Corteva (CTVA) Competitors

BrightView (NYSE:BV) and Corteva (NYSE:CTVA) are both agriculture companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, BV or CTVA?

BrightView has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corteva has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BV or CTVA more profitable?

Corteva has a net margin of 6.77% compared to BrightView's net margin of 1.65%. BrightView's return on equity of 8.29% beat Corteva's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BrightView	1.65%	8.29%	3.14%
Corteva	6.77%	7.84%	4.67%

Do analysts prefer BV or CTVA?

BrightView presently has a consensus price target of $17.27, suggesting a potential upside of 5.99%. Corteva has a consensus price target of $77.38, suggesting a potential upside of 5.42%. Given BrightView's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe BrightView is more favorable than Corteva.

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
Corteva	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BV or CTVA?

Corteva has higher revenue and earnings than BrightView. BrightView is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Corteva, 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	$2.73B	0.57	$66.40M	-$0.02	-814.80
Corteva	$16.91B	2.96	$907M	$1.64	44.76

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BV or CTVA?

92.4% of BrightView shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of Corteva shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of BrightView shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Corteva shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor BV or CTVA?

In the previous week, Corteva had 14 more articles in the media than BrightView. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Corteva and 1 mentions for BrightView. Corteva's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat BrightView's score of 1.57 indicating that Corteva is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BrightView	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Corteva	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Corteva beats BrightView on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.