This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. (DOLE) (DOLE) Competitors Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock DOLE vs. LANC, CALM, FLO, JJSF, TR, THS, JBSS, SENEA, BGS, and CVGWShould you be buying (DOLE) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of (DOLE) include Lancaster Colony (LANC), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), Flowers Foods (FLO), J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), TreeHouse Foods (THS), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), Seneca Foods (SENEA), B&G Foods (BGS), and Calavo Growers (CVGW). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry. (DOLE) vs. Lancaster Colony Cal-Maine Foods Flowers Foods J&J Snack Foods Tootsie Roll Industries TreeHouse Foods John B. Sanfilippo & Son Seneca Foods B&G Foods Calavo Growers Lancaster Colony (NASDAQ:LANC) and (DOLE) (NYSE:DOLE) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends. Do analysts rate LANC or DOLE? Lancaster Colony presently has a consensus price target of $211.33, indicating a potential upside of 20.71%. (DOLE) has a consensus price target of $16.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.96%. Given Lancaster Colony's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Lancaster Colony is more favorable than (DOLE).Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Lancaster Colony 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.25(DOLE) 1 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.33 Which has preferable valuation & earnings, LANC or DOLE? Lancaster Colony has higher earnings, but lower revenue than (DOLE). (DOLE) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lancaster Colony, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLancaster Colony$1.90B2.54$158.61M$5.6930.77(DOLE)$8.25B0.17$124.06M$1.967.53 Does the media prefer LANC or DOLE? In the previous week, Lancaster Colony had 3 more articles in the media than (DOLE). MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Lancaster Colony and 5 mentions for (DOLE). Lancaster Colony's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat (DOLE)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Lancaster Colony is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Lancaster Colony 6 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive (DOLE) 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Is LANC or DOLE a better dividend stock? Lancaster Colony pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. (DOLE) pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Lancaster Colony pays out 66.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. (DOLE) pays out 16.3% 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. Lancaster Colony has increased its dividend for 62 consecutive years. Lancaster Colony is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Which has more risk & volatility, LANC or DOLE? Lancaster Colony has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, (DOLE) has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LANC or DOLE? Lancaster Colony received 262 more outperform votes than (DOLE) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.40% of users gave Lancaster Colony an outperform vote while only 59.81% of users gave (DOLE) an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformLancaster ColonyOutperform Votes39062.40% Underperform Votes23537.60% (DOLE)Outperform Votes12859.81% Underperform Votes8640.19% Is LANC or DOLE more profitable? Lancaster Colony has a net margin of 8.26% compared to (DOLE)'s net margin of 2.23%. Lancaster Colony's return on equity of 19.51% beat (DOLE)'s return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Lancaster Colony8.26% 19.51% 15.19% (DOLE) 2.23%8.35%2.67% Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LANC or DOLE? 66.4% of Lancaster Colony shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.5% of Lancaster Colony shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 41.8% of (DOLE) shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryLancaster Colony beats (DOLE) on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get (DOLE) News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DOLE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart DOLE vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetric(DOLE)Agricultural production IndustryStaples SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.29B$1.58B$17.10B$18.89BDividend Yield2.35%2.82%2.87%3.79%P/E Ratio7.4912.2315.9331.43Price / Sales0.170.812.4725.45Price / Cash6.289.1316.3917.54Price / BookN/A0.906.664.36Net Income$124.06M$7.79M$731.75M$1.02B (DOLE) Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)DOLE(DOLE)3.4155 of 5 stars$14.76+15.1%$16.67+13.0%+27.9%$1.29B$8.25B7.5334,078LANCLancaster Colony4.5929 of 5 stars$175.00+0.1%$211.33+20.8%-14.6%$4.83B$1.90B30.763,200Positive NewsCALMCal-Maine Foods3.0057 of 5 stars$90.90-0.1%$74.50-18.0%+52.3%$4.46B$3.08B7.072,980Upcoming EarningsAnalyst UpgradePositive NewsGap DownFLOFlowers Foods4.1218 of 5 stars$19.05+0.9%$21.00+10.3%-16.9%$4.02B$5.10B16.289,200Short Interest ↓Positive NewsJJSFJ&J Snack Foods3.918 of 5 stars$131.72+1.2%$167.50+27.2%-3.4%$2.57B$1.59B30.355,000Positive NewsTRTootsie Roll Industries0.7467 of 5 stars$31.48+0.5%N/A+1.3%$2.25B$723.22M25.802,000Positive NewsTHSTreeHouse Foods4.3673 of 5 stars$27.100.0%$34.83+28.5%-28.8%$1.36B$3.35B50.187,400JBSSJohn B. Sanfilippo & Son1.5317 of 5 stars$70.86+0.1%N/A-33.0%$824.67M$1.12B16.991,300News CoverageSENEASeneca Foods0.8842 of 5 stars$89.04-1.4%N/A+58.7%$612.60M$1.54B16.253,000High Trading VolumeBGSB&G Foods2.985 of 5 stars$6.89+3.8%$8.10+17.6%-40.5%$544.87M$1.93B-20.253,080High Trading VolumeCVGWCalavo Growers4.4448 of 5 stars$23.99-0.9%$35.00+45.9%-8.5%$427.91M$688.32M-399.833,270Ex-DividendInsider TradeGap Down Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies LANC Alternatives CALM Alternatives FLO Alternatives JJSF Alternatives TR Alternatives THS Alternatives JBSS Alternatives SENEA Alternatives BGS Alternatives CVGW Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:DOLE) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersDOGE Social Security bombshell?Elon Musk just dropped another bombshell... 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