MISSION PRODUCE INC (AVO)
Consumer Staples · produce distribution · NASDAQ
A leading global distributor of avocados, leveraging a vertically integrated supply chain to deliver fresh produce to worldwide markets.
What MISSION PRODUCE INC does
Mission Produce is a leading global supplier of avocados and other fresh produce, sourcing, managing, and distributing fruit to retail and foodservice customers across North America and other markets. The company operates extensive supply chain and logistics infrastructure, including sourcing from grower networks, ripening facilities, and distribution centers. Mission serves major retailers, foodservice operators, and other institutional customers with fresh produce offerings.
Themes: Fresh produce / avocados, Agricultural sourcing and supply chain, Food distribution logistics, Retail and foodservice supply
Fundamentals
- Price$13.29 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$1.2B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+5.4% 2025-08-21 close $12.61 → 2026-08-21 close $13.29
- P/E50.51 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+1.8% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+12.2% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+3.9% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.25 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)-10.5% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+10.0% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.45 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-06-08 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: at least 2 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How AVO compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiotop 25% 97 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 116 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 116 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginbottom 25% 116 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 116 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRtop 25% 109 covered Consumer Staples peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)bottom 25% 110 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Consumer Staples companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage
Not assessed — last reported dividend predates the accounts. The most recent fiscal year in which AVO reported a dividend payment is FY2020, while its reported financial statements run through FY2025. Coverage is therefore not assessed for the latest year — an FY2020 ratio would not describe AVO today.
Coverage is derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures, comparing dividends paid against net income and free cash flow for the SAME fiscal year. It is not shown here because the latest fiscal year with a reported dividend payment (FY2020) is older than the latest year of reported financial statements (FY2025), so any ratio would describe an out-of-date year. Informational only — not financial advice.
How MISSION PRODUCE INC looks technically
MISSION PRODUCE INC (AVO) is trading 3.7% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 43 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 9, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 58, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 7 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It just made a new 20-day high, its first since 2026-07-17, pushing above its recent trading range. Day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 1% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 3.7% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +3.7% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $12.62 | $12.62 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $12.81 | $12.81 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 11 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 11 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 43 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 43 sessions |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 3.7% above | +3.7% |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 9, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 8.7 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 58, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 57.7 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the top of its 14-day range ($11.69 to $13.48) — its "stochastic" reading is 89 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 89.4 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 7 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 7 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $15.53 | $15.53 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 14.4% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -14.4% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 32.0% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +32.0% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 14.4% below its highest point of the past year | 14.4% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it just made a new 20-day high, its first since 2026-07-17, pushing above its recent trading range | 1 session |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 51 trading days ago | 51 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $22.93 (set on 2021-06-11) | $22.93 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($10.11 to $15.34), and it has recovered a bit over half of its fall from last year’s high — 61% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $13.34 to $13.51. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 60.8% |
| From the all-time high | it is 42.0% below its all-time high | -42.0% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.4% below a resistance level at $13.47 — a price it turned at four times since 2024-09-19, most recently on 2026-08-10. Since 2024-08-21 it has 8 such levels below the current price and 3 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +1.4% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $8.19 (set on 2023-11-28) | $8.19 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 62.3% above its all-time low | +62.3% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 1% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move | 0th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.4065 between its high and its low — about 3.1% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.4065 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $12.35 and $13.44 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $12.35 – $12.90 – $13.44 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.1% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.1% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 1.2 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (3.7% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 1.2 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.53× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | 4 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 4 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.5% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close | +0.5% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 4.3% above the previous close 44 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 11.07 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +4.3% |
| Gap filled | a 3.2% gap up opened on 2026-07-01 has been "filled" 12 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 24 sessions to close | 12 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed higher 4 sessions in a row, a +2.63% move over the run — an unbroken run of up days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 4 sessions up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 2.9 percentage points (the stock gained 5.2% while the market gained 2.3%) | +2.9% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 8.2 percentage points (the stock gained 11.3% while the market gained 3.1%) | +8.2% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 19.5 percentage points (the stock lost 8.5% while the market gained 11.1%) | -19.5% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 15.1 percentage points (the stock gained 5.4% while the market gained 20.5%) | -15.1% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: trading above its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day high, MACD momentum is positive, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, lagging the market over 6 months, near the top of its 14-day range (overbought) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 6.2% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is thin, spanning 1.3% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily. | +6.2% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 4% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $12.76 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +4.1% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 8% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-06-08 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $12.31 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 51 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +7.9% |
Price levels it has turned at before
AVO last closed at $13.29 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 8 prices below its last close and 3 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $13.47 | Resistance | 1.4% above the last close | turned there four times · 2024-09-19 to 2026-08-10 |
| $13.02 | Support | 2.0% below the last close | turned there six times · 2025-08-22 to 2026-07-28 |
| $13.91 | Resistance | 4.7% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-09-09 to 2026-07-17 |
| $12.57 | Support | 5.4% below the last close | turned there 9 times · 2024-09-25 to 2025-07-30 |
| $14.18 | Resistance | 6.7% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-12-19 to 2026-01-22 |
| $12.20 | Support | 8.2% below the last close | turned there six times · 2024-12-19 to 2026-07-23 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Tested and reclaimed 200-day support · Broke out to a new 20-day high · in a Bollinger Band volatility squeeze · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · lagging the market | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · bollinger bands
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$16.50 range $15.00 – $18.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-17. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for AVO
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.1325 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-17
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Agricultural commodity price volatility and supply chain disruptions affecting avocado sourcing and margins","Significant decline in net sales (down 10.53% YoY) and operating profitability, with transaction advisory costs and margin pressure evident in recent quarters","Weather, climate, and crop yield uncertainties from reliance on grower networks for fruit sourcing"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of AVO's 10-Q filed 2026-06-08 against the prior one filed 2026-03-12.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Acquisition of Calavo section (filed 2026-06-08) describing completed acquisition on May 28, 2026, replacing the pending merger agreement from older filing
- Tariffs section (filed 2026-06-08) discussing February 20, 2026 Supreme Court ruling, IEEPA tariffs, CBP CAPE system, and uncertainty regarding refunds
- Financial results table for Six Months Ended April 30, 2026 and 2025 (filed 2026-06-08), including net sales, cost of sales, gross profit, and net income metrics
- Financial results table for Three Months Ended April 30, 2026 and 2025 (filed 2026-06-08)
- Statement that Calavo results and interest costs will be included in results for periods following closing date (filed 2026-06-08)
- Removed:
- Agreement and Plan of Merger with Calavo Growers, Inc. section describing pending transaction with $14.85 cash per share and 0.9790 stock consideration (filed 2026-03-12)
- Statement that transaction expected to close in third fiscal quarter of 2026 subject to regulatory approvals and shareholder votes (filed 2026-03-12)
- Rights Plan section describing shareholder rights plan adopted January 21, 2026 in response to activist investor (filed 2026-03-12)
- Financial results table for Three Months Ended January 31, 2026 and 2025 (filed 2026-03-12)
- Segment net sales breakdown table for Three Months Ended January 31 (filed 2026-03-12)
- Net sales decrease analysis comparing three months ended January 31, 2026 to prior year (filed 2026-03-12)
- Reworded:
- Calavo description changed from 'Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Calavo stockholders will receive...' to 'On May 28, 2026, we consummated our acquisition of 100% of outstanding common stock of Calavo'
- Transaction description changed from 'will enhance' and 'also represents entry' to 'enhances' and 'also represents our entry' (completed vs. pending language)
- Removed phrase 'for both Mission and Calavo shareholders' from synergies description
- Notes:
- The newer filing text appears truncated at the end of the Net sales section ('Our net sales are also dependent o...'), limiting full comparison of that section
- Older filing also appears truncated at the end ('primarily driven by our Marketing & Distribution segment, where a decrease in per-unit...'), limiting comparison of detailed net sales analysis
Risk Factors
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-06-08) adds reference to 'Q1 10-Q' as supplement to 2025 10-K risk factors disclosure
- Newer filing includes financial statements for six-month period ended April 30, 2026, compared to older filing's three-month period ended January 31, 2026
- Newer filing balance sheet shows April 30, 2026 date with different financial position than January 31, 2026 in older filing
- Newer filing includes 'Transaction advisory costs' line item of $6.4M (three months) and $13.4M (six months) in statements of operations, absent in older filing
- Removed:
- Older filing reference to 'most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2025' changed to '2025 10-K' in newer filing
- Older filing includes statement of comprehensive income with 'Amounts reclassified to earnings' line item that appears modified in newer filing
- Reworded:
- Older filing states 'Item 1A. Risk Factors' in our most recent Annual Report' vs. newer filing states 'Item 1A. Risk Factors' in our 2025 10-K, as supplemented by the Q1 10-Q'
- Older filing language 'documents that we reference and exhibits that have been filed, in this report and have filed as exhibits' simplified to 'documents that we reference in this report and exhibits that we have filed as exhibits' in newer filing
- Notes:
- The provided text excerpts appear truncated at the equity statements section, limiting full comparative assessment of all financial statement changes
- Financial data comparison is between different interim periods (January 31, 2026 vs. April 30, 2026) rather than identical reporting dates, making some variances expected
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
16 open-market purchases and 1 open-market sale by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 90 days16 buys ($45M) · 1 sell ($60650) — 3 buying, 1 selling insiders
- Last 180 days16 buys ($45M) · 1 sell ($60650) — 3 buying, 1 selling insiders
Cluster buying: 3 different insiders reported open-market purchases (SEC code P) of AVO within a 30-day window between 2026-06-11 and 2026-07-09. Disclosed Form 4 activity, not a prediction of performance or a buy signal.
Activity heuristic: net buying (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-07-09. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about AVO's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding AVO as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 4,787,332
- Reported value $65,873,690
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 3 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
AVO had 4,980,808 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
AVO had 5.64% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 7.27 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 4,980,808
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 5.64%
- Prior settlement (shares) 5,121,394
- Reported change -2.75%
- Days to cover (reported) 7.27
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Calavo Growers (CVGW)
- Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP)
- Dole plc (DOLE)
- Costa Group
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Frequently asked questions
What does MISSION PRODUCE INC (AVO) do?
Mission Produce is a leading global supplier of avocados and other fresh produce, sourcing, managing, and distributing fruit to retail and foodservice customers across North America and other markets. The company operates extensive supply chain and logistics infrastructure, including sourcing from grower networks, ripening facilities, and distribution centers. Mission serves major retailers, foodservice operators, and other institutional customers with fresh produce offerings.
What sector is MISSION PRODUCE INC (AVO) in?
MISSION PRODUCE INC (AVO) is classified in the Consumer Staples sector. Its industry is produce distribution. It trades on NASDAQ.
Who are MISSION PRODUCE INC's (AVO) competitors?
Notable peers of MISSION PRODUCE INC (AVO) include Calavo Growers, Fresh Del Monte Produce, Dole plc and Costa Group. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is MISSION PRODUCE INC (AVO) overbought or oversold right now?
MISSION PRODUCE INC (AVO) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 58, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on AVO come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.