(DOLE) (DOLE) Competitors

(DOLE) (NYSE:DOLE) and Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Do analysts prefer DOLE or CALM?

(DOLE) presently has a consensus price target of $16.67, suggesting a potential upside of 19.43%. Cal-Maine Foods has a consensus price target of $83.00, suggesting a potential downside of 13.88%. Given (DOLE)'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe (DOLE) is more favorable than Cal-Maine Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
(DOLE)	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Cal-Maine Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Is DOLE or CALM more profitable?

Cal-Maine Foods has a net margin of 20.39% compared to (DOLE)'s net margin of 2.23%. Cal-Maine Foods' return on equity of 33.69% beat (DOLE)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
(DOLE)	2.23%	8.35%	2.67%
Cal-Maine Foods	20.39%	33.69%	27.35%

Is DOLE or CALM a better dividend stock?

(DOLE) pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Cal-Maine Foods pays an annual dividend of $13.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.5%. (DOLE) pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cal-Maine Foods pays out 69.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. (DOLE) has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Cal-Maine Foods has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has more risk and volatility, DOLE or CALM?

(DOLE) has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cal-Maine Foods has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DOLE or CALM?

Cal-Maine Foods has lower revenue, but higher earnings than (DOLE). Cal-Maine Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than (DOLE), 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
(DOLE)	$8.25B	0.16	$124.06M	$1.96	7.12
Cal-Maine Foods	$3.80B	1.24	$277.89M	$20.23	4.76

Does the media refer more to DOLE or CALM?

In the previous week, (DOLE) had 4 more articles in the media than Cal-Maine Foods. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for (DOLE) and 8 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods. Cal-Maine Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat (DOLE)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Cal-Maine Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
(DOLE)	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cal-Maine Foods	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DOLE or CALM?

Cal-Maine Foods received 163 more outperform votes than (DOLE) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.53% of users gave (DOLE) an outperform vote while only 52.81% of users gave Cal-Maine Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
(DOLE)	Outperform Votes 128 59.53%	Underperform Votes 87 40.47%
Cal-Maine Foods	Outperform Votes 291 52.81%	Underperform Votes 260 47.19%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DOLE or CALM?

84.7% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.8% of (DOLE) shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Cal-Maine Foods beats (DOLE) on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.