Mission Produce (AVO) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to BV or AVO?

In the previous week, Mission Produce had 13 more articles in the media than BrightView. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Mission Produce and 2 mentions for BrightView. BrightView's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Mission Produce's score of 0.71 indicating that BrightView is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BrightView	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Mission Produce	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Which has more volatility and risk, BV or AVO?

BrightView has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% 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 preferable 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	0.55	$66.40M	$0.11	144.64
Mission Produce	$1.23B	0.83	-$2.80M	$0.51	28.31

Do analysts rate BV or AVO?

BrightView presently has a consensus price target of $17.11, suggesting a potential upside of 7.56%. Mission Produce has a consensus price target of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.34%. Given BrightView's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe BrightView is more favorable than Mission Produce.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BrightView	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
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?

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
BrightView	2.40%	7.65%	2.86%
Mission Produce	2.06%	6.69%	3.82%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BV or AVO?

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

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