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 better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking and valuation.

Is FDP or LMNR more profitable?

Fresh Del Monte Produce has a net margin of -0.56% compared to Limoneira's net margin of -5.40%. Fresh Del Monte Produce's return on equity of 4.59% beat Limoneira's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fresh Del Monte Produce	-0.56%	4.59%	2.78%
Limoneira	-5.40%	-1.16%	-0.72%

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 4.4%. Limoneira pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Fresh Del Monte Produce pays out -196.1% 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. Fresh Del Monte Produce is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate FDP or LMNR?

Limoneira has a consensus price target of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.89%. Given Limoneira's higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	N/A
Limoneira	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to FDP or LMNR?

In the previous week, Limoneira had 4 more articles in the media than Fresh Del Monte Produce. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Limoneira and 1 mentions for Fresh Del Monte Produce. Fresh Del Monte Produce's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Limoneira's score of 1.02 indicating that Fresh Del Monte Produce is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
Limoneira	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

64.8% of Fresh Del Monte Produce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of Limoneira shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.1% of Fresh Del Monte Produce shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Limoneira shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FDP or LMNR?

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

Which has more risk & volatility, FDP or LMNR?

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FDP or LMNR?

Limoneira has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fresh Del Monte Produce. Fresh Del Monte Produce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Limoneira, 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	0.25	-$11.40M	-$0.51	-44.37
Limoneira	$179.90M	2.13	$9.40M	-$0.58	-36.66

Summary

Fresh Del Monte Produce beats Limoneira on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.