Mission Produce (AVO) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, BV or AVO?

BrightView has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mission Produce has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, 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	$2.74B	0.46	$66.40M	$0.18	73.51
Mission Produce	$1.31B	0.54	$36.70M	$0.56	17.89

Does the media prefer BV or AVO?

In the previous week, BrightView had 1 more articles in the media than Mission Produce. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for BrightView and 7 mentions for Mission Produce. Mission Produce's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat BrightView's score of 1.16 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Mission Produce	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate BV or AVO?

BrightView presently has a consensus price target of $17.41, indicating a potential upside of 31.61%. Mission Produce has a consensus price target of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 54.69%. Given Mission Produce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Mission Produce	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is BV or AVO more profitable?

Mission Produce has a net margin of 2.97% compared to BrightView's net margin of 2.64%. Mission Produce's return on equity of 8.48% beat BrightView's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BrightView	2.64%	7.86%	2.96%
Mission Produce	2.97%	8.48%	4.87%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BV or AVO?

Mission Produce received 2 more outperform votes than BrightView when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.90% of users gave Mission Produce an outperform vote while only 37.21% of users gave BrightView an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BrightView	Outperform Votes 16 37.21%	Underperform Votes 27 62.79%
Mission Produce	Outperform Votes 18 43.90%	Underperform Votes 23 56.10%

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

Summary

Mission Produce beats BrightView on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.