Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FDP or LMNR?

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 61.91% of users gave Limoneira an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fresh Del Monte Produce	Outperform Votes 255 62.65%	Underperform Votes 152 37.35%
Limoneira	Outperform Votes 291 61.91%	Underperform Votes 179 38.09%

Is FDP or LMNR more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fresh Del Monte Produce	0.36%	5.91%	3.65%
Limoneira	4.03%	4.34%	2.68%

Which has better earnings and valuation, FDP or LMNR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fresh Del Monte Produce	$4.32B	0.34	-$11.40M	$0.33	93.43
Limoneira	$191.50M	2.14	$7.72M	$0.38	59.66

Does the media refer more to FDP or LMNR?

In the previous week, Fresh Del Monte Produce had 5 more articles in the media than Limoneira. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Fresh Del Monte Produce and 0 mentions for Limoneira. Fresh Del Monte Produce's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Limoneira's score of 0.00 indicating that Fresh Del Monte Produce is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fresh Del Monte Produce	Positive
Limoneira	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FDP or LMNR?

64.8% of Fresh Del Monte Produce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, FDP or LMNR?

Fresh Del Monte Produce has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% 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.

Do analysts recommend FDP or LMNR?

Limoneira has a consensus target price of $26.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.89%. Given Limoneira's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Limoneira is more favorable than Fresh Del Monte Produce.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fresh Del Monte Produce	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Limoneira	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is FDP or LMNR a better dividend stock?

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.

Summary

Fresh Del Monte Produce and Limoneira tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.