Corteva (CTVA) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, CTVA or BV?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CTVA or BV?

Corteva received 142 more outperform votes than BrightView when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.85% of users gave Corteva an outperform vote while only 37.21% of users gave BrightView an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Corteva	Outperform Votes 158 59.85%	Underperform Votes 106 40.15%
BrightView	Outperform Votes 16 37.21%	Underperform Votes 27 62.79%

Do analysts prefer CTVA or BV?

Corteva presently has a consensus price target of $65.41, suggesting a potential upside of 13.80%. BrightView has a consensus price target of $17.11, suggesting a potential upside of 7.09%. Given Corteva's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Corteva is more favorable than BrightView.

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	$16.64B	2.37	$735M	$0.99	58.06
BrightView	$2.77B	0.55	$66.40M	$0.11	145.27

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 media favor CTVA or BV?

In the previous week, Corteva had 7 more articles in the media than BrightView. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Corteva and 2 mentions for BrightView. BrightView's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Corteva's score of 0.98 indicating that BrightView is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Corteva	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BrightView	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CTVA or BV?

81.5% of Corteva shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of BrightView shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Corteva shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of BrightView shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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