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 $3.2B against $1.4B — 2.2× the size. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 10.2× against 42.7×. Del Monte Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −0.21% against −31.7%. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. has the higher net margin (10.9% vs 0.79%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.8% vs 2.01%). Both pay a dividend; Del Monte Corporation yields more (3.14% vs 2.41%). Across the 22 metrics below, Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. leads on 16 and Del Monte Corporation on 6.

Valuation

Metric CALM DMC Farm Products median
P/E 10.25 42.65 21.24
P/S 1.10 0.34 0.50
P/B 1.22 0.72 1.20
Price to free cash flow 9.77 n/m 13.98
EV/EBITDA 4.83 12.33 8.14
EV/Sales 0.79 0.43 0.58
Earnings yield 9.76% 2.34% 0.56%
Free cash flow yield 10.24% (11.62%) (3.01%)

Profitability

Metric CALM DMC Farm Products median
Gross margin 23.08% 9.23% 6.87%
Operating margin 12.03% 1.81% 0.11%
Net margin 10.88% 0.79% 0.63%
Free cash flow margin 11.29% (3.93%) 0.00%
Return on equity 12.16% 1.66% 1.52%
Return on assets 10.23% 1.04% 0.02%
Return on invested capital 12.75% 2.01% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CALM DMC Farm Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) (31.68%) (0.21%) 7.27%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (73.43%) (36.49%) —
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 2.41% 3.14% 3.06%
Payout ratio 0.33 0.23 0.17

Size

Metric CALM DMC Farm Products median
Market cap 3.24b 1.44b 293.80m

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