Lavoro (LVRO) Competitors

Lavoro (NASDAQ:LVRO) and Grocery Outlet (NASDAQ:GO) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, LVRO or GO?

Lavoro has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grocery Outlet has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LVRO or GO?

Grocery Outlet has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lavoro. Lavoro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grocery Outlet, 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
Lavoro	$9.08B	0.04	-$152.49M	-$1.63	-1.72
Grocery Outlet	$4.37B	0.31	$79.44M	$0.39	35.13

Does the media favor LVRO or GO?

In the previous week, Grocery Outlet had 13 more articles in the media than Lavoro. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Grocery Outlet and 0 mentions for Lavoro. Grocery Outlet's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Lavoro's score of 0.00 indicating that Grocery Outlet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Lavoro	Neutral
Grocery Outlet	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LVRO or GO?

Grocery Outlet received 24 more outperform votes than Lavoro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.82% of users gave Lavoro an outperform vote while only 31.73% of users gave Grocery Outlet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lavoro	Outperform Votes 9 81.82%	Underperform Votes 2 18.18%
Grocery Outlet	Outperform Votes 33 31.73%	Underperform Votes 71 68.27%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in LVRO or GO?

2.5% of Lavoro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Grocery Outlet shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Grocery Outlet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is LVRO or GO more profitable?

Grocery Outlet has a net margin of 1.20% compared to Lavoro's net margin of -10.39%. Grocery Outlet's return on equity of 5.25% beat Lavoro's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lavoro	-10.39%	-57.56%	-9.38%
Grocery Outlet	1.20%	5.25%	2.11%

Do analysts prefer LVRO or GO?

Lavoro currently has a consensus target price of $5.83, indicating a potential upside of 107.59%. Grocery Outlet has a consensus target price of $15.25, indicating a potential upside of 11.31%. Given Lavoro's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lavoro is more favorable than Grocery Outlet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lavoro	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Grocery Outlet	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.08

Summary

Grocery Outlet beats Lavoro on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.