Adecoagro (AGRO) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, BV or AGRO?

Adecoagro has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BrightView. Adecoagro 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
BrightView	$2.74B	0.49	$66.40M	$0.18	77.89
Adecoagro	$1.52B	0.60	$226.29M	$0.89	10.29

Which has more risk and volatility, BV or AGRO?

BrightView has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adecoagro has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BV or AGRO?

In the previous week, Adecoagro had 11 more articles in the media than BrightView. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Adecoagro and 7 mentions for BrightView. BrightView's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Adecoagro's score of 0.54 indicating that BrightView is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BrightView	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Adecoagro	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BV or AGRO more profitable?

Adecoagro has a net margin of 11.25% compared to BrightView's net margin of 2.64%. Adecoagro's return on equity of 10.14% beat BrightView's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BrightView	2.64%	7.86%	2.96%
Adecoagro	11.25%	10.14%	4.38%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BV or AGRO?

Adecoagro received 227 more outperform votes than BrightView when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.98% of users gave Adecoagro an outperform vote while only 37.21% of users gave BrightView an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BrightView	Outperform Votes 16 37.21%	Underperform Votes 27 62.79%
Adecoagro	Outperform Votes 243 58.98%	Underperform Votes 169 41.02%

Do analysts rate BV or AGRO?

BrightView currently has a consensus price target of $17.41, indicating a potential upside of 24.21%. Adecoagro has a consensus price target of $10.55, indicating a potential upside of 15.24%. Given BrightView's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BrightView is more favorable than Adecoagro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BrightView	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Adecoagro	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BV or AGRO?

92.4% of BrightView shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of Adecoagro shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of BrightView shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Adecoagro shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Adecoagro beats BrightView on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.