LMNR vs. ALCO, VFF, VCXA, CDZI, PRPL, HFFG, TDUP, LWAY, MAMA, and SV
Should you be buying Limoneira stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Limoneira include Alico (ALCO), Village Farms International (VFF), 10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corp. II (VCXA), Cadiz (CDZI), Purple Innovation (PRPL), HF Foods Group (HFFG), ThredUp (TDUP), Lifeway Foods (LWAY), Mama's Creations (MAMA), and Spring Valley Acquisition (SV). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Limoneira vs.
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 profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Limoneira received 102 more outperform votes than Alico when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.02% of users gave Limoneira an outperform vote while only 62.84% of users gave Alico an outperform vote.
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 0.8%. Limoneira pays out 58.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alico pays out -7.5% 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.
In the previous week, Alico had 2 more articles in the media than Limoneira. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Alico and 0 mentions for Limoneira. Alico's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Limoneira's score of 0.00 indicating that Alico is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
56.4% of Limoneira shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.0% of Alico shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Limoneira shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Alico shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Alico has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Limoneira. Alico is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Limoneira, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Limoneira has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alico has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Limoneira presently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.25%. Given Limoneira's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Limoneira is more favorable than Alico.
Limoneira has a net margin of 5.73% compared to Alico's net margin of -50.22%. Limoneira's return on equity of -5.49% beat Alico's return on equity.
Summary
Limoneira beats Alico on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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