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DOLE vs. CALM, LANC, FLO, JJSF, TR, THS, JBSS, HAIN, BGS, and SENEA

Should you be buying (DOLE) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of (DOLE) include Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), Lancaster Colony (LANC), Flowers Foods (FLO), J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), TreeHouse Foods (THS), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), B&G Foods (BGS), and Seneca Foods (SENEA). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.

(DOLE) vs.

(DOLE) (NYSE:DOLE) and Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.

(DOLE) has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cal-Maine Foods has a beta of -0.1, meaning that its share price is 110% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, (DOLE) had 3 more articles in the media than Cal-Maine Foods. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for (DOLE) and 6 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods. Cal-Maine Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat (DOLE)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Cal-Maine Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
(DOLE)
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cal-Maine Foods
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cal-Maine Foods has a net margin of 16.09% compared to (DOLE)'s net margin of 2.23%. Cal-Maine Foods' return on equity of 24.25% beat (DOLE)'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
(DOLE)2.23% 8.35% 2.67%
Cal-Maine Foods 16.09%24.25%19.69%

(DOLE) currently has a consensus target price of $16.67, suggesting a potential upside of 22.46%. Cal-Maine Foods has a consensus target price of $67.00, suggesting a potential downside of 34.36%. Given (DOLE)'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe (DOLE) is more favorable than Cal-Maine Foods.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
(DOLE)
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Cal-Maine Foods
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

84.7% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.8% of (DOLE) shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Cal-Maine Foods received 156 more outperform votes than (DOLE) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.81% of users gave (DOLE) an outperform vote while only 53.08% of users gave Cal-Maine Foods an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
(DOLE)Outperform Votes
128
59.81%
Underperform Votes
86
40.19%
Cal-Maine FoodsOutperform Votes
284
53.08%
Underperform Votes
251
46.92%

(DOLE) pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Cal-Maine Foods pays an annual dividend of $4.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. (DOLE) pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cal-Maine Foods pays out 46.6% 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.

Cal-Maine Foods has lower revenue, but higher earnings than (DOLE). (DOLE) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cal-Maine Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
(DOLE)$8.25B0.16$124.06M$1.966.94
Cal-Maine Foods$2.65B1.89$277.89M$8.7311.69

Summary

Cal-Maine Foods beats (DOLE) on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DOLE vs. The Competition

Metric(DOLE)Agricultural production IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.29B$1.56B$14.11B$19.42B
Dividend Yield2.15%2.69%2.84%3.65%
P/E Ratio6.9415.0122.1341.58
Price / Sales0.161.252.7618.76
Price / Cash6.8850.9721.0521.27
Price / Book0.981.175.885.38
Net Income$124.06M$1.65M$575.08M$991.22M

(DOLE) Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DOLE
(DOLE)
3.4395 of 5 stars
$13.62
+0.1%
$16.67
+22.4%
+10.6%$1.29B$8.25B6.9534,078
CALM
Cal-Maine Foods
3.4184 of 5 stars
$100.58
-2.2%
$67.00
-33.4%
+80.2%$4.93B$2.65B11.523,067Short Interest ↑
Positive News
LANC
Lancaster Colony
4.7152 of 5 stars
$178.01
-1.5%
$211.50
+18.8%
+8.6%$4.91B$1.88B30.803,400Positive News
FLO
Flowers Foods
4.4669 of 5 stars
$20.38
-0.3%
$22.67
+11.2%
-8.6%$4.29B$5.12B17.889,300Short Interest ↑
JJSF
J&J Snack Foods
4.1846 of 5 stars
$157.91
-1.4%
$200.00
+26.7%
-6.3%$3.07B$1.57B35.495,000Short Interest ↑
TR
Tootsie Roll Industries
1.0387 of 5 stars
$31.56
-0.8%
N/A+0.6%$2.25B$727.12M24.132,300
THS
TreeHouse Foods
3.5478 of 5 stars
$34.41
+2.3%
$34.20
-0.6%
-12.7%$1.76B$3.36B-73.217,400
JBSS
John B. Sanfilippo & Son
2.5139 of 5 stars
$84.62
-1.0%
N/A-18.7%$981.85M$1.11B18.201,800Short Interest ↑
Positive News
High Trading Volume
HAIN
The Hain Celestial Group
4.6291 of 5 stars
$6.50
+1.2%
$9.43
+45.1%
-39.4%$586.26M$1.71B-6.912,786
BGS
B&G Foods
3.5341 of 5 stars
$7.05
-3.0%
$8.30
+17.7%
-34.6%$558.11M$1.96B-20.732,912Short Interest ↓
SENEA
Seneca Foods
1.0511 of 5 stars
$77.46
+1.3%
N/A+50.7%$533.78M$1.48B13.292,900

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This page (NYSE:DOLE) was last updated on 12/27/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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