AVO vs. BV, AGRO, LND, VFF, AGFY, LOCL, PFAI, NCRA, ORIS, and CEAD
Should you be buying Mission Produce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mission Produce include BrightView (BV), Adecoagro (AGRO), Brasilagro Cia Brasileira De Propriedades Agricolas (LND), Village Farms International (VFF), Agrify (AGFY), Local Bounti (LOCL), Pinnacle Food Group (PFAI), Nocera (NCRA), Oriental Rise (ORIS), and CEA Industries (CEAD). These companies are all part of the "agriculture" industry.
Mission Produce vs. Its Competitors
Mission Produce (NASDAQ:AVO) and BrightView (NYSE:BV) are both small-cap agriculture companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.
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.
In the previous week, Mission Produce had 1 more articles in the media than BrightView. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Mission Produce and 1 mentions for BrightView. BrightView's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Mission Produce's score of 0.96 indicating that BrightView is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mission Produce presently has a consensus target price of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.63%. BrightView has a consensus target price of $17.27, indicating a potential upside of 5.99%. Given Mission Produce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mission Produce is more favorable than BrightView.
Mission Produce has a net margin of 2.63% compared to BrightView's net margin of 1.65%. BrightView's return on equity of 8.29% beat Mission Produce's return on equity.
Mission Produce has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightView has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Mission Produce beats BrightView on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AVO) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff