(DOLE) (DOLE) Competitors

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

Is DOLE or CALM a better dividend stock?

(DOLE) pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Cal-Maine Foods pays an annual dividend of $5.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. (DOLE) pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cal-Maine Foods pays out 46.3% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, DOLE or CALM?

(DOLE) has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cal-Maine Foods has a beta of -0.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in DOLE or CALM?

84.7% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 41.8% of (DOLE) shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate DOLE or CALM?

(DOLE) presently has a consensus price target of $16.67, indicating a potential upside of 11.24%. Cal-Maine Foods has a consensus price target of $74.50, indicating a potential downside of 16.92%. 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

Is DOLE or CALM more profitable?

Cal-Maine Foods has a net margin of 20.39% compared to (DOLE)'s net margin of 2.23%. Cal-Maine Foods' return on equity of 33.69% 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	20.39%	33.69%	27.35%

Does the media prefer DOLE or CALM?

In the previous week, (DOLE) had 7 more articles in the media than Cal-Maine Foods. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for (DOLE) and 11 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods. Cal-Maine Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.91 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)	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cal-Maine Foods	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DOLE or CALM?

Cal-Maine Foods has lower revenue, but higher earnings than (DOLE). Cal-Maine Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than (DOLE), 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
(DOLE)	$8.25B	0.17	$124.06M	$1.96	7.64
Cal-Maine Foods	$3.08B	1.43	$277.89M	$12.85	6.98

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DOLE or CALM?

Cal-Maine Foods received 158 more outperform votes than (DOLE) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.81% of users gave (DOLE) an outperform vote while only 53.06% of users gave Cal-Maine Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
(DOLE)	Outperform Votes 128 59.81%	Underperform Votes 86 40.19%
Cal-Maine Foods	Outperform Votes 286 53.06%	Underperform Votes 253 46.94%

Summary

(DOLE) and Cal-Maine Foods tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.