DOLE vs. JJSF, CALM, TR, THS, JBSS, BGS, HAIN, CVGW, SENEA, and LWAY
Should you be buying (DOLE) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of (DOLE) include J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), TreeHouse Foods (THS), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), B&G Foods (BGS), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Calavo Growers (CVGW), Seneca Foods (SENEA), and Lifeway Foods (LWAY). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
J&J Snack Foods (NASDAQ:JJSF) and (DOLE) (NYSE:DOLE) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, J&J Snack Foods had 2 more articles in the media than (DOLE). MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for J&J Snack Foods and 0 mentions for (DOLE). (DOLE)'s average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat J&J Snack Foods' score of 0.00 indicating that J&J Snack Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
J&J Snack Foods pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. (DOLE) pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. J&J Snack Foods pays out 66.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. (DOLE) pays out 16.9% 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. (DOLE) has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. (DOLE) is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
J&J Snack Foods received 176 more outperform votes than (DOLE) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.72% of users gave (DOLE) an outperform vote while only 58.30% of users gave J&J Snack Foods an outperform vote.
J&J Snack Foods has a net margin of 5.45% compared to J&J Snack Foods' net margin of 2.15%. (DOLE)'s return on equity of 10.71% beat J&J Snack Foods' return on equity.
76.0% of J&J Snack Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 22.2% of J&J Snack Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
(DOLE) has higher revenue and earnings than J&J Snack Foods. (DOLE) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than J&J Snack Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
J&J Snack Foods has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, (DOLE) has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
J&J Snack Foods presently has a consensus price target of $195.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.64%. (DOLE) has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.09%. Given J&J Snack Foods' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe (DOLE) is more favorable than J&J Snack Foods.
Summary
J&J Snack Foods beats (DOLE) on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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