Dole plc

NYSE:DOLE Stock Report

Market Cap: US$1.4b

Dole Valuation

Is DOLE undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of DOLE when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: DOLE ($15.07) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($27.9)

Significantly Below Fair Value: DOLE is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for DOLE?

Key metric: As DOLE is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for DOLE. This is calculated by dividing DOLE's market cap by their current earnings.
What is DOLE's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio9.6x
EarningsUS$148.85m
Market CapUS$1.40b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does DOLE's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for DOLE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average21.4x
KLG WK Kellogg Co
21.6x24.2%US$1.5b
AGRO Adecoagro
7x-15.3%US$1.1b
JBSS John B. Sanfilippo & Son
17.5xn/aUS$950.0m
AVO Mission Produce
39.4x-3.7%US$930.3m
DOLE Dole
9.6x-0.4%US$1.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: DOLE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.6x) compared to the peer average (21.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does DOLE's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Food Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
GCEH Global Clean Energy Holdings
2.1xn/aUS$43.91m
SEED Origin Agritech
1.9xn/aUS$15.55m
FAMI Farmmi
1.9xn/aUS$2.74m
IDBH.F Industrias Bachoco. de
0.0002xn/aUS$59.94k
DOLE 9.6xIndustry Avg. 19.1xNo. of Companies7PE01020304050+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: DOLE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.6x) compared to the US Food industry average (19.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DOLE's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

DOLE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio9.6x
Fair PE Ratio15.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: DOLE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.6x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst DOLE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$15.07
US$16.88
+12.0%
16.8%US$19.00US$12.00n/a4
Nov ’25US$16.10
US$16.88
+4.8%
16.8%US$19.00US$12.00n/a4
Oct ’25US$16.09
US$17.50
+8.8%
16.2%US$20.00US$12.00n/a5
Sep ’25US$16.11
US$17.14
+6.4%
16.3%US$20.00US$12.00n/a5
Aug ’25US$14.76
US$15.54
+5.3%
19.6%US$19.00US$10.00n/a5
Jul ’25US$12.17
US$15.48
+27.2%
19.6%US$19.00US$10.00n/a5
Jun ’25US$12.37
US$15.73
+27.2%
17.9%US$19.00US$10.00n/a6
May ’25US$12.18
US$15.57
+27.8%
17.0%US$18.00US$10.00n/a6
Apr ’25US$11.78
US$15.57
+32.1%
17.0%US$18.00US$10.00n/a6
Mar ’25US$11.69
US$15.28
+30.7%
18.4%US$18.00US$10.00n/a5
Feb ’25US$11.46
US$15.57
+35.8%
17.0%US$18.00US$10.00n/a6
Jan ’25US$12.29
US$15.57
+26.7%
17.0%US$18.00US$10.00n/a6
Dec ’24US$11.74
US$15.38
+31.0%
17.0%US$18.00US$10.00n/a6
Nov ’24US$11.32
US$15.22
+34.4%
16.3%US$17.00US$10.00US$16.106
Oct ’24US$11.58
US$15.22
+31.4%
16.3%US$17.00US$10.00US$16.096
Sep ’24US$12.04
US$15.40
+27.9%
18.6%US$18.00US$10.00US$16.115
Aug ’24US$13.30
US$14.69
+10.5%
21.3%US$18.00US$9.00US$14.765
Jul ’24US$13.52
US$14.69
+8.7%
21.3%US$18.00US$9.00US$12.175
Jun ’24US$13.64
US$14.69
+7.7%
21.3%US$18.00US$9.00US$12.375
May ’24US$12.45
US$14.25
+14.5%
21.8%US$17.00US$9.00US$12.184
Apr ’24US$11.74
US$14.25
+21.4%
21.8%US$17.00US$9.00US$11.784
Mar ’24US$11.88
US$13.68
+15.2%
22.4%US$17.00US$9.00US$11.696
Feb ’24US$11.73
US$13.68
+16.7%
22.4%US$17.00US$9.00US$11.466
Jan ’24US$9.65
US$13.16
+36.3%
19.9%US$16.70US$9.00US$12.297
Dec ’23US$10.46
US$12.87
+23.1%
24.2%US$16.70US$7.00US$11.747
Nov ’23US$8.58
US$12.44
+45.0%
25.2%US$16.70US$7.00US$11.327

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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