Alico (ALCO) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LMNR or ALCO?

Limoneira received 105 more outperform votes than Alico when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.59% of users gave Alico an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave Limoneira an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Limoneira	Outperform Votes 291 61.39%	Underperform Votes 183 38.61%
Alico	Outperform Votes 186 61.59%	Underperform Votes 116 38.41%

Which has higher earnings & 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	$186.08M	1.55	$7.72M	$0.41	39.05
Alico	$49.55M	4.54	$6.97M	-$5.92	-4.97

Do analysts rate LMNR or ALCO?

Limoneira currently has a consensus target price of $25.50, indicating a potential upside of 59.28%. Given Limoneira's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
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 2 more articles in the media than Limoneira. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Alico and 1 mentions for Limoneira. Limoneira's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Alico's score of -0.18 indicating that Limoneira is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in LMNR or ALCO?

64.3% of Limoneira shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.3% of Alico shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Limoneira shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Alico shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LMNR or ALCO more profitable?

Limoneira has a net margin of 4.03% compared to Alico's net margin of -91.09%. Limoneira's return on equity of 4.34% beat Alico's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Limoneira	4.03%	4.34%	2.68%
Alico	-91.09%	-3.01%	-1.95%

Which has more volatility and risk, LMNR or ALCO?

Limoneira has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alico has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LMNR or ALCO a better dividend stock?

Limoneira pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Alico pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Limoneira pays out 73.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alico pays out -3.4% 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.

Summary

Limoneira beats Alico on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.