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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, THS or CVGW?

TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calavo Growers has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	$3.35B	0.33	$26.90M	$0.54	41.29
Calavo Growers	$688.32M	0.62	-$1.08M	$0.54	44.63

Does the media refer more to THS or CVGW?

In the previous week, TreeHouse Foods had 6 more articles in the media than Calavo Growers. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for TreeHouse Foods and 16 mentions for Calavo Growers. Calavo Growers' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat TreeHouse Foods' score of 0.14 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Calavo Growers	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in THS or CVGW?

TreeHouse Foods received 174 more outperform votes than Calavo Growers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.75% of users gave TreeHouse Foods an outperform vote while only 60.93% of users gave Calavo Growers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TreeHouse Foods	Outperform Votes 489 63.75%	Underperform Votes 278 36.25%
Calavo Growers	Outperform Votes 315 60.93%	Underperform Votes 202 39.07%

Do institutionals & insiders believe 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is THS or CVGW 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
TreeHouse Foods	0.80%	6.42%	2.54%
Calavo Growers	-0.16%	9.66%	5.30%

Do analysts rate THS or CVGW?

TreeHouse Foods currently has a consensus target price of $31.67, suggesting a potential upside of 42.02%. Calavo Growers has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 45.23%. 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
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

Summary

TreeHouse Foods beats Calavo Growers on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.