Comparing Nissin Foods Holdings Co.,Ltd. (OTCMKTS:NFPDF) & Dole (NYSE:DOLE)

Dole (NYSE:DOLE) and Nissin Foods Holdings Co.,Ltd. (OTCMKTS:NFPDF) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Dole and Nissin Foods Holdings Co.,Ltd.’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dole	0.63%	7.06%	2.33%
Nissin Foods Holdings Co.,Ltd.	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

11.8% of Nissin Foods Holdings Co.,Ltd. shares are held by institutional investors. 41.8% of Dole shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Dole and Nissin Foods Holdings Co.,Ltd., as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dole	0	4	0	0	2.00
Nissin Foods Holdings Co.,Ltd.	0	0	0	0	0.00

Dole presently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.53%. Given Dole’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Dole is more favorable than Nissin Foods Holdings Co.,Ltd..

Dividends

Dole pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Nissin Foods Holdings Co.,Ltd. pays an annual dividend of $59.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 328.1%. Dole pays out 54.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nissin Foods Holdings Co.,Ltd. pays out 34.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Dole has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Nissin Foods Holdings Co.,Ltd. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Dole and Nissin Foods Holdings Co.,Ltd.”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dole	$9.49 billion	0.13	$51.32 million	$0.62	21.50
Nissin Foods Holdings Co.,Ltd.	N/A	N/A	N/A	$170.94	0.11

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

Summary

Dole beats Nissin Foods Holdings Co.,Ltd. on 9 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 Nissin Foods Holdings Co.,Ltd.

Nissin Foods Holdings Co.,Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of instant foods in Japan and internationally. The company operates through the Nissin Food Products, Myojo Foods, Chilled and Frozen Foods and Beverages, Confectionery, The Americas, China, Asia, EMEA, and Domestic Others segments. Its products include packaged instant noodles, cup noodles, chilled and frozen foods, soups, chilled noodles, cereal foods, dairy products, confectionery, rice crackers and snacks, beverages and yogurt, potato chips, and other products. The company offers its products under Chicken Ramen, Cup Noodle, Cup Noodles Chicken, Demae Iccho, Hé wèi dào, 365 Noodles, Cup brand names. The company was incorporated in 1948 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.