Lavoro (LVRO) Competitors

Lavoro (NASDAQ:LVRO) and Victoria's Secret & Co. (NYSE:VSCO) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Is LVRO or VSCO more profitable?

Victoria's Secret & Co. has a net margin of 2.47% compared to Lavoro's net margin of -10.39%. Victoria's Secret & Co.'s return on equity of 44.74% beat Lavoro's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lavoro	-10.39%	-57.56%	-9.38%
Victoria's Secret & Co.	2.47%	44.74%	4.42%

Does the media refer more to LVRO or VSCO?

In the previous week, Victoria's Secret & Co. had 12 more articles in the media than Lavoro. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Victoria's Secret & Co. and 3 mentions for Lavoro. Lavoro's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Victoria's Secret & Co.'s score of 0.60 indicating that Lavoro is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lavoro	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Victoria's Secret & Co.	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LVRO or VSCO?

Victoria's Secret & Co. has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lavoro. Lavoro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victoria's Secret & Co., 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	0.06	-$152.49M	-$1.63	-2.90
Victoria's Secret & Co.	$6.21B	0.27	$109M	$1.93	11.15

Do analysts rate LVRO or VSCO?

Lavoro presently has a consensus target price of $5.83, indicating a potential upside of 23.61%. Victoria's Secret & Co. has a consensus target price of $41.18, indicating a potential upside of 91.34%. Given Victoria's Secret & Co.'s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Victoria's Secret & Co. is more favorable than Lavoro.

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
Victoria's Secret & Co.	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LVRO or VSCO?

2.5% of Lavoro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LVRO or VSCO?

Victoria's Secret & Co. received 16 more outperform votes than Lavoro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.82% of users gave Lavoro an outperform vote while only 17.61% of users gave Victoria's Secret & Co. an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lavoro	Outperform Votes 9 81.82%	Underperform Votes 2 18.18%
Victoria's Secret & Co.	Outperform Votes 25 17.61%	Underperform Votes 117 82.39%

Which has more risk & volatility, LVRO or VSCO?

Lavoro has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victoria's Secret & Co. has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Victoria's Secret & Co. beats Lavoro on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.