VFF vs. ALCO, LMNR, LND, HFFG, CDZI, BRID, BRLS, PRPL, VGII, and LEE
Should you be buying Village Farms International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Village Farms International include Alico (ALCO), Limoneira (LMNR), BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas (LND), HF Foods Group (HFFG), Cadiz (CDZI), Bridgford Foods (BRID), Borealis Foods (BRLS), Purple Innovation (PRPL), Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II (VGII), and Lee Enterprises (LEE). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Village Farms International (NASDAQ:VFF) and Alico (NASDAQ:ALCO) 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, valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Alico has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Village Farms International. Village Farms International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alico, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Village Farms International had 24 more articles in the media than Alico. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Village Farms International and 6 mentions for Alico. Alico's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Village Farms International's score of 0.64 indicating that Alico is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
12.2% of Village Farms International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.3% of Alico shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of Village Farms International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Alico shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Alico received 56 more outperform votes than Village Farms International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.82% of users gave Village Farms International an outperform vote while only 62.21% of users gave Alico an outperform vote.
Alico has a net margin of 99.63% compared to Village Farms International's net margin of -9.37%. Village Farms International's return on equity of -4.49% beat Alico's return on equity.
Village Farms International presently has a consensus target price of $1.48, indicating a potential upside of 9.26%. Given Village Farms International's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Village Farms International is more favorable than Alico.
Village Farms International has a beta of 2.31, indicating that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alico has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Village Farms International beats Alico on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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