BrightView (BV) Competitors

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

Is BV or AVO more profitable?

Mission Produce has a net margin of 2.73% compared to BrightView's net margin of 2.00%. BrightView's return on equity of 8.76% beat Mission Produce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BrightView	2.00%	8.76%	3.33%
Mission Produce	2.73%	7.89%	4.65%

Do analysts recommend BV or AVO?

BrightView currently has a consensus target price of $17.98, suggesting a potential upside of 34.88%. Mission Produce has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.56%. Given Mission Produce's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mission Produce is more favorable than BrightView.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BrightView	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Mission Produce	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media refer more to BV or AVO?

In the previous week, BrightView had 3 more articles in the media than Mission Produce. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BrightView and 1 mentions for Mission Produce. Mission Produce's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat BrightView's score of 0.01 indicating that Mission Produce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BrightView	Neutral
Mission Produce	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BV or AVO?

92.4% of BrightView shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.6% of Mission Produce shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of BrightView shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.4% of Mission Produce shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BV or AVO?

BrightView has higher revenue and earnings than Mission Produce. Mission Produce 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	$2.77B	0.46	$66.40M	$0.03	444.33
Mission Produce	$1.23B	0.67	$36.70M	$0.54	21.78

Which has more volatility & risk, BV or AVO?

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

Summary

BrightView and Mission Produce tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.