← BackMission Produce, Inc. · Agricultural ServicesAVO
Low riskNext report: Around Dec 17 (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with growing sales. Insiders and institutions are both adding.
Going well
- Sales up 26% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
- Profitable
- Sales up 13% last year
Money moves
- An insider bought $595K of shares with their own money in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 46% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (122 bought, 80 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$11.77+0.6% that day
Latest insider buy: A director bought at $11.43 on Oct 12. The stock is now $11.77, +3.0% since.
- Company value
- $1.0B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 294.3x
- You pay about $294 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 0.77x
- Company value is 0.77 times a year of sales
- Cash vs value
- 5%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 10%
- Debt as a share of company value
From AVO's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Jul '26$450.0M+26% vs a year earlier
Oct '23Tap a barJul '26
Last 12 months: $1.3B, down 6.2% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 10% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.6.6%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.17x equity
- MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.2.7%
- MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.5 of 7 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$37.2M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+1.0% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.11.6%
- Revenue
- $1.4B
- +12.7% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +10.0%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $100.0M
- 0.17x equity
- Current ratio
- 1.86x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Jul 31, 2026- Revenue
- $450.0M
- +25.8% YoY
- EPS
- -$0.08
- vs $0.21
- Op. margin
- 0.1%
- -5.8 pts
- Gross margin
- 9.9%
- -2.7 pts
- Free cash flow
- -$14.0M
- Share count
- +16.6%
- vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
56Mixed
- 1 insider bought $595K
- 1 insider sold $281K (not pre-planned)
50 is neutral. Buying by more insiders, top executives and bigger stakes raises it. Selling lowers it; pre-planned sales count less.
Weekly insider trend13 weeks agoBoughtSoldThis week
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
- This week
- 0
- Normal week
- 1.4
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
▲Accumulating+45.7%Institutions added 45.7% to their holdings. 122 bought, 80 sold. 2 quarters of net buying in a row.
Shares held by institutions41.0M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
+7.4%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.5x · $400.3M debtShares outstandingLatest reported
88MWhy low risk- Share count growing 7.4% a year
Next reportAround Dec 17 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedSep 8
- Results filedJun 8
- Results filedMar 12
- Results filedDec 18, 2025
- Results filedSep 8, 2025
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days Bought$595K1 insider
Sold$281K1 insider, 0 pre-planned
| Insider | Trade | Shares | Avg price | Value | Owns after | Date |
|---|
Luis A GonzalezDirector | Buy | 52K | $11.43 | $595K | 7M | |
- +0.7% of their holdings
- $11.22 to $11.59 across 2 trades
- Traded Oct 9 to Oct 12
- Held via BELDAR ENTERPRISES
- Filed 1 day after
|
Stephen J BarnardExecutive Chairman | Sell | 22K | $13.00 | $281K | 2M | |
- -1.3% of their holdings
- 2 trades
- Held SHELLY R. BARNARD GT TRUST
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Also Director
- Filed 1 day after
|
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.
Latest filings
Straight from SEC EDGAR
BoughtLuis A GonzalezDirector
52,022 shares at $11.43 avg ($11.22 to $11.59) · $595K
- +1% of holdings
- Now owns 7,026,165 shares
- Held by BELDAR ENTERPRISES
- 2 transactions
- Filed 1 day after trade
SoldStephen J BarnardExecutive Chairman, Director
21,646 shares at $13.00 · $281K
- -1% of holdings
- Now owns 1,684,794 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Held STEPHEN J. BARNARD GT TRUST
- 2 transactions
- Filed 1 day after trade
SoldStephen J BarnardExecutive Chairman, Director
111,358 shares at $13.01 · $1.4M
- -6% of holdings
- Now owns 1,696,049 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Held STEPHEN J. BARNARD GT TRUST
- 2 transactions
- Filed 2 days after trade
SoldStephen J BarnardExecutive Chairman, Director
35,562 shares at $12.55 avg ($12.54 to $13.00) · $446K
- -2% of holdings
- Now owns 1,749,517 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Held BARNARD PROPERTIES, LLC
- 2 transactions
- Filed 3 days after trade
SoldStephen J BarnardExecutive Chairman, Director
81,496 shares at $13.03 avg ($13.01 to $13.10) · $1.1M
- -4% of holdings
- Now owns 1,753,075 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Held BARNARD PROPERTIES, LLC
- 3 transactions
- Filed 1 day after trade