BV vs. AGRO, AVO, LND, VFF, AGFY, LOCL, NCRA, CEAD, PFAI, and SEED
Should you be buying BrightView stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BrightView include Adecoagro (AGRO), Mission Produce (AVO), Brasilagro Cia Brasileira De Propriedades Agricolas (LND), Village Farms International (VFF), Agrify (AGFY), Local Bounti (LOCL), Nocera (NCRA), CEA Industries (CEAD), Pinnacle Food Group (PFAI), and Origin Agritech (SEED). These companies are all part of the "agriculture" industry.
BrightView vs. Its Competitors
Adecoagro (NYSE:AGRO) and BrightView (NYSE:BV) are both small-cap agriculture companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Adecoagro has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightView has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Adecoagro has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, BrightView had 8 more articles in the media than Adecoagro. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for BrightView and 2 mentions for Adecoagro. BrightView's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Adecoagro's score of 0.21 indicating that BrightView is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Adecoagro has a net margin of 2.30% compared to BrightView's net margin of 2.00%. BrightView's return on equity of 8.76% beat Adecoagro's return on equity.
45.3% of Adecoagro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of BrightView shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Adecoagro shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of BrightView shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Adecoagro currently has a consensus target price of $10.07, indicating a potential upside of 18.50%. BrightView has a consensus target price of $17.98, indicating a potential upside of 23.62%. Given BrightView's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BrightView is more favorable than Adecoagro.
Summary
BrightView beats Adecoagro on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BV) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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