Financial Comparison: Dole (NYSE:DOLE) and N2OFF (NASDAQ:NITO)

Dole (NYSE:DOLE) and N2OFF (NASDAQ:NITO) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Dole and N2OFF’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dole	0.17%	7.98%	2.56%
N2OFF	-2,420.69%	-223.40%	-159.01%

Risk and Volatility

Dole has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, N2OFF has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

61.2% of N2OFF shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.8% of Dole shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of N2OFF shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Dole and N2OFF”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dole	$8.97 billion	0.16	$125.51 million	$0.15	99.26
N2OFF	$210,000.00	37.04	-$5.19 million	($33.57)	-0.09

Dole has higher revenue and earnings than N2OFF. N2OFF is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dole, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Dole and N2OFF, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dole	0	2	0	0	2.00
N2OFF	1	0	0	0	1.00

Dole currently has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.46%. Given Dole’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Dole is more favorable than N2OFF.

Summary

Dole beats N2OFF on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Dole

Dole Food Company, Inc. (Dole) is a producer, marketer and distributor of fresh fruit and fresh vegetables. The Company is a producer of bananas and pineapples, and packaged fruit products, packaged salads and fresh-packed vegetables. The Company has three business segments: fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and packaged foods. The fresh fruit segment contains operating divisions that produce and market fresh fruit to wholesale, retail and institutional customers worldwide. The fresh vegetables segment produces and markets fresh-packed and value-added vegetables and salads to wholesale, retail and institutional customers, primarily in North America and Europe. The packaged foods segment contains several operating divisions that produce and market packaged foods, including fruit, juices, frozen fruit and healthy snack foods. In November 2013, Dole Food Company, Inc announced that an investor group acquired the remaining 60.43% interest in the Company.

About N2OFF

N2OFF, Inc., an agri-food tech company, engages in the development and sale of eco-friendly green solutions for the food industry to enhance food safety and shelf life of fresh produce. Its products are based on proprietary blend of food acids combined with various oxidizing agent-based sanitizers and low concentrated fungicides for cleaning, sanitizing, and controlling pathogens on fresh produce that are safer for human consumption and extend their shelf life by reducing their decay. The company’s products include SavePROTECT or PeroStar, a processing aid for post-harvest application that is added to fruit and vegetable wash water; and SF3HS and SF3H, a post-harvest cleaning and sanitizing solution to control plant and foodborne pathogens. It also offers SpuDefender for controlling post-harvest potato sprouts; and FreshProtect to control spoilage-creating microorganisms on post-harvest citrus fruit. The company was formerly known as Save Foods, Inc. and changed its name to N2OFF, Inc. in March 2024. N2OFF, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Hod HaSharon, Israel.