Limoneira (LMNR) 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 profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LMNR or ALCO?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Limoneira	Outperform Votes 288 63.02%	Underperform Votes 169 36.98%
Alico	Outperform Votes 186 62.84%	Underperform Votes 110 37.16%

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 0.8%. 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.

Does the media favor LMNR or ALCO?

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.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Limoneira	Neutral
Alico	Positive

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

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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, LMNR or ALCO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Limoneira	$178.13M	1.50	-$240K	$0.51	29.18
Alico	$91.95M	2.16	$12.46M	-$2.65	-9.83

Which has more volatility & risk, LMNR or ALCO?

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.

Do analysts rate LMNR or ALCO?

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.

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)	N/A

Is LMNR or ALCO more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Limoneira	5.73%	-5.49%	-3.22%
Alico	-50.22%	-9.47%	-5.62%

Summary

Limoneira beats Alico on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.