BrightView (BV) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer BV or AVO?

In the previous week, BrightView had 3 more articles in the media than Mission Produce. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for BrightView and 5 mentions for Mission Produce. Mission Produce's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat BrightView's score of 0.37 indicating that Mission Produce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BrightView	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Mission Produce	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend BV or AVO?

BrightView currently has a consensus price target of $11.75, suggesting a potential downside of 14.48%. Mission Produce has a consensus price target of $12.38, suggesting a potential upside of 3.21%. Given Mission Produce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mission Produce is more favorable than BrightView.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BrightView	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Mission Produce	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is BV or AVO more profitable?

BrightView has a net margin of 1.80% compared to Mission Produce's net margin of 0.60%. BrightView's return on equity of 5.78% beat Mission Produce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BrightView	1.80%	5.78%	2.14%
Mission Produce	0.60%	3.98%	2.24%

Which has more volatility and risk, BV or AVO?

BrightView has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mission Produce has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BV or AVO?

Mission Produce has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BrightView. BrightView is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mission Produce, 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	$2.82B	0.46	-$7.70M	$0.20	68.70
Mission Produce	$953.90M	0.89	-$2.80M	$0.08	149.88

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BV or AVO?

Mission Produce received 9 more outperform votes than BrightView when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 41.03% of users gave Mission Produce an outperform vote while only 24.14% of users gave BrightView an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BrightView	Outperform Votes 7 24.14%	Underperform Votes 22 75.86%
Mission Produce	Outperform Votes 16 41.03%	Underperform Votes 23 58.97%

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

92.4% of BrightView shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.6% of Mission Produce shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of BrightView shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 41.6% of Mission Produce shares are owned by 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.

Summary

Mission Produce beats BrightView on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.