Mission Produce (AVO) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, AVO or BV?

Mission Produce has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightView has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer AVO or BV?

In the previous week, BrightView had 13 more articles in the media than Mission Produce. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for BrightView and 1 mentions for Mission Produce. Mission Produce's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat BrightView's score of 0.52 indicating that Mission Produce is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mission Produce	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BrightView	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AVO or BV?

Mission Produce received 3 more outperform votes than BrightView when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.90% of users gave Mission Produce an outperform vote while only 36.59% of users gave BrightView an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mission Produce	Outperform Votes 18 43.90%	Underperform Votes 23 56.10%
BrightView	Outperform Votes 15 36.59%	Underperform Votes 26 63.41%

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

63.6% of Mission Produce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of BrightView shares are held by institutional investors. 41.6% of Mission Produce shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of BrightView shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AVO or BV more profitable?

BrightView has a net margin of 2.40% compared to Mission Produce's net margin of 2.06%. BrightView's return on equity of 7.65% beat Mission Produce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mission Produce	2.06%	6.69%	3.82%
BrightView	2.40%	7.65%	2.86%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AVO or BV?

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
Mission Produce	$953.90M	0.97	-$2.80M	$0.33	39.67
BrightView	$2.77B	0.58	$66.40M	$0.11	154.65

Do analysts prefer AVO or BV?

Mission Produce currently has a consensus price target of $14.33, indicating a potential upside of 9.50%. BrightView has a consensus price target of $16.41, indicating a potential downside of 3.50%. Given Mission Produce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Mission Produce is more favorable than BrightView.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mission Produce	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
BrightView	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Summary

BrightView beats Mission Produce on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.