Catering’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BrightView	2.00%	8.76%	3.33%
Premium Catering	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for BrightView and Premium Catering, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BrightView	0	3	3	0	2.50
Premium Catering	1	0	0	0	1.00

BrightView presently has a consensus target price of $19.25, indicating a potential upside of 62.38%. Given BrightView’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe BrightView is more favorable than Premium Catering.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BrightView and Premium Catering”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BrightView	$2.70 billion	0.42	$66.40 million	$0.03	395.17
Premium Catering	$4.29 million	4.54	-$1.08 million	N/A	N/A

BrightView has higher revenue and earnings than Premium Catering.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

92.4% of BrightView shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of BrightView shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

BrightView beats Premium Catering on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BrightView

BrightView Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides commercial landscaping services in the United States. It operates through 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, golf course maintenance, and specialty turf maintenance. Its customers' properties include corporate and commercial properties, homeowners associations, public parks, hotels and resorts, airport authorities, municipalities, hospitals and other healthcare facilities, educational institutions, restaurants and retail, and golf courses. This segment's customer base includes approximately 8,800 office parks and corporate campuses 7,100 residential communities, and 550 educational institutions. The Development Services segment offers landscape architecture and development services for new facilities and redesign projects. Its services include project design and management services, landscape architecture and installation, irrigation installation, tree moving and installation, pool and water features, sports field, and other services. BrightView Holdings, Inc. also operates as official field consultant to various league baseball. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.

About Premium Catering

Premium Catering (Holdings) Limited, through its subsidiary, engages in the business of food catering for function, events, and workers in Singapore. The company provides Halal food in Indian, Bangladesh, and Chinese cuisine to foreign workers, students, and other individuals residing in dormitories, as well foreign workers in the marine, logistics, and poultry industries. It also operates a central kitchen under the Premium Catering brand name to supply budget prepared meals to foreign construction workers; operates food stalls; and provides buffet catering services for private functions, and corporate and community events, as well as provides ancillary delivery services. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Singapore. Premium Catering (Holdings) Limited operates as a subsidiary of Hero Global Enterprises Limited.