Mission Produce (AVO) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and 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	$2.77B	0.52	$66.40M	$0.03	506.67
Mission Produce	$1.23B	0.70	$36.70M	$0.50	24.64

Do institutionals & 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 insiders. Comparatively, 35.4% of Mission Produce shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is BV or AVO more profitable?

Mission Produce has a net margin of 2.63% compared to BrightView's net margin of 2.00%. BrightView's return on equity of 8.78% beat Mission Produce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BrightView	2.00%	8.78%	3.33%
Mission Produce	2.63%	7.82%	4.56%

Do analysts recommend BV or AVO?

BrightView presently has a consensus price target of $17.82, suggesting a potential upside of 17.21%. Mission Produce has a consensus price target of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.81%. Given Mission Produce's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Mission Produce	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, 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 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BV or AVO?

In the previous week, BrightView had 4 more articles in the media than Mission Produce. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for BrightView and 8 mentions for Mission Produce. Mission Produce's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat BrightView's score of 0.23 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Mission Produce	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

BrightView and Mission Produce tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.