Mission Produce (AVO) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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	$1.39B	0.61	$36.70M	$0.50	23.72
BrightView	$2.73B	0.55	$66.40M	-$0.02	-793.50

Does the media refer more to AVO or BV?

In the previous week, Mission Produce had 13 more articles in the media than BrightView. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Mission Produce and 7 mentions for BrightView. Mission Produce's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat BrightView's score of 0.31 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BrightView	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate AVO or BV?

Mission Produce presently has a consensus price target of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.69%. BrightView has a consensus price target of $17.41, indicating a potential upside of 9.73%. Given Mission Produce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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)	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 more risk & volatility, AVO or BV?

Mission Produce has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightView has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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 36.36% 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 36.36%	Underperform Votes 28 63.64%

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 and 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Mission Produce beats BrightView on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.