Alico (ALCO) Competitors

Limoneira (NASDAQ:LMNR) and Alico (NASDAQ:ALCO) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LMNR or ALCO?

Limoneira received 105 more outperform votes than Alico when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.31% of users gave Limoneira an outperform vote while only 61.79% of users gave Alico an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Limoneira	Outperform Votes 291 62.31%	Underperform Votes 176 37.69%
Alico	Outperform Votes 186 61.79%	Underperform Votes 115 38.21%

Is LMNR or ALCO a better dividend stock?

Limoneira pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Alico pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Limoneira pays out 103.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alico pays out 5.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is LMNR or ALCO more profitable?

Alico has a net margin of 56.13% compared to Limoneira's net margin of 3.24%. Limoneira's return on equity of 3.97% beat Alico's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Limoneira	3.24%	3.97%	2.44%
Alico	56.13%	-6.72%	-4.32%

Do analysts prefer LMNR or ALCO?

Limoneira currently has a consensus target price of $25.33, indicating a potential downside of 4.55%. Given Limoneira's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Limoneira is more favorable than Alico.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Limoneira	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Alico	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to LMNR or ALCO?

In the previous week, Alico had 1 more articles in the media than Limoneira. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Alico and 2 mentions for Limoneira. Limoneira's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Alico's score of 0.79 indicating that Limoneira is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Limoneira	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alico	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LMNR or ALCO?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Alico shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, LMNR or ALCO?

Limoneira has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alico has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, LMNR or ALCO?

Limoneira has higher revenue and earnings than Alico. Alico is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Limoneira, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Limoneira	$179.90M	2.66	$9.40M	$0.29	91.52
Alico	$39.85M	4.79	$1.84M	$3.42	7.32

Summary

Limoneira beats Alico on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.