Adecoagro S.A. (AGRO) vs Limoneira Co (LMNR)

Adecoagro S.A. and Limoneira Co are both Farm Products companies. Adecoagro S.A. is the larger, with a market value of $1.3B against $188.8M — 6.9× the size. Limoneira Co has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Adecoagro S.A. trades at 27.7×. Adecoagro S.A. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.22% against −19.9%. Adecoagro S.A. has the higher net margin (3.00% vs −33.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.50% vs −11.1%). Only Limoneira Co pays a dividend (0.72%). Across the 19 metrics below, Adecoagro S.A. leads on 16 and Limoneira Co on 3.

Valuation

Metric AGRO LMNR Farm Products median
P/E 27.67 n/m 22.24
P/S 0.81 1.44 0.51
P/B 0.71 1.24 1.17
Price to free cash flow 22.14 n/m 17.61
EV/EBITDA 5.71 n/m 8.81
EV/Sales 1.83 2.22 0.66
Earnings yield 3.61% (23.09%) (5.11%)
Free cash flow yield 4.52% (13.30%) (4.07%)

Profitability

Metric AGRO LMNR Farm Products median
Gross margin 30.06% (5.09%) 7.38%
Operating margin 12.09% (33.73%) 0.00%
Net margin 3.00% (33.23%) 0.32%
Free cash flow margin 3.64% (19.21%) 0.00%
Return on equity 3.01% (25.87%) 2.22%
Return on assets 1.16% (14.28%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 3.50% (11.11%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric AGRO LMNR Farm Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.22% (19.91%) 2.15%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (108.93%) (332.50%) (40.89%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.79% (0.59%) 6.29%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AGRO LMNR Farm Products median
Debt to equity 1.07 0.63 0.37
Current ratio 1.73 1.51 1.52
Net debt to EBITDA 3.06 (8.51) (0.02)

Dividend

Metric AGRO LMNR Farm Products median
Dividend yield 0.00% 0.72% 2.47%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.55

Size

Metric AGRO LMNR Farm Products median
Market cap 1.31b 188.76m 327.72m

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