Calavo Growers (CVGW) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate THS or CVGW?

TreeHouse Foods currently has a consensus target price of $34.20, suggesting a potential upside of 1.69%. Calavo Growers has a consensus target price of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.76%. Given Calavo Growers' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Calavo Growers is more favorable than TreeHouse Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TreeHouse Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Calavo Growers	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor THS or CVGW?

In the previous week, TreeHouse Foods had 2 more articles in the media than Calavo Growers. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for TreeHouse Foods and 3 mentions for Calavo Growers. Calavo Growers' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat TreeHouse Foods' score of 0.94 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Calavo Growers	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, THS or CVGW?

TreeHouse Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Calavo Growers. TreeHouse Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Calavo Growers, 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	$3.36B	0.51	$53.10M	-$0.47	-71.55
Calavo Growers	$1.01B	0.45	-$8.34M	-$0.50	-51.30

Is THS or CVGW more profitable?

TreeHouse Foods has a net margin of -0.72% compared to Calavo Growers' net margin of -1.21%. Calavo Growers' return on equity of 6.35% beat TreeHouse Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TreeHouse Foods	-0.72%	5.94%	2.38%
Calavo Growers	-1.21%	6.35%	3.33%

Which has more risk and volatility, THS or CVGW?

TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calavo Growers has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in THS or CVGW?

TreeHouse Foods received 177 more outperform votes than Calavo Growers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.68% of users gave TreeHouse Foods an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave Calavo Growers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TreeHouse Foods	Outperform Votes 489 64.68%	Underperform Votes 267 35.32%
Calavo Growers	Outperform Votes 312 60.94%	Underperform Votes 200 39.06%

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. 0.9% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Calavo Growers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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