Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (CALM) vs Dole PLC (DOLE)

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. and Dole PLC are both Farm Products companies. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.1B against $1.3B — 2.3× the size. Dole PLC trades at the lower P/E: 22.2× against 55.2×. Dole PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.32% against −42.5%. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.32% vs 0.63%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.65% vs 4.77%). Both pay a dividend; Dole PLC yields more (2.47% vs 1.64%). Across the 22 metrics below, Dole PLC leads on 14 and Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric CALM DOLE Farm Products median
P/E 55.18 22.24 22.24
P/S 1.21 0.14 0.51
P/B 1.19 0.91 1.17
Price to free cash flow n/m 13.89 17.61
EV/EBITDA 15.64 7.23 8.81
EV/Sales 0.91 0.21 0.66
Earnings yield 1.81% 4.50% (5.11%)
Free cash flow yield (1.06%) 7.20% (4.07%)

Profitability

Metric CALM DOLE Farm Products median
Gross margin 14.28% 7.32% 7.38%
Operating margin 0.74% 1.70% 0.00%
Net margin 2.32% 0.63% 0.32%
Free cash flow margin (1.28%) 0.99% 0.00%
Return on equity 2.22% 4.09% 2.22%
Return on assets 1.89% 1.30% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.65% 4.77% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CALM DOLE Farm Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) (42.51%) 8.32% 2.15%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (73.43%) (59.85%) (40.89%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.63% 16.11% 6.29%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 173.75% (0.45%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CALM DOLE Farm Products median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.68 0.37
Current ratio 7.70 1.28 1.52
Net debt to EBITDA (1.95) 1.57 (0.02)

Dividend

Metric CALM DOLE Farm Products median
Dividend yield 1.64% 2.47% 2.47%
Payout ratio 0.92 0.55 0.55

Size

Metric CALM DOLE Farm Products median
Market cap 3.07b 1.31b 327.72m

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