Calavo Growers (CVGW) Competitors

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS) and Calavo Growers (NASDAQ:CVGW) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in THS or CVGW?

99.8% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of Calavo Growers shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Calavo Growers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is THS or CVGW more profitable?

Calavo Growers has a net margin of 1.50% compared to TreeHouse Foods' net margin of 0.20%. Calavo Growers' return on equity of 11.79% beat TreeHouse Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TreeHouse Foods	0.20%	6.73%	2.63%
Calavo Growers	1.50%	11.79%	7.38%

Do analysts prefer THS or CVGW?

TreeHouse Foods currently has a consensus target price of $27.17, indicating a potential upside of 39.98%. Calavo Growers has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.23%. Given TreeHouse Foods' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe TreeHouse Foods is more favorable than Calavo Growers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TreeHouse Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Calavo Growers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings & valuation, THS or CVGW?

TreeHouse Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Calavo Growers. Calavo Growers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TreeHouse Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TreeHouse Foods	$3.35B	0.29	$26.90M	$0.13	149.28
Calavo Growers	$694.49M	0.68	-$1.08M	$0.58	45.64

Which has more volatility & risk, THS or CVGW?

TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calavo Growers has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer THS or CVGW?

In the previous week, TreeHouse Foods had 3 more articles in the media than Calavo Growers. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for TreeHouse Foods and 3 mentions for Calavo Growers. Calavo Growers' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat TreeHouse Foods' score of 0.27 indicating that Calavo Growers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TreeHouse Foods	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Calavo Growers	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Calavo Growers beats TreeHouse Foods on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.