Adecoagro S.A. (AGRO) vs Alico, Inc. (ALCO)

Adecoagro S.A. and Alico, Inc. are both Farm Products companies. Adecoagro S.A. is the larger, with a market value of $1.3B against $276.1M — 4.7× the size. Adecoagro S.A. trades at the lower P/E: 27.7× against 169×. Adecoagro S.A. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.22% against −61.4%. Alico, Inc. has the higher net margin (8.98% vs 3.00%) and the lower return on invested capital (−13.5% vs 3.50%). Only Alico, Inc. pays a dividend (0.54%). Across the 21 metrics below, Adecoagro S.A. leads on 13 and Alico, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric AGRO ALCO Farm Products median
P/E 27.67 169.09 22.24
P/S 0.81 16.17 0.51
P/B 0.71 2.63 1.17
Price to free cash flow 22.14 8.54 17.61
EV/EBITDA 5.71 n/m 8.81
EV/Sales 1.83 17.92 0.66
Earnings yield 3.61% 0.59% (5.11%)
Free cash flow yield 4.52% 11.71% (4.07%)

Profitability

Metric AGRO ALCO Farm Products median
Gross margin 30.06% (72.05%) 7.38%
Operating margin 12.09% (170.55%) 0.00%
Net margin 3.00% 8.98% 0.32%
Free cash flow margin 3.64% 189.38% 0.00%
Return on equity 3.01% 1.38% 2.22%
Return on assets 1.16% 0.75% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 3.50% (13.51%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric AGRO ALCO Farm Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.22% (61.38%) 2.15%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (108.93%) (2,219.78%) (40.89%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.79% (13.78%) 6.29%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AGRO ALCO Farm Products median
Debt to equity 1.07 0.81 0.37
Current ratio 1.73 7.96 1.52
Net debt to EBITDA 3.06 (1.74) (0.02)

Dividend

Metric AGRO ALCO Farm Products median
Dividend yield 0.00% 0.54% 2.47%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.91 0.55

Size

Metric AGRO ALCO Farm Products median
Market cap 1.31b 276.05m 327.72m

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