BrightView (BV) Competitors

Mission Produce (NASDAQ:AVO) and BrightView (NYSE:BV) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Is AVO or BV more profitable?

BrightView has a net margin of 1.80% compared to BrightView's net margin of 1.64%. Mission Produce's return on equity of 5.78% beat BrightView's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mission Produce	1.64%	5.67%	3.21%
BrightView	1.80%	5.78%	2.14%

Do analysts recommend AVO or BV?

Mission Produce presently has a consensus price target of $12.38, suggesting a potential upside of 10.99%. BrightView has a consensus price target of $11.75, suggesting a potential downside of 14.55%. Given BrightView's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Mission Produce is more favorable than BrightView.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mission Produce	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
BrightView	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to AVO or BV?

In the previous week, Mission Produce had 6 more articles in the media than BrightView. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Mission Produce and 1 mentions for BrightView. BrightView's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Mission Produce's score of 0.92 indicating that Mission Produce is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mission Produce	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BrightView	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AVO or BV?

Mission Produce has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BrightView. Mission Produce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BrightView, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mission Produce	$953.90M	0.83	-$2.80M	$0.25	44.60
BrightView	$2.82B	0.46	-$7.70M	$0.20	68.75

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AVO or BV?

Mission Produce received 9 more outperform votes than BrightView when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 41.03% of users gave Mission Produce an outperform vote while only 24.14% of users gave BrightView an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mission Produce	Outperform Votes 16 41.03%	Underperform Votes 23 58.97%
BrightView	Outperform Votes 7 24.14%	Underperform Votes 22 75.86%

Which has more volatility and risk, AVO or BV?

Mission Produce has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightView has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AVO or BV?

63.6% of Mission Produce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of BrightView shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.6% of Mission Produce shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of BrightView shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Mission Produce beats BrightView on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.