Dole plc
boothcheck covers Dole plc (DOLE) but does not put one priced-in number on it: here the defensible answer is the evidence rather than a point estimate. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating. Narrative composed July 25, 2026.
• Dole grows a large share of what it sells instead of buying it, and the annual report puts a number on that: ⟦Approximately one-third of the bananas we market and 75% of our pineapples are sourced from our own production.⟧ • The equity carries book value of about $14.37 a share and earned roughly 3.2% on it last year, well under the 9.3% return a shareholder in a weather-and-freight business would ask for, which is the single fact that decides how the stock reads. • Next visible event is the G
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211 institutional managers reported holding DOLE in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 70% of the company; the top 10 hold 40%. 29 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Dimensional Fund Advisors, BlackRock, Two Sigma, among others. On the short side, 3.6M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 4% of shares outstanding (2.9 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
DOLE's share count grew 15.8% over the past five years. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (7 and counting). Cash returned over the past three years: $148.53M in dividends.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
No open-market insider buys on file at DOLE over the trailing three years. Absence is a fact about the company, not a signal. 10 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
DOLE's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | -1.8% | -4.1% |
| 2026-05-12 | -3.1% | pending |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
DOLE's latest 8-K filings: 2026-08-10 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-07-01 (items 7.01, 9.01); 2026-05-21 (items 5.07); 2026-05-11 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-04-07 (items 7.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 25, 2026
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