Calavo Growers (CVGW) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CVGW or THS?

TreeHouse Foods received 173 more outperform votes than Calavo Growers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.42% of users gave TreeHouse Foods an outperform vote while only 60.89% of users gave Calavo Growers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Calavo Growers	Outperform Votes 316 60.89%	Underperform Votes 203 39.11%
TreeHouse Foods	Outperform Votes 489 63.42%	Underperform Votes 282 36.58%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CVGW or THS?

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

Do analysts recommend CVGW or THS?

Calavo Growers presently has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.31%. TreeHouse Foods has a consensus price target of $27.83, suggesting a potential upside of 20.76%. 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
Calavo Growers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
TreeHouse Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CVGW or THS?

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
Calavo Growers	$688.32M	0.68	-$1.08M	$0.54	48.26
TreeHouse Foods	$3.33B	0.35	$26.90M	$0.13	177.30

Is CVGW or THS more profitable?

TreeHouse Foods has a net margin of 0.80% compared to Calavo Growers' net margin of -0.16%. Calavo Growers' return on equity of 9.66% beat TreeHouse Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Calavo Growers	-0.16%	9.66%	5.30%
TreeHouse Foods	0.80%	6.42%	2.54%

Which has more risk & volatility, CVGW or THS?

Calavo Growers has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CVGW or THS?

In the previous week, TreeHouse Foods had 23 more articles in the media than Calavo Growers. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for TreeHouse Foods and 13 mentions for Calavo Growers. Calavo Growers' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat TreeHouse Foods' score of 0.35 indicating that Calavo Growers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Calavo Growers	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TreeHouse Foods	7 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Calavo Growers and TreeHouse Foods tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.