COOT vs DOLE vs PYYX Stock Comparison

Australian Oilseeds Holdings, Dole and Pyxus International Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DOLE Dole plc
$13.19 +1.5% 1M +2.7% 1Y
Market cap
$1.26B
P/E
21.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.49B
Div. yield
0.03%
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
7 wins
PYYX Pyxus International, Inc.
$2.53 -21.2% 1M +1.2% 1Y
Market cap
$62.26M
P/E
2.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.34B
Div. yield
–
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Dole leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Dole 7, Pyxus International 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCOOTDOLEPYYXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.04M $1.26B $62.26M DOLE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 21.1x 2.9x PYYX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 10.3x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +8.3% -0.6% DOLE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 0.6% 1.0% PYYX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 3.6% 2.0% DOLE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.9x 5.9x DOLE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.03% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -78.9% +2.7% +1.2% DOLE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -48.8%/yr -2.0%/yr +4.5%/yr PYYX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 91.8% 23.6% 99.8% DOLE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 60/100 59/100 DOLE

Percentile Scorecard

COOTDOLEPYYX

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCOOTDOLEPYYX
Valuation – 91 #4 of 34 73 #10 of 34
Growth – 50 #16 of 31 100 #1 of 31
Profitability – 50 #15 of 29 54 #14 of 29
Financial Health 6 #34 of 36 40 #22 of 36 11 #32 of 36
Shareholder Returns – 67 #9 of 25 –
Overall – 60 59
  • COOT ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • DOLE ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • PYYX ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCOOTDOLEPYYXSPY
1 month -25.0%+1.5%-21.2% -0.2%
3 months -2.7%-7.3%-27.5% +3.9%
6 months -41.9%-11.7%-14.2% +8.2%
Year to date -30.1%-12.0%-28.1% +12.9%
1 year -78.9%+2.7%+1.2% +12.3%
3 years -96.9%+16.8%+110.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year -68.5%+5.3%+28.2% +23.3%
5 years -96.5%-9.5%+24.6% +67.9%
5 years, per year -48.8%-2.0%+4.5% +10.9%

Risk

MeasureCOOTDOLEPYYXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 91.8%23.6%99.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 95.8%25.0%120.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.63-0.04-0.29 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.860.120.01 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -97.0%-53.4%-96.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -79.5%-19.4%-36.8% -1.2%
52-week high $1.76$16.37$4.00 $779.14
52-week low $0.36$12.65$2.11 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCOOTDOLEPYYX
P/E now vs peer median —median 14.8x 21.0xmedian 14.8x 2.9xmedian 14.8x
P/S now vs peer median —median 0.5x 0.1xmedian 0.5x 0.0xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.1x 7.4xmedian 9.1x 6.2xmedian 9.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 15.0x 15.0xmedian 15.0x -0.7xmedian 15.0x
P/B now vs peer median 3.4xmedian 1.1x 0.9xmedian 1.1x 0.4xmedian 1.1x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.28 -1.25median 1.28 0.07median 1.28

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCOOTDOLEPYYX
Revenue – $9.49B $2.34B
Gross profit – $694.10M $343.47M
Operating income – $161.30M $157.37M
Net income – $92.69M $23.64M
Free cash flow – $83.30M -$94.83M
EPS (diluted) – $0.62 $0.89
Cash & equivalents $756.64K $291.71M $175.91M
Total debt $38.38M $1.09B $5.71B
Shares (diluted) 23.64M 95.70M 26.06M
Enterprise value $3.35M $93.47M -$470.20M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCOOTDOLEPYYX
P/E – 21.0x 2.9x
P/FCF – 15.0x -0.7x
P/Operating cash flow – 7.1x -0.9x
P/S – 0.1x 0.0x
P/B 3.4x 0.9x 0.4x
P/Tangible book 8.1x 1.1x 0.4x
EV/EBITDA – 7.4x 6.2x
EV/EBIT – 12.7x 7.4x
EV/Revenue – 0.2x 0.5x
EV/FCF – 24.6x -12.3x
EV/Operating cash flow – 11.7x -16.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -1.25 0.07

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCOOTDOLEPYYX
Revenue growth (1Y) – 8.3% -0.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 5.3% 4.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -4.0% 5.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 1.8% 5.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -36.4% 17.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -10.2% 8.5%
Net income growth (1Y) – 78.0% 657.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -11.3% 44.7%
EPS growth (1Y) – 147.9% 529.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -16.9% 43.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -11.1% 71.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -14.3% 26.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 6.7% 66.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -24.9% 21.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCOOTDOLEPYYX
Gross margin – 7.3% 14.7%
EBITDA margin – 2.9% 8.1%
Operating margin – 1.7% 6.7%
Pretax margin – 1.5% 1.0%
Net margin – 0.6% 1.0%
FCF margin – 0.9% -4.0%
Operating cash flow margin – 1.8% -3.1%
Return on equity – 6.3% 13.4%
Return on assets – 2.1% 1.3%
Return on invested capital – 3.6% 2.0%
Return on capital employed – 5.3% 26.5%
Asset turnover – 2.1x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.9x -3.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.1% 0.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCOOTDOLEPYYX
Debt / assets 52.9% 24.4% 63.7%
Debt / equity 3.9x 0.8x 7.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.9x 5.9x
Debt / FCF – 13.1x -13.5x
Liabilities / assets 86.3% 68.1% 91.3%
Equity / assets 13.7% 31.9% 8.7%
Interest coverage – 2.7x –
Current ratio 0.6x 1.3x 1.3x
Quick ratio 0.3x 0.9x 0.3x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.2x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – 2.81 1.51

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCOOTDOLEPYYX
Dividend yield – 2.7% –
Net buyback yield – 1.2% –
Shareholder yield – 3.9% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – 34.9% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 38.8% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 3.3% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 2.1% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCOOTDOLEPYYX
Forward P/E – 10.3xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year – $1.28FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY – +6.7%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +12.5% –
Revenue, next fiscal year – $9.28BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY – +1.2%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after – +0.7% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCOOTDOLEPYYX
Held by institutions – 72.0% –
Institutions holding – 208 –
Change in shares held, QoQ – +1.0% –
Institutions buying – 122 –
Institutions selling – 65 –
Buyers to sellers – 1.88 –

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

COOTDOLEPYYX
COOT 1.00 0.03 0.05
DOLE 0.03 1.00 -0.01
PYYX 0.05 -0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COOT, DOLE and PYYX?

Dole (DOLE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) $8.04M, Dole (DOLE) $1.26B, Pyxus International (PYYX) $62.26M.

Which stock is cheaper, COOT, DOLE and PYYX?

Pyxus International (PYYX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Dole (DOLE) 21.1x, Pyxus International (PYYX) 2.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Dole (DOLE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Dole (DOLE) +8.3%, Pyxus International (PYYX) -0.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Pyxus International (PYYX) has the highest net margin (Dole (DOLE) 0.6%, Pyxus International (PYYX) 1.0%). On return on invested capital, Dole (DOLE) leads (Dole (DOLE) 3.6%, Pyxus International (PYYX) 2.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Dole (DOLE) returned the most: Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) -78.9%, Dole (DOLE) +2.7%, Pyxus International (PYYX) +1.2%. Over five years, Pyxus International (PYYX) compounded fastest (Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) -48.8%/yr, Dole (DOLE) -2.0%/yr, Pyxus International (PYYX) +4.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) 0.00%, Dole (DOLE) 0.03%. Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) and Pyxus International (PYYX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Dole (DOLE) has been the steadiest (Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) 91.8%, Dole (DOLE) 23.6%, Pyxus International (PYYX) 99.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, COOT, DOLE and PYYX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Dole (DOLE) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.