Dole
DOLE NYSE· Agricultural Products & Services
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$13.20
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Dole had $9.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 8.2% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +16.1% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 2.4%, down 0.9 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 2 is left after running the business.
- Dole made $51.3M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2019 to 2025, diluted EPS grew −9.9% a year.
- Free cash flow was $1.7M in fiscal 2025, 0.0% of revenue.
- Dole returned $31.6M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 1,847% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.5%.
- Dole owes $600M more than it holds in cash, about 1.8 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$1.3B
P/E
—
Revenue
$9.2B
Net income
$51.3M
Free cash flow
$1.7M
Operating margin
2.4%
Dole in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+8.2%
Yes. Sales grew 8.2% last year.
Does it make a profit?
0.6%
A little. It keeps 0.6% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
0.0%
Partly. 0.0% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
1.8x
Keep an eye on it. Repaying its debt would take 1.8 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 9
Mixed. It passes 6 of 9 health tests.
What Dole does
Dole plc grows, buys, ships and sells fresh fruit and vegetables. It handles more than 300 products, sources them from over 100 countries and distributes them in more than 85 countries. Its customers include grocery stores, wholesalers, mass merchandisers, foodservice operators, club stores and convenience stores, and it says no one customer accounted for a major share of 2025 sales. Its best-known brand is DOLE. It reports three segments. Fresh Fruit covers bananas, pineapples and plantains, mostly grown in Latin America on company-owned and leased farms and by independent growers. Approximately one-third of the bananas it markets and 75% of its pineapples come from its own production. It also runs refrigerated ships and sells spare cargo space to other shippers. Diversified Fresh Produce, Europe, the Middle East and Africa sells imported and local produce across Europe.
Biggest risks, in its own words
- Bad weather, natural disasters, crop disease and pests, including a banana disease called Tropical Race 4.
- Product contamination and product liability claims.
- Swings in market prices and demand for its produce, and changes in the cost of the fruit it buys.
- Strong competition, and reliance on a few key customers and key suppliers.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Mar 2, 2026
- Legal name
- Dole plc
- CIK
- 0001857475
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $5.9B | $8.0B | $8.2B | $8.5B | $9.2B |
| Revenue growth | 36.8% | 35.0% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 8.2% |
| Gross margin | 5.8% | 7.5% | 8.4% | 8.5% | 7.8% |
| Operating margin | −0.2% | 2.2% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 2.4% |
| Net income | −$7.2M | $86.5M | $124M | $126M | $51.3M |
| Net margin | −0.1% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 0.6% |
| Diluted EPS | −$0.10 | $0.91 | $1.30 | $1.32 | $0.53 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $16.4M | $239M | $299M | $263M | $123M |
| Capital expenditure | $58.6M | $85.6M | $78.0M | $82.4M | $122M |
| Free cash flow | −$42.2M | $153M | $221M | $180M | $1.7M |
| FCF margin | −0.7% | 1.9% | 2.7% | 2.1% | 0.0% |
| Dividends paid | $17.1M | $30.4M | $30.4M | $30.6M | $31.6M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share count change | 30.2% | 31.1% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $257M | $234M | $282M | $336M | $274M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $1.4B | $1.3B | $1.1B | $967M | $874M |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.3B | $1.4B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 20.1x | 3.6x | 2.2x | 1.7x | 1.8x |
| Current ratio | 1.2x | 1.1x | 1.1x | 1.2x | 1.2x |
| Interest coverage | −0.4x | 3.1x | 3.4x | 3.9x | 3.4x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | −0.4% | 7.5% | 9.5% | 9.1% | 6.3% |
| Return on equity | −0.9% | 7.7% | 10.3% | 9.9% | 3.9% |
| Piotroski F-score | — | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$8.6M
1 insider
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
—
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dole DOLE | $1.3B | 8.2% | 2.4% | 0.0% | 6.3% | — | 6 |
| Ingredion INGR | $6.1B | −2.8% | 14.1% | 7.1% | 16.0% | 10.3x | 8 |
| Darling Ingredients DAR | $8.9B | 7.4% | 4.5% | 11.1% | 3.2% | 15.0x | 7 |
| Bunge Global BG | $19.8B | 32.4% | — | −1.3% | 6.1% | 23.6x | 4 |
| Archer Daniels Midland ADM | $37.9B | −6.2% | — | 5.2% | 5.2% | 21.4x | 5 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $13.20 a share, the company is worth $1.3B.
Dole grew sales faster than 3 of its 4 similar companies.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001857475). Data updated October 23, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.