BrightView (BV) Competitors

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

Is AGRO or BV 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
Adecoagro	11.25%	10.14%	4.38%
BrightView	2.64%	7.86%	2.96%

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

45.3% of Adecoagro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of BrightView shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of Adecoagro shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of BrightView shares are owned 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, AGRO or BV?

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

Do analysts prefer AGRO or BV?

Adecoagro currently has a consensus target price of $12.63, suggesting a potential upside of 11.58%. BrightView has a consensus target price of $17.41, suggesting a potential upside of 28.95%. Given BrightView's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BrightView is more favorable than Adecoagro.

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
BrightView	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AGRO or BV?

Adecoagro has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Adecoagro	$1.52B	0.74	$226.29M	$0.89	12.71
BrightView	$2.74B	0.47	$66.40M	$0.18	75.03

Does the media favor AGRO or BV?

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 news media.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AGRO or BV?

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
Adecoagro	Outperform Votes 243 59.41%	Underperform Votes 166 40.59%
BrightView	Outperform Votes 16 37.21%	Underperform Votes 27 62.79%

Summary

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