Mission Produce (AVO) Competitors

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

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 institutionals & insiders hold more shares of AVO or BV?

63.6% of Mission Produce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of BrightView shares are held by institutional investors. 35.4% of Mission Produce shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of BrightView shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate AVO or BV?

Mission Produce presently has a consensus price target of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 48.47%. BrightView has a consensus price target of $17.41, suggesting a potential upside of 7.13%. Given Mission Produce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AVO or BV?

BrightView has higher revenue and earnings than Mission Produce. BrightView is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mission Produce, 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	0.57	$36.70M	$0.56	18.64
BrightView	$2.73B	0.57	$66.40M	-$0.02	-812.80

Does the media prefer AVO or BV?

In the previous week, Mission Produce and Mission Produce both had 3 articles in the media. BrightView's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Mission Produce's score of 1.09 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BrightView	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, AVO or BV?

Mission Produce has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightView has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Mission Produce and BrightView tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.