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$27.53 +0.57 (+2.11%)
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CVGW vs. THS, JBSS, SENEA, 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), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), Seneca Foods (SENEA), 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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

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 Foods0.62% 6.35% 2.45%
Calavo Growers 1.50%11.79%7.38%

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$3.35B0.28$26.90M$0.3947.81
Calavo Growers$661.54M0.74-$1.08M$0.5847.47

TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calavo Growers has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% 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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

TreeHouse Foods presently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.72%. Calavo Growers has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.13%. 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

In the previous week, TreeHouse Foods had 9 more articles in the media than Calavo Growers. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for TreeHouse Foods and 1 mentions for Calavo Growers. Calavo Growers' average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat TreeHouse Foods' score of 0.65 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Calavo Growers
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

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

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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$491.14M$2.84B$16.01B$9.71B
Dividend Yield2.91%3.63%3.16%4.12%
P/E Ratio47.4711.8818.6224.70
Price / Sales0.745.5045.92100.90
Price / Cash16.588.3314.6828.01
Price / Book2.432.856.095.76
Net Income-$1.08M$122.48M$681.87M$267.05M
7 Day Performance3.97%-2.32%0.66%3.13%
1 Month Performance3.19%-8.13%-3.27%1.27%
1 Year Performance31.35%-21.00%6.03%22.83%

Calavo Growers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CVGW
Calavo Growers
4.194 of 5 stars
$27.53
+2.1%
$35.00
+27.1%
+31.3%$491.14M$661.54M47.472,106
THS
TreeHouse Foods
4.1161 of 5 stars
$19.33
-0.9%
$24.00
+24.2%
-52.7%$984.75M$3.35B49.577,400News Coverage
JBSS
John B. Sanfilippo & Son
3.2786 of 5 stars
$63.83
+0.6%
N/A-36.8%$745.74M$1.07B13.471,800Positive News
SENEA
Seneca Foods
0.9034 of 5 stars
$102.75
-0.7%
N/A+70.7%$712.95M$1.58B17.442,885News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
LWAY
Lifeway Foods
0.3121 of 5 stars
$27.58
+2.6%
$25.00
-9.4%
+144.1%$408.66M$186.82M41.79280Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
BGS
B&G Foods
3.8478 of 5 stars
$4.13
-0.4%
$7.10
+72.1%
-50.6%$330.36M$1.93B-1.552,784Earnings Report
HAIN
The Hain Celestial Group
4.4628 of 5 stars
$1.52
-1.3%
$3.59
+136.1%
-77.0%$138.99M$1.74B-0.532,786
FARM
Farmer Brothers
3.9246 of 5 stars
$1.69
+2.4%
$4.50
+166.3%
-31.1%$35.57M$341.09M-2.491,003
MDLZ
Mondelez International
4.8322 of 5 stars
$63.53
-0.6%
$71.95
+13.2%
-11.3%$82.78B$36.44B23.2790,000Trending News
HSY
Hershey
3.6302 of 5 stars
$190.23
+0.6%
$169.68
-10.8%
-8.6%$38.29B$11.20B25.2620,030Trending News
Analyst Revision
K
Kellanova
3.661 of 5 stars
$80.07
+0.2%
$81.80
+2.2%
+6.9%$27.73B$12.64B21.0224,000Trending News

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This page (NASDAQ:CVGW) was last updated on 8/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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