VFF vs. LMNR, ALCO, SEED, LOCL, SISI, SANW, RKDA, AAGR, YTEN, and EDBL
Should you be buying Village Farms International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Village Farms International include Limoneira (LMNR), Alico (ALCO), Origin Agritech (SEED), Local Bounti (LOCL), Shineco (SISI), S&W Seed (SANW), Arcadia Biosciences (RKDA), African Agriculture (AAGR), Yield10 Bioscience (YTEN), and Edible Garden (EDBL). These companies are all part of the "agricultural production - crops" industry.
Village Farms International (NASDAQ:VFF) and Limoneira (NASDAQ:LMNR) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.
In the previous week, Limoneira had 7 more articles in the media than Village Farms International. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Limoneira and 0 mentions for Village Farms International. Limoneira's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Village Farms International's score of 0.00 indicating that Limoneira is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
12.2% of Village Farms International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of Limoneira shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of Village Farms International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Limoneira shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Limoneira has a net margin of -0.92% compared to Village Farms International's net margin of -9.37%. Limoneira's return on equity of 0.67% beat Village Farms International's return on equity.
Limoneira has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Village Farms International. Limoneira is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Village Farms International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Village Farms International currently has a consensus target price of $1.48, indicating a potential upside of 41.92%. Limoneira has a consensus target price of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.11%. Given Village Farms International's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Village Farms International is more favorable than Limoneira.
Village Farms International has a beta of 2.25, suggesting that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Limoneira has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Limoneira received 160 more outperform votes than Village Farms International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.82% of users gave Village Farms International an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Limoneira an outperform vote.
Summary
Limoneira beats Village Farms International on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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