CVGW vs. AVO, AFRI, VITL, BYND, LVRO, CRESY, DJCO, CSV, PRPL, and TPB
Should you be buying Calavo Growers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Calavo Growers include Mission Produce (AVO), Forafric Global (AFRI), Vital Farms (VITL), Beyond Meat (BYND), Lavoro (LVRO), Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (CRESY), Daily Journal (DJCO), Carriage Services (CSV), Purple Innovation (PRPL), and Turning Point Brands (TPB). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Calavo Growers vs.
Mission Produce (NASDAQ:AVO) and Calavo Growers (NASDAQ:CVGW) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
Calavo Growers has a net margin of -0.46% compared to Mission Produce's net margin of -2.88%. Mission Produce's return on equity of 4.21% beat Calavo Growers' return on equity.
22.5% of Mission Produce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Calavo Growers shares are held by institutional investors. 41.8% of Mission Produce shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Calavo Growers 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.
Mission Produce currently has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.05%. Calavo Growers has a consensus price target of $36.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.20%. Given Mission Produce's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Mission Produce is more favorable than Calavo Growers.
In the previous week, Calavo Growers had 6 more articles in the media than Mission Produce. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Calavo Growers and 3 mentions for Mission Produce. Mission Produce's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Calavo Growers' score of -0.56 indicating that Mission Produce is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Calavo Growers received 298 more outperform votes than Mission Produce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.95% of users gave Calavo Growers an outperform vote while only 38.24% of users gave Mission Produce an outperform vote.
Calavo Growers has higher revenue and earnings than Mission Produce. 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 beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calavo Growers has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Calavo Growers beats Mission Produce on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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