Limoneira (LMNR) Competitors

Alico (NASDAQ:ALCO) and Limoneira (NASDAQ:LMNR) 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 valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Do analysts rate ALCO or LMNR?

Limoneira has a consensus target price of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 62.84%. Given Limoneira's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is ALCO or LMNR more profitable?

Limoneira has a net margin of -0.96% compared to Alico's net margin of -355.13%. Limoneira's return on equity of -0.90% beat Alico's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alico	-355.13%	-58.27%	-35.19%
Limoneira	-0.96%	-0.90%	-0.57%

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 -1.0% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, ALCO or LMNR?

Alico has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Limoneira has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

62.3% of Alico shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.3% of Limoneira shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Alico shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Limoneira shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	$46.64M	5.46	$6.97M	-$20.55	-1.62
Limoneira	$176.59M	1.60	$7.72M	-$0.14	-111.86

Does the media refer more to ALCO or LMNR?

In the previous week, Alico had 3 more articles in the media than Limoneira. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Alico and 2 mentions for Limoneira. Limoneira's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Alico's score of 0.44 indicating that Limoneira is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Limoneira beats Alico on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.