Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (CALM) vs Del Monte Corporation (DMC)

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. and Del Monte Corporation are both Farm Products companies. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.0B against $1.4B — 2.1× the size. Del Monte Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 41.1× against 51.1×. Del Monte Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −0.21% against −42.5%. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.32% vs 0.79%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.65% vs 2.01%). Both pay a dividend; Del Monte Corporation yields more (4.05% vs 3.86%). Across the 22 metrics below, Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. leads on 11 and Del Monte Corporation on 11.

Valuation

Metric CALM DMC Farm Products median
P/E 51.06 41.11 22.63
P/S 1.18 0.33 0.48
P/B 1.15 0.69 1.11
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 16.04
EV/EBITDA 15.00 11.98 10.06
EV/Sales 0.87 0.42 0.61
Earnings yield 1.96% 2.43% 0.59%
Free cash flow yield (1.09%) (12.05%) (5.27%)

Profitability

Metric CALM DMC Farm Products median
Gross margin 14.28% 9.23% 6.87%
Operating margin 0.74% 1.81% 0.11%
Net margin 2.32% 0.79% 0.63%
Free cash flow margin (1.28%) (3.93%) 0.00%
Return on equity 2.22% 1.66% 1.52%
Return on assets 1.89% 1.04% 0.02%
Return on invested capital 0.65% 2.01% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CALM DMC Farm Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) (42.51%) (0.21%) 7.27%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (73.43%) (36.49%) (38.73%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.63% 0.56% 8.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 173.75% 13.01% 0.00%

Health

Metric CALM DMC Farm Products median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.21 0.24
Current ratio 7.70 2.23 1.43
Net debt to EBITDA (1.95) 0.67 (0.04)

Dividend

Metric CALM DMC Farm Products median
Dividend yield 3.86% 4.05% 3.86%
Payout ratio 2.00 1.69 0.91

Size

Metric CALM DMC Farm Products median
Market cap 2.97b 1.41b 299.85m

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