Mission Produce Inc vs United Natural Foods Inc

Mission Produce Inc (AVO) is overvalued and United Natural Foods Inc (UNFI) is slightly overvalued.

Both trade above our estimate of their intrinsic value. UNFI is the closer of the two: -15%, against -80% for AVO.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Mission Produce Inc (AVO)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.8% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $7.05; the price of $12.66 is 80% above that value, and 81% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 25/100 on 9 of 12 signals

United Natural Foods Inc (UNFI)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.5% (average of 2 methods) values the shares at $39.75; the price of $45.86 is 15% above that value.

Leak Score 0/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricAVOUNFI
VerdictOvervaluedSlightly overvalued
Price$12.66$45.86
Intrinsic value$7.05$39.75
Margin of safety-80%-15%
Leak Score25/100 (9/12)0/100 (3/12)
Market cap$1.1B$2.8B
Revenue growth, 5 years10.0%2.9%
Operating margin3.8%1.1%
Net margin0.1%0.3%
Return on equity0.2%5.3%
Debt to equity0.681.87
P/E369.1x34.3x
Forward P/E16.2x11.3x
P/B1.4x1.7x

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