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DOLE vs. CALM, FLO, JJSF, TR, THS, JBSS, SENEA, BGS, CVGW, and LWAY

Should you be buying (DOLE) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of (DOLE) include 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), Calavo Growers (CVGW), and Lifeway Foods (LWAY). 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 superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

(DOLE) has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cal-Maine Foods has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
(DOLE)$8.25B0.17$124.06M$1.967.57
Cal-Maine Foods$3.80B1.20$277.89M$20.234.58

In the previous week, Cal-Maine Foods had 5 more articles in the media than (DOLE). MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods and 9 mentions for (DOLE). Cal-Maine Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.35 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)
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cal-Maine Foods
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

(DOLE) currently has a consensus price target of $16.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.35%. Cal-Maine Foods has a consensus price target of $74.50, indicating a potential downside of 19.62%. Given (DOLE)'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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

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%

(DOLE) pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Cal-Maine Foods pays an annual dividend of $13.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.9%. (DOLE) pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cal-Maine Foods pays out 68.3% 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.

Cal-Maine Foods received 160 more outperform votes than (DOLE) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.81% of users gave (DOLE) an outperform vote while only 52.84% 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
288
52.84%
Underperform Votes
257
47.16%

Summary

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

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DOLE vs. The Competition

Metric(DOLE)Agricultural production IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.29B$1.60B$17.32B$18.86B
Dividend Yield2.35%2.79%2.98%4.15%
P/E Ratio7.5712.9115.5332.41
Price / Sales0.170.823.9428.58
Price / Cash6.289.1316.3917.53
Price / BookN/A0.956.314.44
Net Income$124.06M$7.79M$734.58M$1.02B

(DOLE) Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DOLE
(DOLE)
2.9117 of 5 stars
$14.73
+14.9%
$16.67
+13.2%
+20.3%$1.29B$8.25B7.5734,078
CALM
Cal-Maine Foods
3.6725 of 5 stars
$90.17
-1.4%
$74.50
-17.4%
+57.6%$4.42B$3.80B7.022,980Analyst Forecast
Positive News
FLO
Flowers Foods
4.3319 of 5 stars
$18.18
-0.4%
$21.00
+15.5%
-28.2%$3.86B$5.10B15.549,200Positive News
JJSF
J&J Snack Foods
4.1727 of 5 stars
$136.93
+0.9%
$167.50
+22.3%
-6.6%$2.67B$1.59B31.555,000News Coverage
Positive News
TR
Tootsie Roll Industries
0.397 of 5 stars
$31.94
+0.5%
N/A+4.8%$2.28B$723.22M26.182,000Earnings Report
THS
TreeHouse Foods
4.3923 of 5 stars
$22.39
+1.3%
$31.67
+41.4%
-39.3%$1.12B$3.35B41.467,500Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
JBSS
John B. Sanfilippo & Son
2.051 of 5 stars
$67.93
-0.8%
N/A-31.8%$790.57M$1.12B16.291,300Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
SENEA
Seneca Foods
1.1699 of 5 stars
$83.28
+0.9%
N/A+52.5%$572.97M$1.54B15.203,000
BGS
B&G Foods
2.5243 of 5 stars
$6.84
+3.3%
$8.10
+18.4%
-38.5%$541.30M$1.93B-20.123,080News Coverage
CVGW
Calavo Growers
4.0354 of 5 stars
$26.66
+1.9%
$35.00
+31.3%
-0.2%$475.53M$688.32M-444.333,270Positive News
High Trading Volume
LWAY
Lifeway Foods
1.4568 of 5 stars
$23.07
-2.7%
$26.50
+14.9%
+9.6%$360.62M$186.82M26.83280Analyst Forecast
News Coverage

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