CTVA vs. AVO, LND, VFF, SEED, SANW, SISI, IVP, CEAD, EDBL, and AAGRW
Should you be buying Corteva stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Corteva include Mission Produce (AVO), BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas (LND), Village Farms International (VFF), Origin Agritech (SEED), S&W Seed (SANW), Shineco (SISI), Inspire Veterinary Partners (IVP), CEA Industries (CEAD), Edible Garden (EDBL), and African Agriculture (AAGRW). These companies are all part of the "agriculture" industry.
Corteva (NYSE:CTVA) and Mission Produce (NASDAQ:AVO) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Corteva received 129 more outperform votes than Mission Produce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.47% of users gave Corteva an outperform vote while only 41.03% of users gave Mission Produce an outperform vote.
Corteva has a net margin of 3.32% compared to Mission Produce's net margin of 1.64%. Corteva's return on equity of 6.68% beat Mission Produce's return on equity.
Corteva has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mission Produce has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Corteva had 9 more articles in the media than Mission Produce. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Corteva and 3 mentions for Mission Produce. Corteva's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Mission Produce's score of 0.64 indicating that Corteva is being referred to more favorably in the media.
81.5% of Corteva shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.6% of Mission Produce shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Corteva shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 41.6% of Mission Produce shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Corteva presently has a consensus target price of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.74%. Mission Produce has a consensus target price of $12.38, suggesting a potential upside of 9.90%. Given Corteva's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Corteva is more favorable than Mission Produce.
Corteva has higher revenue and earnings than Mission Produce. Mission Produce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Corteva, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Corteva beats Mission Produce on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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