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Alico, Inc. (ALCO) vs Dole PLC (DOLE)

Alico, Inc. and Dole PLC are both Farm Products companies. Dole PLC is the larger, with a market value of $1.3B against $281.8M — 4.5× the size. Dole PLC trades at the lower P/E: 21.5× against 170×. Dole PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.32% against −61.4%. Alico, Inc. has the higher net margin (8.98% vs 0.63%) and the lower return on invested capital (−13.5% vs 4.77%). Both pay a dividend; Dole PLC yields more (2.56% vs 0.54%). Across the 22 metrics below, Dole PLC leads on 15 and Alico, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric ALCO DOLE Farm Products median
P/E 169.77 21.45 22.63
P/S 16.23 0.13 0.48
P/B 2.64 0.88 1.11
Price to free cash flow 8.57 13.40 16.04
EV/EBITDA n/m 7.06 10.06
EV/Sales 17.98 0.20 0.61
Earnings yield 0.59% 4.66% 0.59%
Free cash flow yield 11.67% 7.46% (5.27%)

Profitability

Metric ALCO DOLE Farm Products median
Gross margin (72.05%) 7.32% 6.87%
Operating margin (170.55%) 1.70% 0.11%
Net margin 8.98% 0.63% 0.63%
Free cash flow margin 189.38% 0.99% 0.00%
Return on equity 1.38% 4.09% 1.52%
Return on assets 0.75% 1.30% 0.02%
Return on invested capital (13.51%) 4.77% 0.00%

Growth

Metric ALCO DOLE Farm Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) (61.38%) 8.32% 7.27%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (2,219.78%) (59.85%) (38.73%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (13.78%) 16.11% 8.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (0.45%) 0.00%

Health

Metric ALCO DOLE Farm Products median
Debt to equity 0.81 0.68 0.24
Current ratio 7.96 1.28 1.43
Net debt to EBITDA (1.74) 1.57 (0.04)

Dividend

Metric ALCO DOLE Farm Products median
Dividend yield 0.54% 2.56% 3.86%
Payout ratio 0.91 0.55 0.91

Size

Metric ALCO DOLE Farm Products median
Market cap 281.76m 1.27b 299.85m

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