Calavo Growers (CVGW) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CVGW or THS?

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
Calavo Growers	$688.32M	0.61	-$1.08M	$0.54	43.39
TreeHouse Foods	$3.35B	0.40	$26.90M	$0.54	49.04

Is CVGW or THS more profitable?

TreeHouse Foods has a net margin of 0.80% compared to Calavo Growers' net margin of -0.16%. Calavo Growers' return on equity of 9.66% beat TreeHouse Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Calavo Growers	-0.16%	9.66%	5.30%
TreeHouse Foods	0.80%	6.42%	2.54%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CVGW or THS?

81.3% of Calavo Growers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of Calavo Growers shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of TreeHouse Foods 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.

Do analysts recommend CVGW or THS?

Calavo Growers presently has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 49.38%. TreeHouse Foods has a consensus target price of $34.83, indicating a potential upside of 31.55%. Given Calavo Growers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Calavo Growers is more favorable than TreeHouse Foods.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CVGW or THS?

TreeHouse Foods received 175 more outperform votes than Calavo Growers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.92% of users gave TreeHouse Foods an outperform vote while only 60.97% of users gave Calavo Growers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Calavo Growers	Outperform Votes 314 60.97%	Underperform Votes 201 39.03%
TreeHouse Foods	Outperform Votes 489 63.92%	Underperform Votes 276 36.08%

Does the media prefer CVGW or THS?

In the previous week, Calavo Growers and Calavo Growers both had 8 articles in the media. TreeHouse Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Calavo Growers' score of 0.67 indicating that TreeHouse Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Calavo Growers	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TreeHouse Foods	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, CVGW or THS?

Calavo Growers has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Calavo Growers and TreeHouse Foods tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.