LMNR vs. FDP, ALCO, ADM, BG, INGR, DAR, AGRO, LND, VFF, and ORIS
Should you be buying Limoneira stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Limoneira include Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP), Alico (ALCO), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Bunge Global (BG), Ingredion (INGR), Darling Ingredients (DAR), Adecoagro (AGRO), BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas (LND), Village Farms International (VFF), and Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares (ORIS).
Limoneira vs.
Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE:FDP) and Limoneira (NASDAQ:LMNR) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
Limoneira has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fresh Del Monte Produce. Limoneira is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fresh Del Monte Produce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Fresh Del Monte Produce had 5 more articles in the media than Limoneira. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Fresh Del Monte Produce and 1 mentions for Limoneira. Limoneira's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Fresh Del Monte Produce's score of 0.78 indicating that Limoneira is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Limoneira has a net margin of 4.03% compared to Fresh Del Monte Produce's net margin of 0.36%. Fresh Del Monte Produce's return on equity of 5.91% beat Limoneira's return on equity.
Limoneira received 36 more outperform votes than Fresh Del Monte Produce when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.65% of users gave Fresh Del Monte Produce an outperform vote while only 62.18% of users gave Limoneira an outperform vote.
Limoneira has a consensus price target of $26.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.97%. Given Limoneira's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Limoneira is more favorable than Fresh Del Monte Produce.
64.8% of Fresh Del Monte Produce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.3% of Limoneira shares are held by institutional investors. 30.1% of Fresh Del Monte Produce shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Limoneira shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Fresh Del Monte Produce pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Limoneira pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Fresh Del Monte Produce pays out 303.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Limoneira pays out 78.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Fresh Del Monte Produce has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Limoneira has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Limoneira beats Fresh Del Monte Produce on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LMNR) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
