Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) vs. Marine Harvest ASA (OTCMKTS:MHGVY) Head to Head Review

Marine Harvest ASA (OTCMKTS:MHGVY) and Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Risk & Volatility

Marine Harvest ASA has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cal-Maine Foods has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Marine Harvest ASA and Cal-Maine Foods’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Marine Harvest ASA	11.19%	11.74%	5.29%
Cal-Maine Foods	2.32%	2.21%	1.89%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

84.7% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Marine Harvest ASA and Cal-Maine Foods”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Marine Harvest ASA	$6.47 billion	1.89	$708.93 million	$1.42	16.30
Cal-Maine Foods	$2.91 billion	1.00	$316.68 million	$1.17	53.50

Marine Harvest ASA has higher revenue and earnings than Cal-Maine Foods. Marine Harvest ASA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cal-Maine Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Marine Harvest ASA and Cal-Maine Foods, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Marine Harvest ASA	0	3	0	2	2.80
Cal-Maine Foods	0	5	1	0	2.17

Cal-Maine Foods has a consensus price target of $84.17, suggesting a potential upside of 34.45%. Given Cal-Maine Foods’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cal-Maine Foods is more favorable than Marine Harvest ASA.

Summary

Marine Harvest ASA beats Cal-Maine Foods on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Marine Harvest ASA

Mowi ASA, a seafood company, farms, produces, and supplies Atlantic salmon products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Feed, Farming, and Sales and Marketing. The company is involved in the salmon feed production, salmon farming and primary processing, and seafood secondary processing activities. It offers whole fish, plain and marinated fillets and steaks, hot- and cold-smoked salmon, burgers and tartars, patties, gravad, sushi, and breaded products under the Ducktrap, MOWI, and Supreme Salmon brands. The company was formerly known as Marine Harvest ASA and changed its name to Mowi ASA in December 2018. Mowi ASA was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Bergen, Norway.

About Cal-Maine Foods

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces, grades, packages, markets, and distributes shell eggs. The company offers specialty shell eggs, such as nutritionally enhanced, cage free, organic, free-range, pasture-raised, and brown eggs under the Egg-Land's Best, Land O' Lakes, Farmhouse Eggs, Sunups, Sunny Meadow, and 4Grain brand names. It sells its products to various customers, including national and regional grocery store chains, club stores, independent supermarkets, foodservice distributors, and egg product consumers primarily in the southwestern, southeastern, mid-western, and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Ridgeland, Mississippi.