Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM – Get Free Report) and Marine Harvest ASA (OTCMKTS:MHGVY – Get Free Report) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Cal-Maine Foods and Marine Harvest ASA, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Cal-Maine Foods | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.17 |
| Marine Harvest ASA | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2.80 |
Cal-Maine Foods presently has a consensus price target of $84.17, indicating a potential upside of 32.42%. Given Cal-Maine Foods’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cal-Maine Foods is more favorable than Marine Harvest ASA.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Cal-Maine Foods and Marine Harvest ASA”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Cal-Maine Foods | $2.91 billion | 1.02 | $316.68 million | $1.17 | 54.32 |
| Marine Harvest ASA | $6.47 billion | 1.92 | $708.93 million | $1.42 | 16.61 |
Marine Harvest ASA has higher revenue and earnings than Cal-Maine Foods. Marine Harvest ASA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cal-Maine Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
84.7% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are owned by insiders. 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.
Risk & Volatility
Cal-Maine Foods has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marine Harvest ASA has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Cal-Maine Foods and Marine Harvest ASA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Cal-Maine Foods | 2.32% | 2.21% | 1.89% |
| Marine Harvest ASA | 11.19% | 11.74% | 5.29% |
Summary
Marine Harvest ASA beats Cal-Maine Foods on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Cal-Maine Foods
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces, grades, packages, markets, and distributes shell eggs. The company offers specialty shell eggs, such as nutritionally enhanced, cage free, organic, free-range, pasture-raised, and brown eggs under the Egg-Land's Best, Land O' Lakes, Farmhouse Eggs, Sunups, Sunny Meadow, and 4Grain brand names. It sells its products to various customers, including national and regional grocery store chains, club stores, independent supermarkets, foodservice distributors, and egg product consumers primarily in the southwestern, southeastern, mid-western, and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Ridgeland, Mississippi.
About Marine Harvest ASA
Mowi ASA, a seafood company, farms, produces, and supplies Atlantic salmon products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Feed, Farming, and Sales and Marketing. The company is involved in the salmon feed production, salmon farming and primary processing, and seafood secondary processing activities. It offers whole fish, plain and marinated fillets and steaks, hot- and cold-smoked salmon, burgers and tartars, patties, gravad, sushi, and breaded products under the Ducktrap, MOWI, and Supreme Salmon brands. The company was formerly known as Marine Harvest ASA and changed its name to Mowi ASA in December 2018. Mowi ASA was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Bergen, Norway.
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