AVO vs. CVGW, MATW, BRCC, BIOX, BGS, LESL, NAPA, WEST, OTLY, and EWCZ
Should you be buying Mission Produce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mission Produce include Calavo Growers (CVGW), Matthews International (MATW), BRC (BRCC), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), B&G Foods (BGS), Leslie's (LESL), Duckhorn Portfolio (NAPA), Westrock Coffee (WEST), Oatly Group (OTLY), and European Wax Center (EWCZ). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Calavo Growers (NASDAQ:CVGW) and Mission Produce (NASDAQ:AVO) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, Mission Produce had 5 more articles in the media than Calavo Growers. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Mission Produce and 3 mentions for Calavo Growers. Mission Produce's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Calavo Growers' score of 0.56 indicating that Calavo Growers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Calavo Growers has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mission Produce has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mission Produce has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Calavo Growers. Calavo Growers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mission Produce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mission Produce has a net margin of 0.60% compared to Mission Produce's net margin of -1.32%. Calavo Growers' return on equity of 3.98% beat Mission Produce's return on equity.
Calavo Growers currently has a consensus target price of $38.50, suggesting a potential upside of 37.40%. Mission Produce has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.07%. Given Mission Produce's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Calavo Growers is more favorable than Mission Produce.
Calavo Growers received 297 more outperform votes than Mission Produce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.30% of users gave Calavo Growers an outperform vote while only 39.47% of users gave Mission Produce an outperform vote.
81.3% of Calavo Growers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.6% of Mission Produce shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Calavo Growers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 41.6% of Mission Produce shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Mission Produce beats Calavo Growers on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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