Calavo Growers (CVGW) Competitors

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS) and Calavo Growers (NASDAQ:CVGW) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of THS or CVGW?

99.8% of TreeHouse Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of Calavo Growers shares are held by institutional investors. 11.1% of TreeHouse Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Calavo Growers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is THS or CVGW more profitable?

Calavo Growers has a net margin of 1.50% compared to TreeHouse Foods' net margin of 0.62%. Calavo Growers' return on equity of 11.79% beat TreeHouse Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TreeHouse Foods	0.62%	6.35%	2.45%
Calavo Growers	1.50%	11.79%	7.38%

Does the media favor THS or CVGW?

In the previous week, TreeHouse Foods had 8 more articles in the media than Calavo Growers. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for TreeHouse Foods and 1 mentions for Calavo Growers. Calavo Growers' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat TreeHouse Foods' score of 0.20 indicating that Calavo Growers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TreeHouse Foods	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Calavo Growers	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, THS or CVGW?

TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calavo Growers has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, THS or CVGW?

TreeHouse Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Calavo Growers. Calavo Growers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TreeHouse Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TreeHouse Foods	$3.35B	0.28	$26.90M	$0.39	47.87
Calavo Growers	$661.54M	0.74	-$1.08M	$0.58	47.23

Do analysts prefer THS or CVGW?

TreeHouse Foods presently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.55%. Calavo Growers has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.76%. Given TreeHouse Foods' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe TreeHouse Foods is more favorable than Calavo Growers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TreeHouse Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Calavo Growers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Calavo Growers beats TreeHouse Foods on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.