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$27.35 +0.07 (+0.26%)
Closing price 08/29/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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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 superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and dividends.

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%

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TreeHouse Foods$3.33B0.28$26.90M$0.3946.98
Calavo Growers$661.54M0.74-$1.08M$0.5847.16

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

TreeHouse Foods presently has a consensus target price of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.00%. Calavo Growers has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.97%. Given TreeHouse Foods' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly 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, Calavo Growers had 2 more articles in the media than TreeHouse Foods. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Calavo Growers and 5 mentions for TreeHouse Foods. Calavo Growers' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat TreeHouse Foods' score of 0.93 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)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Calavo Growers
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Calavo Growers beats TreeHouse Foods on 11 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

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CVGW vs. The Competition

MetricCalavo GrowersAGRI OPERATIONS IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$487.92M$3.00B$16.18B$9.74B
Dividend Yield2.92%3.59%3.03%4.48%
P/E Ratio47.1612.7018.5926.59
Price / Sales0.745.3747.85159.07
Price / Cash16.478.4614.8828.92
Price / Book2.413.006.206.08
Net Income-$1.08M$122.48M$682.78M$265.93M
7 Day Performance-0.69%-1.49%0.00%0.36%
1 Month Performance3.91%-6.07%2.24%5.58%
1 Year Performance18.81%-23.96%3.89%19.67%

Calavo Growers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CVGW
Calavo Growers
4.412 of 5 stars
$27.35
+0.3%
$35.00
+28.0%
+18.8%$487.92M$661.54M47.162,106News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
THS
TreeHouse Foods
3.8917 of 5 stars
$18.88
-4.3%
$24.00
+27.1%
-55.4%$996.36M$3.35B48.417,400
JBSS
John B. Sanfilippo & Son
3.6078 of 5 stars
$66.05
-1.6%
N/A-31.6%$789.48M$1.11B13.131,900
SENEA
Seneca Foods
1.2994 of 5 stars
$108.71
-0.1%
N/A+87.8%$746.64M$1.58B17.452,885News Coverage
Positive News
LWAY
Lifeway Foods
1.3081 of 5 stars
$30.36
-4.3%
$29.00
-4.5%
+58.9%$483.14M$186.82M44.00280
BGS
B&G Foods
3.8431 of 5 stars
$4.52
-1.3%
$6.10
+35.0%
-46.7%$366.42M$1.93B-1.602,784Positive News
HAIN
The Hain Celestial Group
4.5103 of 5 stars
$1.84
-1.1%
$3.59
+95.0%
-77.5%$167.87M$1.74B-0.642,786News Coverage
Positive News
FARM
Farmer Brothers
4.269 of 5 stars
$2.01
+12.9%
$4.50
+123.9%
-29.1%$38.37M$341.09M-2.961,003High Trading Volume
MDLZ
Mondelez International
4.741 of 5 stars
$61.96
-2.3%
$72.00
+16.2%
-14.4%$82.05B$36.44B22.7090,000Positive News
HSY
Hershey
3.8697 of 5 stars
$180.70
-0.4%
$170.83
-5.5%
-4.7%$36.78B$11.20B24.0020,030Positive News
K
Kellanova
2.8183 of 5 stars
$79.96
-0.2%
$83.40
+4.3%
-1.4%$27.87B$12.75B20.9924,000Positive News
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