Research Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Updates for Mission Produce (AVO)

Mission Produce (NASDAQ: AVO) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

• 10/23/2026 – Mission Produce was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c-)” to “sell (d+)”.
• 10/21/2026 – Mission Produce is now covered by Santander. They set an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/9/2026 – Mission Produce had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Stephens. They now have a $15.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/8/2026 – Mission Produce was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “sell (d+)” to “hold (c-)”.
• 9/18/2026 – Mission Produce was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c-)” to “sell (d+)”.
• 9/12/2026 – Mission Produce was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “sell” to “hold”.
• 9/10/2026 – Mission Produce had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Roth Capital. They now have a $17.00 price target on the stock.
• 9/4/2026 – Mission Produce had its “hold (c-)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Luis Gonzalez acquired 29,996 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, October 9th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $11.59 per share, for a total transaction of $347,653.64. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 7,004,139 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $81,177,971.01. The trade was a 0.43% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Chairman Stephen Barnard sold 111,358 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $13.01, for a total transaction of $1,448,767.58. Following the sale, the chairman owned 1,695,185 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $22,054,356.85. This trade represents a 6.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders sold 250,062 shares of company stock worth $3,238,747. Insiders own 30.85% of the company’s stock.

Mission Produce, Inc is an international avocado sourcing, production, packing, marketing and distribution company headquartered in Oxnard, California. The company supplies fresh avocados to retailers, foodservice operators and wholesale customers under the Mission brand and other customer-specific programs.

Mission Produce sources avocados from growing regions in North and South America and operates or partners with farming, packing and distribution operations in multiple countries. Its activities include fruit procurement, ripening, quality control, packaging, logistics and global marketing, helping customers receive avocados at different stages of ripeness.

In addition to avocados, the company participates in the mango category and markets related fresh-produce offerings in selected channels.