ALCO vs. LMNR, SANW, ADM, BG, INGR, DAR, FDP, LND, VFF, and SEED
Should you be buying Alico stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alico include Limoneira (LMNR), S&W Seed (SANW), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Bunge Global (BG), Ingredion (INGR), Darling Ingredients (DAR), Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP), BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas (LND), Village Farms International (VFF), and Origin Agritech (SEED).
Alico (NASDAQ:ALCO) and Limoneira (NASDAQ:LMNR) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
62.3% of Alico shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of Limoneira shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Alico shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Limoneira shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Limoneira has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.89%. Given Limoneira's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Limoneira is more favorable than Alico.
Alico pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Limoneira pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Alico pays out 3.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Limoneira pays out -51.7% 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 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.
In the previous week, Limoneira had 1 more articles in the media than Alico. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Limoneira and 2 mentions for Alico. Alico's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Limoneira's score of 1.08 indicating that Alico is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Alico has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Limoneira has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Limoneira beats Alico on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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