Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. vs Corteva, Inc., two Agriculture stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CALM and CTVA diverge most: on revenue growth, CALM reads -26.2% and CTVA reads +5.2%; on debt / equity, CALM reads 0.00 and CTVA reads 0.13. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CALM | CTVA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $74.04 | $83.78 |
| Market cap | $3.5B | $56.1B |
| Sector | Agriculture | Agriculture |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 11.2 | 54.8 |
| P/B | 1.33 | 2.21 |
| P/S | 1.21 | 3.15 |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.0 | 191.7 |
| Revenue growth | -26.2% | +5.2% |
| Gross margin | 6.2% | — |
| Operating margin | -10.6% | — |
| Net margin | 10.9% | 9.1% |
| Return on equity | 12.0% | 6.4% |
| Return on assets | 10.2% | 3.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.5% | — |
| FCF yield | 9.4% | 1.1% |
| Dividend yield | 3.3% | 0.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.13 |
| Current ratio | 7.70 | 1.52 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.16 | 6.63 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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