BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas (LND) Competitors

BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas (NYSE:LND) and Adecoagro (NYSE:AGRO) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.

Do analysts prefer LND or AGRO?

Adecoagro has a consensus target price of $10.55, indicating a potential upside of 11.39%. Given Adecoagro's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Adecoagro is more favorable than BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Adecoagro	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Which has more volatility & risk, LND or AGRO?

BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adecoagro has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LND or AGRO more profitable?

BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas has a net margin of 21.88% compared to Adecoagro's net margin of 11.25%. BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas' return on equity of 13.06% beat Adecoagro's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas	21.88%	13.06%	7.64%
Adecoagro	11.25%	10.14%	4.38%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LND or AGRO?

Adecoagro received 95 more outperform votes than BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.98% of users gave Adecoagro an outperform vote while only 56.49% of users gave BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas	Outperform Votes 148 56.49%	Underperform Votes 114 43.51%
Adecoagro	Outperform Votes 243 58.98%	Underperform Votes 169 41.02%

Which has better earnings & valuation, LND or AGRO?

Adecoagro has higher revenue and earnings than BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas. BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adecoagro, 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
BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas	$1.25B	0.31	$45.37M	$0.52	7.34
Adecoagro	$1.52B	0.62	$226.29M	$0.62	15.28

Does the media prefer LND or AGRO?

In the previous week, Adecoagro had 7 more articles in the media than BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Adecoagro and 0 mentions for BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas. Adecoagro's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas' score of 0.00 indicating that Adecoagro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas	Neutral
Adecoagro	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in LND or AGRO?

1.1% of BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of Adecoagro shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Adecoagro shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is LND or AGRO a better dividend stock?

BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Adecoagro pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Adecoagro pays out 56.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Adecoagro has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Adecoagro beats BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.