Alico (ALCO) Competitors

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

Is LMNR or ALCO more profitable?

Limoneira has a net margin of 4.03% compared to Alico's net margin of -91.09%. Limoneira's return on equity of 4.34% beat Alico's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Limoneira	4.03%	4.34%	2.68%
Alico	-91.09%	-3.01%	-1.95%

Is LMNR or ALCO a better dividend stock?

Limoneira pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Alico pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Limoneira pays out 73.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alico pays out -3.4% 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.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LMNR or ALCO?

Limoneira has higher revenue and earnings than Alico. Alico 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
Limoneira	$186.08M	1.46	$7.72M	$0.41	36.66
Alico	$49.55M	4.40	$6.97M	-$5.92	-4.82

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LMNR or ALCO?

Limoneira received 105 more outperform votes than Alico when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.59% of users gave Alico an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave Limoneira an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Limoneira	Outperform Votes 291 61.39%	Underperform Votes 183 38.61%
Alico	Outperform Votes 186 61.59%	Underperform Votes 116 38.41%

Which has more risk and volatility, LMNR or ALCO?

Limoneira has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alico has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor LMNR or ALCO?

In the previous week, Alico had 1 more articles in the media than Limoneira. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Alico and 3 mentions for Limoneira. Limoneira's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Alico's score of 0.72 indicating that Limoneira is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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

64.3% of Limoneira shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.3% of Alico shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of Limoneira shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Alico shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer LMNR or ALCO?

Limoneira presently has a consensus price target of $25.50, indicating a potential upside of 69.66%. Given Limoneira's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Limoneira is more favorable than Alico.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Limoneira	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Alico	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Limoneira beats Alico on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.