DOLE vs. AGRO, FDP, LMNR, JBSS, VITL, SCHL, UVV, OLPX, CHEF, and WEST
Should you be buying (DOLE) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of (DOLE) include Adecoagro (AGRO), Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP), Limoneira (LMNR), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), Vital Farms (VITL), Scholastic (SCHL), Universal (UVV), Olaplex (OLPX), Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF), and Westrock Coffee (WEST). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Adecoagro (NYSE:AGRO) and (DOLE) (NYSE:DOLE) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Adecoagro has a net margin of 17.42% compared to Adecoagro's net margin of 1.50%. (DOLE)'s return on equity of 10.86% beat Adecoagro's return on equity.
Adecoagro pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. (DOLE) pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Adecoagro pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. (DOLE) pays out 24.6% 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. Adecoagro has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Adecoagro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, (DOLE) had 10 more articles in the media than Adecoagro. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for (DOLE) and 2 mentions for Adecoagro. (DOLE)'s average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Adecoagro's score of 0.00 indicating that Adecoagro is being referred to more favorably in the media.
45.3% of Adecoagro shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Adecoagro currently has a consensus price target of $12.17, indicating a potential upside of 9.91%. (DOLE) has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 37.88%. Given Adecoagro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe (DOLE) is more favorable than Adecoagro.
Adecoagro received 112 more outperform votes than (DOLE) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.80% of users gave Adecoagro an outperform vote while only 59.72% of users gave (DOLE) an outperform vote.
Adecoagro has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, (DOLE) has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Adecoagro has higher earnings, but lower revenue than (DOLE). Adecoagro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than (DOLE), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Adecoagro beats (DOLE) on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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