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Calavo Growers (CVGW) Competitors

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$27.03
+0.45 (+1.69%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

CVGW vs. JBSS, HAIN, BGS, SENEA, LWAY, FARM, BV, SITE, MDLZ, and GIS

Should you be buying Calavo Growers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Calavo Growers include John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), B&G Foods (BGS), Seneca Foods (SENEA), Lifeway Foods (LWAY), Farmer Bros. (FARM), BrightView (BV), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), Mondelez International (MDLZ), and General Mills (GIS).

Calavo Growers vs.

Calavo Growers (NASDAQ:CVGW) and John B. Sanfilippo & Son (NASDAQ:JBSS) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

John B. Sanfilippo & Son has a net margin of 4.90% compared to Calavo Growers' net margin of -1.21%. John B. Sanfilippo & Son's return on equity of 17.12% beat Calavo Growers' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Calavo Growers-1.21% 6.35% 3.33%
John B. Sanfilippo & Son 4.90%17.12%10.92%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Calavo Growers$1.01B0.48-$8.34M-$0.50-54.06
John B. Sanfilippo & Son$1.07B0.93$60.25M$4.6518.35

Calavo Growers currently has a consensus price target of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.39%. Given Calavo Growers' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Calavo Growers is more favorable than John B. Sanfilippo & Son.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Calavo Growers
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
John B. Sanfilippo & Son
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

81.3% of Calavo Growers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Calavo Growers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Calavo Growers pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. John B. Sanfilippo & Son pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Calavo Growers pays out -160.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. John B. Sanfilippo & Son pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Calavo Growers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Calavo Growers received 154 more outperform votes than John B. Sanfilippo & Son when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.97% of users gave John B. Sanfilippo & Son an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave Calavo Growers an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Calavo GrowersOutperform Votes
312
60.94%
Underperform Votes
200
39.06%
John B. Sanfilippo & SonOutperform Votes
158
63.97%
Underperform Votes
89
36.03%

In the previous week, John B. Sanfilippo & Son had 4 more articles in the media than Calavo Growers. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for John B. Sanfilippo & Son and 1 mentions for Calavo Growers. John B. Sanfilippo & Son's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Calavo Growers' score of 0.47 indicating that John B. Sanfilippo & Son is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Calavo Growers
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
John B. Sanfilippo & Son
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Calavo Growers has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John B. Sanfilippo & Son has a beta of 0.1, meaning that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

John B. Sanfilippo & Son beats Calavo Growers on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CVGW vs. The Competition

MetricCalavo GrowersAgricultural services IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$481.19M$485.99M$15.09B$8.53B
Dividend Yield3.00%3.00%2.62%4.14%
P/E Ratio-54.0687.5718.2115.07
Price / Sales0.480.504.3693.55
Price / Cash27.7518.4820.8434.04
Price / Book2.281.385.815.01
Net Income-$8.34M-$9.20M$576.14M$225.46M
7 Day Performance2.60%-1.22%-1.39%0.37%
1 Month Performance-5.56%-5.00%-2.72%3.57%
1 Year Performance9.34%-1.60%10.87%29.42%

Calavo Growers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CVGW
Calavo Growers
2.39 of 5 stars
$27.03
+1.7%
$32.00
+18.4%
+11.0%$481.19M$1.01B-54.063,064
JBSS
John B. Sanfilippo & Son
2.3485 of 5 stars
$93.48
+0.5%
N/A-8.0%$1.08B$1.07B18.121,800Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
HAIN
The Hain Celestial Group
3.2189 of 5 stars
$8.85
+5.5%
$9.57
+8.2%
-17.6%$795.17M$1.74B-10.542,786Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
BGS
B&G Foods
2.6097 of 5 stars
$8.58
+4.5%
$8.67
+1.0%
+8.3%$678.26M$2.00B-5.572,912Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
SENEA
Seneca Foods
1.1316 of 5 stars
$63.20
+2.6%
N/A+18.5%$437.98M$1.46B8.752,900
LWAY
Lifeway Foods
2.211 of 5 stars
$26.37
+0.3%
$26.50
+0.5%
+139.8%$387.82M$176.78M29.30280
FARM
Farmer Bros.
4.2985 of 5 stars
$1.98
+3.7%
$5.25
+165.2%
-26.3%$42.10M$341.09M-11.001,003Upcoming Earnings
BV
BrightView
1.5876 of 5 stars
$16.45
+2.8%
$15.47
-5.9%
+150.7%$1.55B$2.78B137.0921,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
SITE
SiteOne Landscape Supply
1.1766 of 5 stars
$145.63
+3.0%
$147.20
+1.1%
+15.1%$6.58B$4.43B43.218,230Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
MDLZ
Mondelez International
4.6153 of 5 stars
$69.54
+0.4%
$79.35
+14.1%
+2.5%$93.28B$35.98B23.9091,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GIS
General Mills
4.4047 of 5 stars
$68.28
0.0%
$73.00
+6.9%
+4.9%$38.11B$19.80B16.2634,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CVGW) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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