Adecoagro (AGRO) Competitors

Adecoagro (NYSE:AGRO) and Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE:FDP) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend AGRO or FDP?

Adecoagro presently has a consensus target price of $12.63, indicating a potential upside of 14.46%. Given Adecoagro's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Adecoagro is more favorable than Fresh Del Monte Produce.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adecoagro	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Fresh Del Monte Produce	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is AGRO or FDP more profitable?

Adecoagro has a net margin of 11.25% compared to Fresh Del Monte Produce's net margin of 0.36%. Adecoagro's return on equity of 10.14% beat Fresh Del Monte Produce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adecoagro	11.25%	10.14%	4.38%
Fresh Del Monte Produce	0.36%	5.91%	3.65%

Does the media favor AGRO or FDP?

In the previous week, Adecoagro had 3 more articles in the media than Fresh Del Monte Produce. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Adecoagro and 4 mentions for Fresh Del Monte Produce. Fresh Del Monte Produce's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Adecoagro's score of 0.48 indicating that Fresh Del Monte Produce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Adecoagro	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Fresh Del Monte Produce	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AGRO or FDP?

Adecoagro has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fresh Del Monte Produce. Adecoagro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fresh Del Monte Produce, 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
Adecoagro	$1.30B	0.88	$226.29M	$1.50	7.35
Fresh Del Monte Produce	$4.32B	0.38	-$11.40M	$0.33	102.61

Is AGRO or FDP a better dividend stock?

Adecoagro pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Fresh Del Monte Produce pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Adecoagro pays out 23.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fresh Del Monte Produce pays out 303.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Adecoagro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AGRO or FDP?

45.3% of Adecoagro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Fresh Del Monte Produce shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Adecoagro shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.1% of Fresh Del Monte Produce shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, AGRO or FDP?

Adecoagro has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fresh Del Monte Produce has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AGRO or FDP?

Fresh Del Monte Produce received 13 more outperform votes than Adecoagro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.65% of users gave Fresh Del Monte Produce an outperform vote while only 59.46% of users gave Adecoagro an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Adecoagro	Outperform Votes 242 59.46%	Underperform Votes 165 40.54%
Fresh Del Monte Produce	Outperform Votes 255 62.65%	Underperform Votes 152 37.35%

Summary

Adecoagro beats Fresh Del Monte Produce on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.