Corteva (CTVA) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CTVA or BV?

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
Corteva	$17.23B	2.49	$735M	$0.99	62.93
BrightView	$2.77B	0.55	$66.40M	$0.11	144.92

Which has more risk & volatility, CTVA or BV?

Corteva has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightView has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CTVA or BV?

In the previous week, Corteva had 8 more articles in the media than BrightView. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Corteva and 1 mentions for BrightView. Corteva's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat BrightView's score of 0.56 indicating that Corteva is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Corteva	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BrightView	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

81.5% of Corteva shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of BrightView shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Corteva shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of BrightView shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend CTVA or BV?

Corteva currently has a consensus price target of $65.47, indicating a potential upside of 5.10%. BrightView has a consensus price target of $17.11, indicating a potential upside of 7.36%. Given BrightView's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BrightView is more favorable than Corteva.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corteva	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.68
BrightView	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is CTVA or BV more profitable?

Corteva has a net margin of 4.18% compared to BrightView's net margin of 2.40%. BrightView's return on equity of 7.65% beat Corteva's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Corteva	4.18%	6.63%	3.93%
BrightView	2.40%	7.65%	2.86%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CTVA or BV?

Corteva received 144 more outperform votes than BrightView when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.15% of users gave Corteva an outperform vote while only 37.21% of users gave BrightView an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Corteva	Outperform Votes 160 60.15%	Underperform Votes 106 39.85%
BrightView	Outperform Votes 16 37.21%	Underperform Votes 27 62.79%

Summary

Corteva beats BrightView on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.