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ALCO vs. LMNR, ADM, BG, INGR, DAR, FDP, AGRO, AVO, CRESY, and CVGW

Should you be buying Alico stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alico include Limoneira (LMNR), Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Bunge Global (BG), Ingredion (INGR), Darling Ingredients (DAR), Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP), Adecoagro (AGRO), Mission Produce (AVO), Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. (CRESY), and Calavo Growers (CVGW).

Alico vs. Its Competitors

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

Limoneira has a net margin of -0.96% compared to Alico's net margin of -284.75%. Limoneira's return on equity of -0.90% beat Alico's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Limoneira-0.96% -0.90% -0.57%
Alico -284.75%-41.08%-25.79%

Limoneira currently has a consensus price target of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 55.96%. 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)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Alico
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Limoneira has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alico has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Alico had 1 more articles in the media than Limoneira. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Alico and 1 mentions for Limoneira. Alico's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Limoneira's score of 0.00 indicating that Alico is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

64.4% of Limoneira shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.3% of Alico shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Limoneira shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Alico shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Limoneira$191.50M1.54$7.72M-$0.14-116.79
Alico$46.64M5.54$6.97M-$18.43-1.84

Limoneira pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Alico pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Limoneira pays out -214.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alico pays out -1.1% 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. Limoneira is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Limoneira beats Alico on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ALCO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ALCO vs. The Competition

MetricAlicoAGRI OPERATIONS IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$260.29M$2.91B$16.30B$8.95B
Dividend Yield0.59%3.47%3.08%4.08%
P/E Ratio-1.8413.2319.9720.24
Price / Sales5.544.4160.40118.25
Price / CashN/A8.5614.8557.47
Price / Book1.012.966.195.67
Net Income$6.97M$126.43M$680.27M$248.47M
7 Day Performance6.39%1.63%2.75%3.32%
1 Month Performance7.67%-2.53%0.59%5.20%
1 Year Performance35.50%-15.67%7.51%21.35%

Alico Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALCO
Alico
0.1252 of 5 stars
$33.82
-0.7%
N/A+35.5%$260.29M$46.64M-1.84210
LMNR
Limoneira
3.9581 of 5 stars
$15.65
-1.3%
$25.50
+62.9%
-18.6%$286.58M$191.50M-111.78260
ADM
Archer Daniels Midland
4.34 of 5 stars
$52.86
+1.7%
$52.00
-1.6%
-12.4%$24.97B$85.53B18.8844,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BG
Bunge Global
4.4482 of 5 stars
$80.35
-0.1%
$81.60
+1.6%
-28.4%$10.81B$53.11B10.2023,000Trending News
INGR
Ingredion
4.7163 of 5 stars
$135.67
-0.1%
$152.20
+12.2%
+21.6%$8.74B$7.43B14.3111,200Ex-Dividend
DAR
Darling Ingredients
3.8445 of 5 stars
$38.00
-0.3%
$46.00
+21.1%
+6.9%$6.03B$5.72B35.5115,500Positive News
FDP
Fresh Del Monte Produce
4.0062 of 5 stars
$32.37
+1.0%
N/A+51.9%$1.54B$4.28B10.5839,886Trending News
AGRO
Adecoagro
1.7479 of 5 stars
$9.15
+1.0%
$10.55
+15.3%
-5.1%$905.94M$1.52B14.7610,320News Coverage
AVO
Mission Produce
4.6352 of 5 stars
$11.72
-1.1%
$15.50
+32.3%
+22.3%$836.83M$1.23B23.443,100
CRESY
Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A.
2.3001 of 5 stars
$10.76
-0.8%
N/A+35.8%$656.48M$695.58B9.362,867
CVGW
Calavo Growers
3.7736 of 5 stars
$26.59
-1.1%
$35.00
+31.6%
+23.9%$479.64M$661.54M45.852,106

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This page (NASDAQ:ALCO) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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