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Global grower and distributor of fresh produce — bananas, pineapples, fresh vegetables — sold to retailers worldwide.
Global grower and distributor of fresh produce — bananas, pineapples, fresh vegetables — sold to retailers worldwide.
Grows some of the fruit it sells and buys the rest from farmers, ships it on its own and chartered vessels, and sells to retailers on annual price agreements, so margin depends on crop yields, shipping costs and how well it passes cost increases on. Formed by the 2021 merger of Dole Food Company and Irish distributor Total Produce.
Moat: narrow (scale, brand, distribution). Global sourcing/logistics scale and a century-old brand in a low-margin, commodity-driven produce business.
Headquarters: Dublin, Ireland · Founded: 1851 · Employees: 32,027
Size Dole (DOLE) is a United States Consumer Staples company (Food Distributors) with a market value of $1.31B, the 2076th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $13.88 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 6.7%, against -13.1% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 8.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.5%); the operating margin is 1.9% (peer median 2.4%).
Valuation It trades at 10.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.6× (4th cheapest of 14).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +16%, so the hurdle is -12 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.7 points below its cost of capital (7.0% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 4.0% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 9 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $9.49B | $9.17B | $8.48B | $8.25B | $8.02B |
| Revenue growth | — | +8% | +3% | +3% | — |
| Gross profit | $708M | $744M | $712M | $700M | $574M |
| EBITDA | $297M | $361M | $337M | $336M | $247M |
| Net income | $74.4M | $66.0M | $126M | $146M | $143M |
| Free cash flow | $79.3M | -$26.2M | $203M | $198M | $153M |
| Capital expenditure | $91.8M | $121M | $82.4M | $78.0M | $85.6M |
| Total debt | $1.45B | $1.25B | $1.30B | $1.43B | $1.54B |
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| Measure | DOLE | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +6.6% | +1.1% | 6th highest of 20 |
| 6-month return | -6.7% | -13.1% | 9th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -16.2% | -19.7% | 8th highest of 20 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +8.3% | +2.5% | 5th highest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 2.4% | 9th lowest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 10.6× | 13.6× | 4th cheapest of 14 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 4.1% | 8.2% | 5th least demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +16.1% | +3.4% | 3rd highest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -12.0 pp | +0.3 pp | 2nd least demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.7 pp | -0.8 pp | 8th lowest of 19 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.9× | 2.6× | 7th most indebted of 15 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dole DOLE | United States | $1.31B | -7% | +8% | 2% | 10.6× | 4.1% | +16.1% |
| Kato Sangyo 9869.T | Japan | $1.35B | +10% | +2% | 1% | n/a | -9.5% | +1.9% |
| Jiangxi Huangshanghuang Group Food 002695.SZ | China | $880M | -14% | +17% | 7% | 39.9× | 14.7% | -7.1% |
| Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C YNGA.L | United Kingdom | $822M | +52% | +5% | 14% | 15.4× | 9.0% | +42.0% |
| Agencia Comercial Spirits AGCC | United States | $804M | -24% | +145% | 13% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Krispy Kreme DNUT | United States | $723M | +16% | -5% | 0% | 50.0× | 23.2% | +6.3% |
| Maple Leaf Foods MFI.TO | Canada | $2.39B | -13% | -17% | 8% | 16.1× | 2.4% | -1.9% |
| Shanghai Bright Meat 600073.SS | China | $702M | -15% | +3% | -3% | 8.5× | 37.0% | -1.5% |
| Metcash MTS.AX | Australia | $2.55B | +12% | 0% | 3% | 14.1× | 0.9% | +3.9% |
| COFCO Joycome Foods 1610.HK | Hong Kong | $669M | -18% | -8% | -10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| United Natural Foods UNFI | United States | $2.73B | -13% | -2% | 1% | 13.6× | 6.5% | +2.9% |
| Premium Brands PBH.TO | Canada | $2.86B | -13% | +20% | 5% | 12.2× | 7.4% | +12.9% |
| S Foods 2292.T | Japan | $537M | -6% | +8% | 2% | 11.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Atria ATRAV.HE | Finland | $509M | +12% | +6% | 4% | 9.1× | -5.2% | +3.8% |
| Guangdong Guanghong 000529.SZ | China | $404M | -19% | -12% | -12% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| MARR MARR.MI | Italy | $389M | -38% | +3% | 2% | 12.6× | n/a | n/a |
| ShandongLongda Meishi 002726.SZ | China | $382M | -34% | -25% | -9% | 9.4× | 23.5% | -16.1% |
| Chefs' Warehouse CHEF | United States | $4.51B | +27% | +12% | 4% | 36.3× | 22.6% | +30.1% |
| Shandong Delisi Food 002330.SZ | China | $362M | -20% | -10% | -2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tarczynski TAR.WA | Poland | $331M | -4% | +6% | 7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |