Alico, Inc. (ALCO) vs Del Monte Corporation (DMC)

Alico, Inc. and Del Monte Corporation are both Farm Products companies. Del Monte Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $1.3B against $276.1M — 4.7× the size. Del Monte Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 16.0× against 169×. Del Monte Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 1.44% against −61.4%. Alico, Inc. has the higher net margin (8.98% vs 1.86%) and the lower return on invested capital (−13.5% vs 3.21%). Both pay a dividend; Del Monte Corporation yields more (4.35% vs 0.54%). Across the 21 metrics below, Del Monte Corporation leads on 16 and Alico, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric ALCO DMC Farm Products median
P/E 169.09 16.05 22.24
P/S 16.17 0.30 0.51
P/B 2.63 0.64 1.17
Price to free cash flow 8.54 n/m 17.61
EV/EBITDA n/m 8.77 8.81
EV/Sales 17.92 0.41 0.66
Earnings yield 0.59% 6.23% (5.11%)
Free cash flow yield 11.71% (23.35%) (4.07%)

Profitability

Metric ALCO DMC Farm Products median
Gross margin (72.05%) 9.57% 7.38%
Operating margin (170.55%) 2.94% 0.00%
Net margin 8.98% 1.86% 0.32%
Free cash flow margin 189.38% (6.94%) 0.00%
Return on equity 1.38% 4.01% 2.22%
Return on assets 0.75% 2.49% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (13.51%) 3.21% 0.00%

Growth

Metric ALCO DMC Farm Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) (61.38%) 1.44% 2.15%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (2,219.78%) (36.49%) (40.89%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (13.78%) 0.56% 6.29%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 13.01% 0.00%

Health

Metric ALCO DMC Farm Products median
Debt to equity 0.81 0.25 0.37
Current ratio 7.96 2.30 1.52
Net debt to EBITDA (1.74) 0.67 (0.02)

Dividend

Metric ALCO DMC Farm Products median
Dividend yield 0.54% 4.35% 2.47%
Payout ratio 0.91 0.70 0.55

Size

Metric ALCO DMC Farm Products median
Market cap 276.05m 1.30b 327.72m

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