Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of LMNR or FDP?

64.4% of Limoneira shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Fresh Del Monte Produce shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Limoneira shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.1% of Fresh Del Monte Produce shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LMNR or FDP a better dividend stock?

Limoneira pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Fresh Del Monte Produce pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Limoneira pays out -230.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fresh Del Monte Produce pays out -196.1% 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. Fresh Del Monte Produce has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Fresh Del Monte Produce is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LMNR or FDP?

Limoneira received 36 more outperform votes than Fresh Del Monte Produce when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.56% of users gave Fresh Del Monte Produce an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Limoneira an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Limoneira	Outperform Votes 290 62.50%	Underperform Votes 174 37.50%
Fresh Del Monte Produce	Outperform Votes 254 62.56%	Underperform Votes 152 37.44%

Which has more risk and volatility, LMNR or FDP?

Limoneira has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fresh Del Monte Produce has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LMNR or FDP more profitable?

Fresh Del Monte Produce has a net margin of -0.56% compared to Fresh Del Monte Produce's net margin of -0.92%. Limoneira's return on equity of 4.59% beat Fresh Del Monte Produce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Limoneira	-0.92%	0.67%	0.42%
Fresh Del Monte Produce	-0.56%	4.59%	2.78%

Does the media refer more to LMNR or FDP?

In the previous week, Limoneira had 5 more articles in the media than Fresh Del Monte Produce. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Limoneira and 1 mentions for Fresh Del Monte Produce. Limoneira's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Fresh Del Monte Produce's score of 1.11 indicating that Fresh Del Monte Produce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Limoneira	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fresh Del Monte Produce	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, LMNR or FDP?

Limoneira has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Limoneira	$179.90M	2.13	$9.40M	-$0.13	-163.54
Fresh Del Monte Produce	$4.30B	0.25	-$11.40M	-$0.51	-44.35

Do analysts rate LMNR or FDP?

Limoneira currently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.89%. Given Fresh Del Monte Produce's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Limoneira is more favorable than Fresh Del Monte Produce.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Limoneira	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Fresh Del Monte Produce	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Fresh Del Monte Produce beats Limoneira on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.