Comparing Scheid Vineyards (OTCMKTS:SVIN) & Dole (NYSE:DOLE)

Dole (NYSE:DOLE) and Scheid Vineyards (OTCMKTS:SVIN) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Dole and Scheid Vineyards, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dole	0	4	0	0	2.00
Scheid Vineyards	0	0	0	0	0.00

Dole presently has a consensus price target of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.36%. Given Dole’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Dole is more favorable than Scheid Vineyards.

Risk and Volatility

Dole has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scheid Vineyards has a beta of -0.38, indicating that its share price is 138% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Dole and Scheid Vineyards”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dole	$9.17 billion	0.15	$51.32 million	$0.45	31.21
Scheid Vineyards	$52.47 million	0.01	-$25.25 million	($27.53)	-0.03

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

Profitability

This table compares Dole and Scheid Vineyards’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dole	0.46%	7.63%	2.51%
Scheid Vineyards	-48.12%	N/A	N/A

Summary

Dole beats Scheid Vineyards on 11 of the 11 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 Scheid Vineyards

Scheid Vineyards Inc. manufactures and sells wine in the United States. The company operates vineyards in Monterey and San Benito counties of California. It offers red, white, reserve, dessert wines, as well as accessories, such as wine glass. The company was incorporated in 1971 and is based in Salinas, California.