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 +6.9%; on debt / equity, CALM reads 0.00 and CTVA reads 0.07. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CALM's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What CTVA's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CALM | CTVA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $90.31 | $89.25 |
| Market cap | $4.3B | $60.1B |
| Sector | Agriculture | Agriculture |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 13.6 | 51.9 |
| P/B | 1.62 | 2.44 |
| P/S | 1.47 | 3.36 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.0 | 100.0 |
| Revenue growth | -26.2% | +6.9% |
| Gross margin | 6.2% | — |
| Operating margin | -10.6% | — |
| Net margin | 10.9% | 9.9% |
| Return on equity | 12.0% | 7.2% |
| Return on assets | 10.2% | 4.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.5% | — |
| FCF yield | 7.7% | 3.4% |
| Dividend yield | 2.7% | 0.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.07 |
| Current ratio | 7.70 | 1.47 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.15 | 6.59 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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