LMNR vs. ALCO, SANW, FDP, LND, VFF, AGRO, LWAY, CSV, CBUS, and SENEA
Should you be buying Limoneira stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Limoneira include Alico (ALCO), S&W Seed (SANW), Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP), BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas (LND), Village Farms International (VFF), Adecoagro (AGRO), Lifeway Foods (LWAY), Carriage Services (CSV), Cibus (CBUS), and Seneca Foods (SENEA). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Limoneira (NASDAQ:LMNR) and Alico (NASDAQ:ALCO) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Alico had 1 more articles in the media than Limoneira. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Alico and 1 mentions for Limoneira. Limoneira's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Alico's score of -0.70 indicating that Limoneira is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Limoneira has higher revenue and earnings than Alico. Limoneira is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alico, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alico has a net margin of 99.63% compared to Limoneira's net margin of -5.40%. Limoneira's return on equity of -1.16% beat Alico's return on equity.
Limoneira pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Alico pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Limoneira pays out -51.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alico pays out 3.8% 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. Limoneira is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Limoneira presently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.78%. Given Limoneira's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Limoneira is more favorable than Alico.
Limoneira has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alico has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Limoneira received 103 more outperform votes than Alico when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.42% of users gave Limoneira an outperform vote while only 62.21% of users gave Alico an outperform vote.
64.4% of Limoneira shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.3% of Alico shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Limoneira shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Alico shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Limoneira beats Alico on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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