Volatility and Risk
Alico has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moolec Science has a beta of -0.42, indicating that its stock price is 142% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Alico and Moolec Science’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Alico | -355.13% | -58.27% | -35.19% |
| Moolec Science | -105.71% | -162.27% | -25.16% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
62.3% of Alico shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Moolec Science shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Alico shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of Moolec Science shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Alico | $46.64 million | 5.41 | $6.97 million | ($20.55) | -1.61 |
| Moolec Science | $5.62 million | 1.78 | -$7.31 million | ($2.20) | -1.14 |
Alico has higher revenue and earnings than Moolec Science. Alico is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Moolec Science, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Alico beats Moolec Science on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Alico
Alico, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an agribusiness and land management company in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Alico Citrus, and Land Management and Other Operations. The Alico Citrus segment engages in planting, owning, cultivating, and/or managing citrus groves to produce fruit for sale to fresh and processed citrus markets, including activities related to the purchase and resale of fruit and value-added services, which include contracting for the harvesting, marketing, and hauling of citrus. The Land Management and Other Operations segment is involved in the activities related to native plant sales, grazing and hunting leasing, management, and/or conservation of unimproved native pastureland; and activities related to rock mining royalties and other insignificant lines of business, as well as in the activities related to owning and/or leasing improved farmland. The company was incorporated in 1960 and is based in Fort Myers, Florida.
About Moolec Science
Moolec Science SA, a science-based food ingredient company, focuses on developing real animal proteins in plants using molecular farming. It offers Chymosin SPC, a dairy ingredient; GLA SONOVA, a nutritional oil; POORK+, a plant-based, animal meat free ingredient with porcine proteins in soybeans; and BEEF+, a meat replacement product. It operates in the United States, Europe, and South America. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Luxembourg.
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