Dole PLC (DOLE) vs Village Farms International, Inc. (VFF)

Dole PLC and Village Farms International, Inc. are both Farm Products companies. Dole PLC is the larger, with a market value of $1.2B against $381.5M — 3.2× the size. Village Farms International, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 16.7× against 20.9×. Village Farms International, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 40.8% against 8.32%. Village Farms International, Inc. has the higher net margin (9.85% vs 0.63%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.16% vs 4.77%). Across the 21 metrics below, Village Farms International, Inc. leads on 15 and Dole PLC on 6.

Valuation

Metric DOLE VFF Farm Products median
P/E 20.94 16.68 21.24
P/S 0.13 1.60 0.50
P/B 0.86 1.18 1.20
Price to free cash flow 13.08 n/m 13.98
EV/EBITDA 6.95 6.32 8.14
EV/Sales 0.20 1.48 0.58
Earnings yield 4.78% 5.99% 0.56%
Free cash flow yield 7.65% (0.27%) (3.01%)

Profitability

Metric DOLE VFF Farm Products median
Gross margin 7.32% 44.29% 6.87%
Operating margin 1.70% 16.09% 0.11%
Net margin 0.63% 9.85% 0.63%
Free cash flow margin 0.99% (0.19%) 0.00%
Return on equity 4.09% 7.61% 1.52%
Return on assets 1.30% 5.46% 0.02%
Return on invested capital 4.77% 8.16% 0.00%

Growth

Metric DOLE VFF Farm Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.32% 40.75% 7.27%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (59.85%) 184.38% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.11% 4.89% 8.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (0.45%) 22.82% 0.00%

Health

Metric DOLE VFF Farm Products median
Debt to equity 0.68 0.14 0.24
Current ratio 1.28 3.17 1.43
Net debt to EBITDA 1.57 (1.11) (0.04)

Dividend

Metric DOLE VFF Farm Products median
Dividend yield 2.97% — 3.06%
Payout ratio 0.33 0.00 0.17

Size

Metric DOLE VFF Farm Products median
Market cap 1.22b 381.53m 293.80m

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