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$27.47 -0.35 (-1.26%)
Closing price 09/19/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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CVGW vs. THS, SENEA, JBSS, LWAY, BGS, HAIN, FARM, MDLZ, HSY, and K

Should you be buying Calavo Growers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Calavo Growers include TreeHouse Foods (THS), Seneca Foods (SENEA), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), Lifeway Foods (LWAY), B&G Foods (BGS), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Farmer Brothers (FARM), Mondelez International (MDLZ), Hershey (HSY), and Kellanova (K). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.

Calavo Growers vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, TreeHouse Foods had 2 more articles in the media than Calavo Growers. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for TreeHouse Foods and 2 mentions for Calavo Growers. TreeHouse Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Calavo Growers' score of 0.51 indicating that TreeHouse Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calavo Growers has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

99.8% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of Calavo Growers shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Calavo Growers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

TreeHouse Foods currently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.09%. Calavo Growers has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 45.61%. Given Calavo Growers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Calavo Growers is more favorable than TreeHouse Foods.

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)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Calavo Growers has a net margin of 2.28% compared to TreeHouse Foods' net margin of 0.62%. Calavo Growers' return on equity of 11.73% beat TreeHouse Foods' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TreeHouse Foods0.62% 6.35% 2.45%
Calavo Growers 2.28%11.73%7.86%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TreeHouse Foods$3.33B0.26$26.90M$0.3944.56
Calavo Growers$693.71M0.71-$1.08M$0.8831.22

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CVGW vs. The Competition

MetricCalavo GrowersAGRI OPERATIONS IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$490.42M$2.80B$15.85B$10.44B
Dividend Yield2.88%3.77%3.05%4.57%
P/E Ratio31.2211.4818.2026.85
Price / Sales0.714.6048.36163.13
Price / Cash16.548.3114.8631.15
Price / Book2.423.167.536.42
Net Income-$1.08M$118.20M$677.97M$271.73M
7 Day Performance0.07%1.87%0.66%2.82%
1 Month Performance-1.15%-3.56%1.16%6.60%
1 Year Performance-3.72%-24.06%-0.15%28.60%

Calavo Growers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CVGW
Calavo Growers
4.2168 of 5 stars
$27.47
-1.3%
$40.00
+45.6%
-3.7%$490.42M$693.71M31.222,106
THS
TreeHouse Foods
4.5806 of 5 stars
$17.41
-0.3%
$24.00
+37.9%
-58.6%$881.73M$3.35B44.647,400
SENEA
Seneca Foods
1.3456 of 5 stars
$107.61
-1.7%
N/A+69.5%$751.23M$1.58B17.272,885Positive News
JBSS
John B. Sanfilippo & Son
3.0955 of 5 stars
$63.31
0.0%
N/A-33.8%$737.42M$1.11B12.591,900Positive News
LWAY
Lifeway Foods
2.4837 of 5 stars
$33.72
+0.9%
$33.00
-2.1%
+24.1%$508.87M$186.82M48.87280
BGS
B&G Foods
3.7563 of 5 stars
$4.47
-0.8%
$6.10
+36.6%
-49.5%$360.02M$1.93B-1.582,784
HAIN
The Hain Celestial Group
4.2722 of 5 stars
$1.62
-24.7%
$3.59
+121.5%
-80.2%$194.04M$1.74B-0.562,786Trending News
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High Trading Volume
FARM
Farmer Brothers
3.7061 of 5 stars
$1.85
+1.1%
$3.50
+89.2%
-10.0%$39.51M$342.28M-2.721,003High Trading Volume
MDLZ
Mondelez International
4.6176 of 5 stars
$61.60
-0.6%
$72.00
+16.9%
-14.2%$80.20B$36.44B22.5690,000Positive News
HSY
Hershey
4.0693 of 5 stars
$185.53
+0.3%
$171.22
-7.7%
-2.8%$37.51B$11.20B24.6420,030Positive News
Insider Trade
K
Kellanova
3.914 of 5 stars
$79.07
-0.5%
$83.38
+5.4%
-4.2%$27.62B$12.75B20.7524,000Trending News
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This page (NASDAQ:CVGW) was last updated on 9/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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