BrightView Holdings, Inc. (BV) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Thank you for your continued patience. Your meeting will begin shortly. If you need assistance at any time, please press star zero, and a member of our team will be happy to help you. ¶¶ ¶¶ ? ? ? ? ¶¶ Good day everyone and welcome to today's Brightview earnings call. At this time all participants are in the listen only mode. Later you will have the opportunity to ask questions during the question and answer session. You may register to ask a question at any time by pressing the star and 1 on your telephone keypad. You may withdraw yourself from the queue by pressing the star and 2. Please note this call may be recorded. I will be standing by if you should need any assistance. It is now my pleasure to turn the conference over to Mr. Chris Stosko, Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir. Good morning, and thank you for joining Brightview's first quarter fiscal 2026 earnings call. Dale Asplen, Brightview's President and Chief Executive Officer, and Brett Urban, Chief Financial Officer, are on the call. I'll now refer you to slide two of the presentation, which can also be found on our website and contains our Safe Harbor disclaimer. Our presentation includes forward-looking statements subject to risks and uncertainties. In addition, during the call, we will refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures. Please see our press release in 8K issued yesterday for reconciliation of these measures. With that, I'll now turn the call over to Dale. Thank you, Chris. And good morning, everyone. We had a strong start to 2026 as we grew total revenue 3% and delivered improvements in EBITDA while accelerating investments in our sales force, adding 80 incremental sellers in the quarters. While the needs of our customers vary geographically during the quar...