ALCO vs. LMNR, FREE, CDZI, PLIN, HFFG, MAMA, PRPL, BRLS, MED, and AFRI
Should you be buying Alico stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alico include Limoneira (LMNR), Whole Earth Brands (FREE), Cadiz (CDZI), China Xiangtai Food (PLIN), HF Foods Group (HFFG), Mama's Creations (MAMA), Purple Innovation (PRPL), Borealis Foods (BRLS), Medifast (MED), and Forafric Global (AFRI). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
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 businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
Limoneira received 103 more outperform votes than Alico when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.42% of users gave Limoneira an outperform vote while only 62.21% of users gave Alico an outperform vote.
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.
62.3% of Alico shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of Limoneira shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of Alico shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Limoneira shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Alico has a net margin of 99.63% compared to Limoneira's net margin of -5.40%. Limoneira's return on equity of -1.16% beat Alico's return on equity.
Limoneira has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.30%. Given Limoneira's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Limoneira is more favorable than Alico.
Alico pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Limoneira pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Alico pays out 3.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Limoneira pays out -51.7% 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.
Alico has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Limoneira has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Limoneira had 1 more articles in the media than Alico. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Limoneira and 1 mentions for Alico. Limoneira's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Alico's score of -0.27 indicating that Limoneira is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Limoneira beats Alico on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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