DMC vs DOLE vs INGR Stock Comparison

Del Monte, Dole and Ingredion Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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DMC Del Monte Corp
$27.77 -9.3% 1M -19.1% 1Y
Market cap
$1.28B
P/E
15.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.38B
Div. yield
0.04%
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
1 win
DOLE Dole plc
$13.15 +1.5% 1M +3.7% 1Y
Market cap
$1.23B
P/E
20.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.49B
Div. yield
0.03%
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
2 wins
INGR Ingredion Inc
$95.59 -1.0% 1M -17.4% 1Y
Market cap
$6.14B
P/E
10.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.22B
Div. yield
–
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
9 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Ingredion leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (Ingredion 9, Dole 2, Del Monte 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDMCDOLEINGRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.28B $1.23B $6.14B INGR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 15.8x 20.7x 10.4x INGR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.9x 10.3x 9.0x INGR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.4% +8.3% -1.4% DOLE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 1.9% 0.6% 8.2% INGR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 3.7% 3.6% 10.1% INGR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.4x 2.9x 0.8x INGR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.04% 0.03% 0.00% DMC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -19.1% +3.7% -17.4% DOLE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -3.7%/yr -2.1%/yr +0.1%/yr INGR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 30.3% 23.5% 18.3% INGR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 55/100 61/100 78/100 INGR

Percentile Scorecard

DMCDOLEINGR

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

AxisDMCDOLEINGR
Valuation 64 #13 of 34 88 #5 of 34 67 #12 of 34
Growth 24 #23 of 30 52 #15 of 30 45 #17 of 30
Profitability 48 #15 of 28 52 #14 of 28 100 #1 of 28
Financial Health 74 #10 of 36 37 #23 of 36 83 #7 of 36
Shareholder Returns 65 #9 of 24 78 #6 of 24 96 #2 of 24
Overall 55 61 78
  • DMC ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • DOLE ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • INGR ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDMCDOLEINGRSPY
1 month -9.3%+1.5%-1.0% +0.7%
3 months -5.9%-8.1%-4.8% +3.7%
6 months -33.7%-13.4%-14.5% +7.1%
Year to date -22.1%-12.3%-13.3% +12.8%
1 year -19.1%+3.7%-17.4% +11.9%
3 years +9.8%+16.8%+2.3% +85.2%
3 years, per year +3.2%+5.3%+0.7% +22.8%
5 years -17.1%-9.9%+0.4% +67.6%
5 years, per year -3.7%-2.1%+0.1% +10.9%
10 years -53.8%—-26.6% +262.0%
10 years, per year -7.4%—-3.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDMCDOLEINGRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 30.3%23.5%18.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.1%24.8%19.0% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.16-0.040.08 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.630.16-0.95 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -37.5%-53.4%-39.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -35.4%-19.7%-20.6% -1.2%
52-week high $43.02$16.37$120.41 $779.14
52-week low $26.90$12.65$94.18 $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.

MultipleDMCDOLEINGR
P/E now vs peer median 16.1xmedian 15.9x 20.9xmedian 15.9x 10.2xmedian 15.9x
P/S now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 0.4x 0.1xmedian 0.4x 0.8xmedian 0.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.8xmedian 8.8x 7.4xmedian 8.8x 6.3xmedian 8.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median -39.3xmedian 15.9x 14.9xmedian 15.9x 17.0xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 1.0x 0.9xmedian 1.0x 1.3xmedian 1.0x
PEG now vs peer median -1.63median 1.34 -1.24median 1.34 3.66median 1.34

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 monthsDMCDOLEINGR
Revenue $4.38B $9.49B $7.22B
Gross profit $418.90M $694.10M $1.71B
Operating income $128.70M $161.30M $860.00M
Net income $83.20M $92.69M $596.00M
Free cash flow -$33.30M $83.30M $355.00M
EPS (diluted) $1.72 $0.62 $9.26
Cash & equivalents $21.10M $291.71M $948.00M
Total debt $499.60M $1.09B $1.78B
Shares (diluted) 47.35M 95.70M 63.90M
Enterprise value $1.12B $67.33M $2.32B

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
MetricDMCDOLEINGR
P/E 16.1x 20.9x 10.2x
P/FCF -39.3x 14.9x 17.0x
P/Operating cash flow 20.5x 7.1x 7.5x
P/S 0.3x 0.1x 0.8x
P/B 0.6x 0.9x 1.3x
P/Tangible book 0.7x 1.1x 1.4x
EV/EBITDA 8.8x 7.4x 6.3x
EV/EBIT 13.9x 12.7x 8.0x
EV/Revenue 0.4x 0.2x 1.0x
EV/FCF -53.7x 24.5x 19.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.9x 11.7x 8.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.63 -1.24 3.66

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDMCDOLEINGR
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.4% 8.3% -1.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 0.2% 5.3% -4.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 15.8% -4.0% -8.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.2% 1.8% 1.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 5.8% -36.4% -12.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -14.1% -10.2% -0.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 3.2% 78.0% -12.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -12.5% -11.3% 1.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 4.0% 147.9% -10.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -9.9% -16.9% 2.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -72.1% -11.1% -31.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -22.3% -14.3% 22.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -118.9% 6.7% -56.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -33.9% -24.9% 41.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDMCDOLEINGR
Gross margin 9.6% 7.3% 23.7%
EBITDA margin 4.6% 2.9% 15.0%
Operating margin 2.9% 1.7% 11.9%
Pretax margin 2.7% 1.5% 11.3%
Net margin 1.9% 0.6% 8.2%
FCF margin -0.8% 0.9% 4.9%
Operating cash flow margin 1.5% 1.8% 11.2%
Return on equity 4.1% 6.3% 13.4%
Return on assets 2.4% 2.1% 7.5%
Return on invested capital 3.7% 3.6% 10.1%
Return on capital employed 4.6% 5.3% 12.8%
Asset turnover 1.3x 2.1x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x 1.9x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.2% 0.1% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDMCDOLEINGR
Debt / assets 14.4% 24.4% 22.1%
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.8x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.4x 2.9x 0.8x
Debt / FCF -15.0x 13.1x 5.0x
Liabilities / assets 41.6% 68.1% 43.9%
Equity / assets 58.4% 31.9% 56.1%
Interest coverage 7.5x 2.7x 10.8x
Current ratio 2.3x 1.3x 2.8x
Quick ratio 0.8x 0.9x 1.9x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.2x 0.8x
Altman Z-score 2.79 2.80 3.60

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDMCDOLEINGR
Dividend yield 1.1% 2.7% 3.4%
Net buyback yield 2.7% 1.2% 3.0%
Shareholder yield 3.8% 3.9% 6.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) 68.3% 34.9% –
Payout ratio (FCF) -170.6% 38.8% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 3.3% 3.3% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 19.1% 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.

ConsensusDMCDOLEINGR
Forward P/E 11.9xFY2026 10.3xFY2026 9.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.34FY2026 $1.28FY2026 $10.67FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -36.4%FY2026 +6.7%FY2026 -4.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +31.2% +12.5% +0.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.52BFY2026 $9.28BFY2026 $7.35BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.7%FY2026 +1.2%FY2026 +1.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.2% +0.7% -3.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDMCDOLEINGR
Held by institutions 71.8% 72.0% 98.4%
Institutions holding 225 208 614
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.8% +1.0% +0.1%
Institutions buying 118 122 296
Institutions selling 79 65 225
Buyers to sellers 1.49 1.88 1.32

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.

DMCDOLEINGR
DMC 1.00 0.55 0.34
DOLE 0.55 1.00 0.35
INGR 0.34 0.35 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DMC, DOLE and INGR?

Ingredion (INGR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Del Monte (DMC) $1.28B, Dole (DOLE) $1.23B, Ingredion (INGR) $6.14B.

Which stock is cheaper, DMC, DOLE and INGR?

Ingredion (INGR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Del Monte (DMC) 15.8x, Dole (DOLE) 20.7x, Ingredion (INGR) 10.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Ingredion (INGR) is cheapest (Del Monte (DMC) 11.9x, Dole (DOLE) 10.3x, Ingredion (INGR) 9.0x). 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: Del Monte (DMC) +1.4%, Dole (DOLE) +8.3%, Ingredion (INGR) -1.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ingredion (INGR) has the highest net margin (Del Monte (DMC) 1.9%, Dole (DOLE) 0.6%, Ingredion (INGR) 8.2%). On return on invested capital, Ingredion (INGR) leads (Del Monte (DMC) 3.7%, Dole (DOLE) 3.6%, Ingredion (INGR) 10.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Dole (DOLE) returned the most: Del Monte (DMC) -19.1%, Dole (DOLE) +3.7%, Ingredion (INGR) -17.4%. Over five years, Ingredion (INGR) compounded fastest (Del Monte (DMC) -3.7%/yr, Dole (DOLE) -2.1%/yr, Ingredion (INGR) +0.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Del Monte (DMC) has the highest dividend yield: Del Monte (DMC) 0.04%, Dole (DOLE) 0.03%, Ingredion (INGR) 0.00%. Ingredion (INGR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ingredion (INGR) has been the steadiest (Del Monte (DMC) 30.3%, Dole (DOLE) 23.5%, Ingredion (INGR) 18.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DMC, DOLE and INGR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ingredion (INGR) leads on 9. 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.