Mission Produce Inc (AVO) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 71 Consumer Staples companies.
Mission Produce Inc (AVO) scores 4.0 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as mixed quality. The reading rests on solvency, and profitability is what holds it back.
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Mission Produce Inc (AVO) has a Lemma Quality Score of 4.0 out of 10 as of October 17, 2026, which reads as mixed quality. A mixed reading means the strengths and weaknesses roughly cancel out, and the case for the business depends on which pillars you care about most. Five pillars feed it, and every one of them is computed from what the company reported rather than from its share price.
Among the 71 Consumer Staples companies with a published score, that ranks at the 17th percentile, among the weakest quarter of its peers. A typical company in the group scores 5.8, and the best quarter starts from 6.8. Mission Produce Inc is well below that typical reading.
On profitability, Mission Produce Inc scores 0.9, a weak reading. Its peers have a median of 4.7 across 71 Consumer Staples companies, which places it well below them, at the 3rd percentile. A low reading here is the first thing to explain: it is the pillar most closely tied to whether the business creates value at all.
On solvency, Mission Produce Inc scores 6.9, an average reading. Its peers have a median of 6.9 across 65 Consumer Staples companies, which places it in line with them, at the 49th percentile. Middling solvency says the balance sheet is neither a strength nor a constraint today.
Growth scores 4.1 out of 10, which reads as average. The median across 67 Consumer Staples companies is 4.0, so Mission Produce Inc is in line with its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 55th percentile. Growth near the median is neither a reason to buy nor a concern, but it does mean the quality case rests more on the other pillars.
On efficiency, Mission Produce Inc scores 6.8, an average reading. Its peers have a median of 6.7 across 68 Consumer Staples companies, which places it in line with them, at the 57th percentile. Efficiency near the median says the operation is neither unusually lean nor unusually capital hungry.
Predictability scores 2.8 out of 10, which reads as weak. The median across 71 Consumer Staples companies is 6.1, so Mission Produce Inc is well below its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 9th percentile. When results are this uneven, the averages behind the other pillars hide a lot of movement, and a longer history tells more than the latest year.
This is a lopsided profile. Solvency scores 6.9 but profitability only 0.9, a gap of 6.0 points, so the overall hides a business that is excellent in one respect and weak in another. A solvency lead means the balance sheet is the company’s strongest asset, a cushion that buys time when trading gets harder. A profitability shortfall is the one most worth understanding, since it bears directly on whether the business creates value.
The pillar with the most room to move the score is profitability. If it rose to the median of Consumer Staples companies, 4.7, Mission Produce Inc’s overall score would go from 4.0 to about 5.0. All five pillars could be scored, so the overall uses the full set of weights out of 100: profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20.
These are the Consumer Staples companies closest to Mission Produce Inc in market value. Each has its own page scored on the same five pillars, so the comparison is like for like.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading Mission Produce Inc scores 4.0 out of 10, which reads as mixed quality. Its strongest pillar is solvency, its weakest is profitability. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
Mission Produce Inc ranks at the 17th percentile of the 71 Consumer Staples companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 5.8 and the top quarter starts at 6.8, against Mission Produce Inc’s 4.0.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 17, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for AVO are in the app.
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