BV vs. AGRO, AVO, LND, VFF, AGFY, LOCL, PFAI, ORIS, NCRA, and CEAD
Should you be buying BrightView stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BrightView include Adecoagro (AGRO), Mission Produce (AVO), Brasilagro Cia Brasileira De Propriedades Agricolas (LND), Village Farms International (VFF), Agrify (AGFY), Local Bounti (LOCL), Pinnacle Food Group (PFAI), Oriental Rise (ORIS), Nocera (NCRA), and CEA Industries (CEAD). These companies are all part of the "agriculture" industry.
BrightView vs. Its Competitors
Adecoagro (NYSE:AGRO) and BrightView (NYSE:BV) are both small-cap agriculture companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Adecoagro has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BrightView. BrightView is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adecoagro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Adecoagro has a net margin of 3.97% compared to BrightView's net margin of 1.65%. Adecoagro's return on equity of 11.60% beat BrightView's return on equity.
45.3% of Adecoagro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of BrightView shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of BrightView shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Adecoagro has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightView has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Adecoagro had 2 more articles in the media than BrightView. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Adecoagro and 1 mentions for BrightView. BrightView's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Adecoagro's score of 0.52 indicating that BrightView is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Adecoagro currently has a consensus price target of $10.07, suggesting a potential upside of 7.38%. BrightView has a consensus price target of $17.27, suggesting a potential upside of 11.46%. Given BrightView's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BrightView is more favorable than Adecoagro.
Summary
BrightView beats Adecoagro on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BV) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
