FDP vs. LMNR, AGRO, LND, JBSS, BRCC, LESL, OLPX, SCHL, UVV, and WEST
Should you be buying Fresh Del Monte Produce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fresh Del Monte Produce include Limoneira (LMNR), Adecoagro (AGRO), BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas (LND), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), BRC (BRCC), Leslie's (LESL), Olaplex (OLPX), Scholastic (SCHL), Universal (UVV), and Westrock Coffee (WEST). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Limoneira (NASDAQ:LMNR) and Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE:FDP) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.
Limoneira has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fresh Del Monte Produce has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Limoneira received 35 more outperform votes than Fresh Del Monte Produce when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.56% of users gave Fresh Del Monte Produce an outperform vote while only 62.42% of users gave Limoneira an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Fresh Del Monte Produce had 2 more articles in the media than Limoneira. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Fresh Del Monte Produce and 1 mentions for Limoneira. Fresh Del Monte Produce's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Limoneira's score of 0.91 indicating that Limoneira is being referred to more favorably in the media.
64.4% of Limoneira shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Fresh Del Monte Produce shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of Limoneira shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.7% of Fresh Del Monte Produce shares are held by company 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.
Limoneira currently has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.78%. Given Fresh Del Monte Produce's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Limoneira is more favorable than Fresh Del Monte Produce.
Limoneira pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Fresh Del Monte Produce pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Limoneira pays out -51.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fresh Del Monte Produce pays out -196.1% 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. Fresh Del Monte Produce has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Fresh Del Monte Produce is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Limoneira has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fresh Del Monte Produce. Fresh Del Monte Produce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Limoneira, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fresh Del Monte Produce has a net margin of -0.56% compared to Fresh Del Monte Produce's net margin of -5.40%. Limoneira's return on equity of 4.59% beat Fresh Del Monte Produce's return on equity.
Summary
Fresh Del Monte Produce beats Limoneira on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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