Limoneira (NASDAQ:LMNR – Get Free Report) and Bioceres Crop Solutions (NASDAQ:BIOX – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and dividends.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Limoneira and Bioceres Crop Solutions”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Limoneira | $159.72 million | 1.62 | -$15.98 million | ($0.93) | -15.40 |
| Bioceres Crop Solutions | $333.30 million | 0.11 | -$55.42 million | ($0.84) | -0.69 |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
64.4% of Limoneira shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.7% of Bioceres Crop Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of Limoneira 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.
Risk and Volatility
Limoneira has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bioceres Crop Solutions has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Limoneira and Bioceres Crop Solutions, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Limoneira | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Bioceres Crop Solutions | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Limoneira presently has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 29.19%. Bioceres Crop Solutions has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 589.66%. Given Bioceres Crop Solutions’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bioceres Crop Solutions is more favorable than Limoneira.
Profitability
This table compares Limoneira and Bioceres Crop Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Limoneira | -10.01% | -8.79% | -5.30% |
| Bioceres Crop Solutions | -16.63% | -16.60% | -6.76% |
Summary
Limoneira beats Bioceres Crop Solutions on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Limoneira
Limoneira Company operates as an agribusiness and real estate development company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three divisions: Agribusiness, Rental Operations, and Real Estate Development. It grows, processes, packs, markets, and sells lemons. The company also grows avocado, oranges, and specialty citrus and other crops, including Moro blood oranges, Cara Cara oranges, Valencia oranges, Minneola tangelos, Star Ruby grapefruit, pummelos, and wine grapes. It has approximately 3,500 acres of lemons planted primarily in Ventura, Tulare, San Luis Obispo, and San Bernardino Counties in California; and Jujuy, Argentina, as well in Yuma County, Arizona, and La Serena, Chile; 1,200 acres of avocados planted in Ventura County; 100 acres of oranges planted in Tulare County, California; and 400 acres of specialty citrus and other crops. In addition, the company rents residential housing units and commercial office buildings, as well as leases approximately 400 acres of its land to third-party agricultural tenants. Further, it is involved in the organic recycling operations; and development of land parcels, multi-family housing, and single-family homes. The company markets and sells its lemons directly to food service, wholesale, and retail customers; avocados, oranges, specialty citrus, and other crops to third-party packinghouses; and wine grapes to wine producers. Limoneira Company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Santa Paula, California.
About Bioceres Crop Solutions
Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp., together with its subsidiaries, provides crop productivity solutions. It operates through Seed and Integrated Products, Crop Protection, and Crop Nutrition segments. The Seed and Integrated Products segment provides seed traits, germplasms, and seed treatment packs for healthier, and higher yielding crops. The Crop Protection segment develops, produces, and markets Rizoderma, adjuvants, therapies, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and baits. The Crop Nutrition segment develops, produces, commercializes, and sells inoculants, bio-inductors, and biological and microgranulated fertilizers. It also offers HB4, a drought tolerant seed technology program. The company operates in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Estonia, the United States, Paraguay, Russia, South Africa, France, Uruguay, and internationally. Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Rosario, Argentina.
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