CVGW vs. AVO, LND, ARKO, DJCO, WALD, BYND, YSG, UNFI, TPB, and SENEA
Should you be buying Calavo Growers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Calavo Growers include Mission Produce (AVO), BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas (LND), Arko (ARKO), Daily Journal (DJCO), Waldencast (WALD), Beyond Meat (BYND), Yatsen (YSG), United Natural Foods (UNFI), Turning Point Brands (TPB), and Seneca Foods (SENEA). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Mission Produce (NASDAQ:AVO) and Calavo Growers (NASDAQ:CVGW) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Mission Produce has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Calavo Growers. Calavo Growers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mission Produce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Calavo Growers had 1 more articles in the media than Mission Produce. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Calavo Growers and 1 mentions for Mission Produce. Calavo Growers' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Mission Produce's score of 0.45 indicating that Mission Produce is being referred to more favorably in the media.
63.6% of Mission Produce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of Calavo Growers shares are held by institutional investors. 41.6% of Mission Produce shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Calavo Growers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Calavo Growers received 297 more outperform votes than Mission Produce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.30% of users gave Calavo Growers an outperform vote while only 39.47% of users gave Mission Produce an outperform vote.
Mission Produce has a net margin of 0.60% compared to Mission Produce's net margin of -1.32%. Calavo Growers' return on equity of 3.98% beat Mission Produce's return on equity.
Mission Produce presently has a consensus target price of $11.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.09%. Calavo Growers has a consensus target price of $38.50, indicating a potential upside of 38.39%. Given Mission Produce's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Calavo Growers is more favorable than Mission Produce.
Mission Produce has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calavo Growers has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Mission Produce beats Calavo Growers on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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