Agricultural Services
Calavo Growers, Inc. markets and distributes avocados, prepared avocados, and other perishable foods to retail grocery and foodservice customers, club stores, mass merchandisers, food distributors, and wholesale customers worldwide. It operates through two segments, Grown and Prepared. The Grown segment distributes tomatoes and papayas; and procures avocados grown in California, Mexico, Peru, and Colombia. The Prepared segment is involved in the distribution of prepared avocado products, salsa, fresh-cut fruit and vegetables, fresh prepared entrees salads, wraps, sandwiches, parfaits, and fresh snacking products, as well as ready-to-heat entrees, other hot bars and various deli items, meals kit components, and salad kits. The company offers its products under the Calavo brands and related logos; and Avo Fresco, Bueno, Calavo Gold, Calavo Salsa Lisa, Salsa Lisa, Celebrate the Taste, El Dorado, Fresh Ripe, Select, Taste of Paradise, The First Name in Avocados, Tico, Mfresh, Maui Fresh International, Triggered Avocados, ProRipeVIP, RIPE NOW!, Renaissance Food Group, Garden Highway Fresh Cut, Garden Highway, and Garden Highway Chef Essentials trademarks. Calavo Growers, Inc. was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Santa Paula, California.
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High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.
Years | 10-2014 | 10-2015 | 10-2016 | 10-2017 | 10-2018 | 10-2019 | 10-2020 | 10-2021 | 10-2022 | TTM |
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Net Margin | -0.027% | 3.2% | 4.1% | 3.5% | 2.9% | 3.1% | -1.3% | -1.1% | -0.55% | -0.4% |
ROA | -1.5% | 15% | 19% | 16% | 16% | 18% | 7.5% | 0.3% | 1.6% | 1.2% |
ROE | -0.12% | 15% | 18% | 15% | 12% | 13% | -5.4% | -5.3% | -3% | -1.8% |
The average Net Margin over the past 5 years is +1.08%.
The trend of Net Margin over the past 5 years is -1.05%.
The average ROA over the past 5 years is +9.86%.
The trend of ROA over the past 5 years is -3.69%.
The average ROE over the past 5 years is +4.42%.
The trend of ROE over the past 5 years is -4.61%.
Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.
Years | 10-2014 | 10-2015 | 10-2016 | 10-2017 | 10-2018 | 10-2019 | 10-2020 | 10-2021 | 10-2022 | TTM |
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Debt FCF | - | 2.07 | 0.48 | 1.16 | 0.46 | 0.11 | 1.50 | 3.35 | 0.15 | - |
Debt Equity | 0.24 | 0.21 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.03 | - |
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Graham Stability | - | - | - | 100% | 94% | 100% | -39% | -65% | -180% | -180% |
The Debt/FCF trailing twelve month is -.
The trend of Debt/FCF over the past 5 years is 0.14.
Graham’s Stability measure stands at -1.83.
Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.
Years | 10-2015 | 10-2017 | 10-2019 | 10-2021 | Trend |
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Revenue | 4.8% | 2.1% | -0.13% | 13% | -1.1% |
Net Income | - | - | - | - | -8.9% |
Stockholders Equity | 2.7% | -1.8% | -7.9% | -1.5% | -2.9% |
FCF | 11% | 18% | -9.9% | 1.8K% | 130% |
The Revenue CAGR over the past 5 years is +2.06%.
The trend of Revenue growth rate over the past 5 years is -1.13%.
The Earnings CAGR over the past 5 years is -.
The trend of Earnings growth rate over the past 5 years is -8.86%.
The Equity CAGR over the past 5 years is -1.76%.
The trend of Equity growth rate over the past 5 years is -2.91%.
The FCF CAGR over the past 5 years is +18.08%.
The trend of FCF growth rate over the past 5 years is +129.14%.