Adecoagro (AGRO) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BV or AGRO?

Adecoagro received 227 more outperform votes than BrightView when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.41% of users gave Adecoagro 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%
Adecoagro	Outperform Votes 243 59.41%	Underperform Votes 166 40.59%

Which has more volatility and risk, BV or AGRO?

BrightView has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adecoagro has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BV or AGRO?

Adecoagro has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BrightView. Adecoagro 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	$2.74B	0.47	$66.40M	$0.18	74.59
Adecoagro	$1.52B	0.75	$226.29M	$0.89	12.77

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BV or AGRO?

92.4% of BrightView shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of Adecoagro shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of BrightView shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Adecoagro shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to BV or AGRO?

In the previous week, BrightView had 6 more articles in the media than Adecoagro. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for BrightView and 1 mentions for Adecoagro. BrightView's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Adecoagro's score of 0.89 indicating that BrightView is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BrightView	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Adecoagro	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate BV or AGRO?

BrightView presently has a consensus target price of $17.41, indicating a potential upside of 29.70%. Adecoagro has a consensus target price of $12.63, indicating a potential upside of 11.09%. Given BrightView's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BrightView is more favorable than Adecoagro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BrightView	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Adecoagro	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is BV or AGRO more profitable?

Adecoagro has a net margin of 11.25% compared to BrightView's net margin of 2.64%. Adecoagro's return on equity of 10.14% beat BrightView's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BrightView	2.64%	7.86%	2.96%
Adecoagro	11.25%	10.14%	4.38%

Summary

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