Alico (ALCO) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ALCO or LMNR?

Limoneira received 106 more outperform votes than Alico when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.47% of users gave Limoneira an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave Alico an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alico	Outperform Votes 186 61.39%	Underperform Votes 117 38.61%
Limoneira	Outperform Votes 292 61.47%	Underperform Votes 183 38.53%

Do analysts recommend ALCO or LMNR?

Limoneira has a consensus price target of $25.50, indicating a potential upside of 62.52%. Given Limoneira's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Limoneira is more favorable than Alico.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alico	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Limoneira	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is ALCO or LMNR 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
Alico	-91.09%	-3.01%	-1.95%
Limoneira	4.03%	4.34%	2.68%

Does the media prefer ALCO or LMNR?

In the previous week, Limoneira had 17 more articles in the media than Alico. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Limoneira and 3 mentions for Alico. Alico's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Limoneira's score of 0.17 indicating that Alico is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alico	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Limoneira	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ALCO or LMNR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alico	$49.42M	4.83	$6.97M	-$18.43	-1.69
Limoneira	$176.59M	1.60	$7.72M	-$0.14	-112.07

Which has more risk & volatility, ALCO or LMNR?

Alico has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Limoneira has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ALCO or LMNR a better dividend stock?

Alico pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Limoneira pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Alico pays out -1.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Limoneira pays out -214.3% 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.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ALCO or LMNR?

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

Summary

Limoneira beats Alico on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.