Corteva (CTVA) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BV or CTVA?

Corteva received 153 more outperform votes than BrightView when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.01% of users gave Corteva 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%
Corteva	Outperform Votes 169 61.01%	Underperform Votes 108 38.99%

Does the media favor BV or CTVA?

In the previous week, Corteva had 17 more articles in the media than BrightView. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Corteva and 5 mentions for BrightView. BrightView's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Corteva's score of 1.49 indicating that BrightView is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BrightView	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Corteva	20 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BV or CTVA more profitable?

Corteva has a net margin of 5.36% compared to BrightView's net margin of 2.64%. BrightView's return on equity of 7.86% beat Corteva's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BrightView	2.64%	7.86%	2.96%
Corteva	5.36%	7.19%	4.26%

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

92.4% of BrightView shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of Corteva shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of BrightView shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Corteva shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, BV or CTVA?

Corteva has higher revenue and earnings than BrightView. Corteva 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	75.00
Corteva	$16.91B	2.44	$907M	$1.29	46.73

Which has more risk and volatility, BV or CTVA?

BrightView has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corteva has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BV or CTVA?

BrightView currently has a consensus target price of $17.41, suggesting a potential upside of 28.99%. Corteva has a consensus target price of $68.13, suggesting a potential upside of 13.01%. Given BrightView's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BrightView is more favorable than Corteva.

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
Corteva	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.72

Summary

Corteva beats BrightView on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.