CTVA vs. FDP, AGRO, LND, LMNR, ALCO, VFF, SEED, LOCL, SANW, and SISI
Should you be buying Corteva stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Corteva include Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP), Adecoagro (AGRO), BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas (LND), Limoneira (LMNR), Alico (ALCO), Village Farms International (VFF), Origin Agritech (SEED), Local Bounti (LOCL), S&W Seed (SANW), and Shineco (SISI). These companies are all part of the "agricultural production - crops" industry.
Corteva (NYSE:CTVA) and Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE:FDP) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
Corteva pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Fresh Del Monte Produce pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Corteva pays out 81.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fresh Del Monte Produce pays out -196.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fresh Del Monte Produce is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Corteva had 3 more articles in the media than Fresh Del Monte Produce. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Corteva and 4 mentions for Fresh Del Monte Produce. Corteva's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Fresh Del Monte Produce's score of 0.36 indicating that Corteva is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Corteva has a net margin of 3.32% compared to Fresh Del Monte Produce's net margin of -0.56%. Corteva's return on equity of 6.68% beat Fresh Del Monte Produce's return on equity.
Corteva presently has a consensus price target of $63.05, indicating a potential upside of 15.60%. Given Corteva's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Corteva is more favorable than Fresh Del Monte Produce.
Corteva has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fresh Del Monte Produce has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
81.5% of Corteva shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Fresh Del Monte Produce shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Corteva shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.1% of Fresh Del Monte Produce shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Corteva has higher revenue and earnings than Fresh Del Monte Produce. Fresh Del Monte Produce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Corteva, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fresh Del Monte Produce received 111 more outperform votes than Corteva when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.56% of users gave Fresh Del Monte Produce an outperform vote while only 58.37% of users gave Corteva an outperform vote.
Summary
Corteva beats Fresh Del Monte Produce on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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