DOLE vs PYYX vs VPRB Stock Comparison

Dole, Pyxus International and VPR Brands Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DOLE Dole plc
$13.19 +1.5% 1M +2.7% 1Y
Market cap
$1.25B
P/E
21.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.49B
Div. yield
2.73%
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
6 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
1 win
VPRB VPR Brands, LP.
$0.09 +12.5% 1M +350.0% 1Y
Market cap
$8.26M
P/E
8.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.94M
Div. yield
–
Tobacco Consumer Staples
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Dole leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Dole 6, VPR Brands 3, Pyxus International 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDOLEPYYXVPRBLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.25B $62.26M $8.26M DOLE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 21.0x 2.9x 8.2x PYYX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.3x — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +8.3% -0.6% -32.5% DOLE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.6% 1.0% 34.1% VPRB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 3.6% 2.0% -50.3% DOLE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.9x 5.9x — DOLE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 2.73% — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +2.7% +1.2% +350.0% VPRB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -2.0%/yr +4.5%/yr +17.6%/yr VPRB
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 23.6% 99.8% 284.6% DOLE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 59/100 58/100 DOLE

Percentile Scorecard

DOLEPYYXVPRB

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

AxisDOLEPYYXVPRB
Valuation 91 #4 of 34 73 #10 of 34 62 #15 of 38
Growth 50 #16 of 31 100 #1 of 31 32 #24 of 35
Profitability 50 #15 of 29 54 #14 of 29 80 #8 of 36
Financial Health 40 #22 of 36 11 #32 of 36 58 #17 of 39
Shareholder Returns 67 #9 of 25 – –
Overall 60 59 58
  • DOLE ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • PYYX ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • VPRB ranked among 40 companies in Tobacco and Cannabis

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDOLEPYYXVPRBSPY
1 month +1.5%-21.2%+12.5% -0.2%
3 months -7.3%-27.5%-25.0% +3.9%
6 months -11.7%-14.2%+350.0% +8.2%
Year to date -12.0%-28.1%+200.0% +12.9%
1 year +2.7%+1.2%+350.0% +12.3%
3 years +16.8%+110.8%-43.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year +5.3%+28.2%-17.5% +23.3%
5 years -9.5%+24.6%+125.0% +67.9%
5 years, per year -2.0%+4.5%+17.6% +10.9%
10 years ——-83.6% +261.1%
10 years, per year ——-16.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDOLEPYYXVPRBSPY
Volatility, 1Y 23.6%99.8%284.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 25.0%120.6%457.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.04-0.29-3.04 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.120.011.23 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -53.4%-96.0%-90.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -19.4%-36.8%-30.8% -1.2%
52-week high $16.37$4.00$0.13 $779.14
52-week low $12.65$2.11$0.02 $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.

MultipleDOLEPYYXVPRB
P/E now vs peer median 21.0xmedian 14.8x 2.9xmedian 14.8x 8.2xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 0.5x 0.0xmedian 0.5x 2.8xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.4xmedian 9.1x 6.2xmedian 9.1x —median 12.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.0xmedian 15.0x -0.7xmedian 15.0x 5.5xmedian 23.2x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 1.1x 0.4xmedian 1.1x 7.4xmedian 1.0x
PEG now vs peer median -1.25median 1.28 0.07median 1.28 1.00median 0.57

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 monthsDOLEPYYXVPRB
Revenue $9.49B $2.34B $2.94M
Gross profit $694.10M $343.47M $737.52K
Operating income $161.30M $157.37M -$1.71M
Net income $92.69M $23.64M $1.00M
Free cash flow $83.30M -$94.83M $1.51M
EPS (diluted) $0.62 $0.89 $0.01
Cash & equivalents $291.71M $175.91M $2.14M
Total debt $1.09B $5.71B $2.40M
Shares (diluted) 95.70M 26.06M 91.75M
Enterprise value $184.82M -$470.20M $2.77M

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
MetricDOLEPYYXVPRB
P/E 21.0x 2.9x 8.2x
P/FCF 15.0x -0.7x 5.5x
P/Operating cash flow 7.1x -0.9x 5.5x
P/S 0.1x 0.0x 2.8x
P/B 0.9x 0.4x 7.4x
P/Tangible book 1.1x 0.4x 7.8x
EV/EBITDA 7.4x 6.2x –
EV/EBIT 12.7x 7.4x -4.0x
EV/Revenue 0.2x 0.5x 2.3x
EV/FCF 24.6x -12.3x 4.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.7x -16.1x 4.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.25 0.07 1.00

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDOLEPYYXVPRB
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.3% -0.6% -32.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.3% 4.6% -28.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -4.0% 5.8% -38.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.8% 5.4% -33.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -36.4% 17.6% -12.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -10.2% 8.5% -62.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 78.0% 657.0% 188.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -11.3% 44.7% 6.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 147.9% 529.6% 188.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -16.9% 43.2% 8.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -11.1% 71.6% 767.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -14.3% 26.2% 6.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 6.7% 66.0% 767.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -24.9% 21.9% 6.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDOLEPYYXVPRB
Gross margin 7.3% 14.7% 25.1%
EBITDA margin 2.9% 8.1% –
Operating margin 1.7% 6.7% -58.1%
Pretax margin 1.5% 1.0% 39.2%
Net margin 0.6% 1.0% 34.1%
FCF margin 0.9% -4.0% 51.4%
Operating cash flow margin 1.8% -3.1% 51.4%
Return on equity 6.3% 13.4% 46.4%
Return on assets 2.1% 1.3% 16.1%
Return on invested capital 3.6% 2.0% -50.3%
Return on capital employed 5.3% 26.5% -105.1%
Asset turnover 2.1x 1.3x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.9x -3.1x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 0.1% 0.0% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDOLEPYYXVPRB
Debt / assets 24.4% 63.7% 21.0%
Debt / equity 0.8x 7.3x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.9x 5.9x –
Debt / FCF 13.1x -13.5x 0.5x
Liabilities / assets 68.1% 91.3% 66.7%
Equity / assets 31.9% 8.7% 33.3%
Interest coverage 2.7x – -10.1x
Current ratio 1.3x 1.3x 1.6x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.3x 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.1x 1.0x
Altman Z-score 2.81 1.51 -1.19

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDOLEPYYXVPRB
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.

ConsensusDOLEPYYXVPRB
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
HoldersDOLEPYYXVPRB
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.

DOLEPYYXVPRB
DOLE 1.00 -0.01 -0.03
PYYX -0.01 1.00 0.04
VPRB -0.03 0.04 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DOLE, PYYX and VPRB?

Dole (DOLE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Dole (DOLE) $1.25B, Pyxus International (PYYX) $62.26M, VPR Brands (VPRB) $8.26M.

Which stock is cheaper, DOLE, PYYX and VPRB?

Pyxus International (PYYX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Dole (DOLE) 21.0x, Pyxus International (PYYX) 2.9x, VPR Brands (VPRB) 8.2x). 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%, VPR Brands (VPRB) -32.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

VPR Brands (VPRB) has the highest net margin (Dole (DOLE) 0.6%, Pyxus International (PYYX) 1.0%, VPR Brands (VPRB) 34.1%). On return on invested capital, Dole (DOLE) leads (Dole (DOLE) 3.6%, Pyxus International (PYYX) 2.0%, VPR Brands (VPRB) -50.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year VPR Brands (VPRB) returned the most: Dole (DOLE) +2.7%, Pyxus International (PYYX) +1.2%, VPR Brands (VPRB) +350.0%. Over five years, VPR Brands (VPRB) compounded fastest (Dole (DOLE) -2.0%/yr, Pyxus International (PYYX) +4.5%/yr, VPR Brands (VPRB) +17.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Dole (DOLE) 2.73%. Pyxus International (PYYX) and VPR Brands (VPRB) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Dole (DOLE) has been the steadiest (Dole (DOLE) 23.6%, Pyxus International (PYYX) 99.8%, VPR Brands (VPRB) 284.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 6. 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.