Mission Produce (AVO) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer AVO or BV?

In the previous week, Mission Produce had 4 more articles in the media than BrightView. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Mission Produce and 7 mentions for BrightView. BrightView's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Mission Produce's score of 1.01 indicating that BrightView is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mission Produce	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BrightView	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, AVO or BV?

Mission Produce has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightView has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AVO or BV?

Mission Produce received 2 more outperform votes than BrightView when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.90% of users gave Mission Produce an outperform vote while only 37.21% of users gave BrightView an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mission Produce	Outperform Votes 18 43.90%	Underperform Votes 23 56.10%
BrightView	Outperform Votes 16 37.21%	Underperform Votes 27 62.79%

Is AVO or BV more profitable?

Mission Produce has a net margin of 2.97% compared to BrightView's net margin of 2.64%. Mission Produce's return on equity of 8.48% beat BrightView's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mission Produce	2.97%	8.48%	4.87%
BrightView	2.64%	7.86%	2.96%

Do analysts prefer AVO or BV?

Mission Produce presently has a consensus target price of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 49.30%. BrightView has a consensus target price of $17.41, indicating a potential upside of 24.21%. Given Mission Produce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
BrightView	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AVO or BV?

BrightView has higher revenue and earnings than Mission Produce. 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	$1.31B	0.56	$36.70M	$0.56	18.54
BrightView	$2.74B	0.49	$66.40M	$0.18	77.89

Do institutionals and insiders 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. 35.4% of Mission Produce shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of BrightView shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Mission Produce beats BrightView on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.