Reviewing Sino Agro Food (OTCMKTS:SIAF) & Limoneira (NASDAQ:LMNR)

Sino Agro Food (OTCMKTS:SIAF) and Limoneira (NASDAQ:LMNR) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

64.4% of Limoneira shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Sino Agro Food shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Limoneira shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Sino Agro Food and Limoneira’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sino Agro Food	N/A	N/A	N/A
Limoneira	-0.96%	-0.90%	-0.57%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Sino Agro Food and Limoneira, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sino Agro Food	0	0	0	0	0.00
Limoneira	0	1	2	0	2.67

Limoneira has a consensus target price of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 62.32%. Given Limoneira’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Limoneira is more favorable than Sino Agro Food.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sino Agro Food and Limoneira”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sino Agro Food	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Limoneira	$191.50 million	1.48	$7.72 million	($0.14)	-112.21

Limoneira has higher revenue and earnings than Sino Agro Food.

Summary

Limoneira beats Sino Agro Food on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sino Agro Food

Sino Agro Food, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the agriculture and aquaculture business. It operates through the following segments: Fishery Development; Hylocereus Undatus Plantation; Organic Fertilizer and Bread Grass; Cattle Farm Development; and Corporate and Others. Its products include fish, eels, prawns, beef, and mutton. The company was founded by Yip Kun Lee on October 1, 1974 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, China.

About Limoneira

Limoneira Company operates as an agribusiness and real estate development company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three divisions: Agribusiness, Rental Operations, and Real Estate Development. It grows, processes, packs, markets, and sells lemons. The company also grows avocado, oranges, and specialty citrus and other crops, including Moro blood oranges, Cara Cara oranges, Valencia oranges, Minneola tangelos, Star Ruby grapefruit, pummelos, and wine grapes. It has approximately 3,500 acres of lemons planted primarily in Ventura, Tulare, San Luis Obispo, and San Bernardino Counties in California; and Jujuy, Argentina, as well in Yuma County, Arizona, and La Serena, Chile; 1,200 acres of avocados planted in Ventura County; 100 acres of oranges planted in Tulare County, California; and 400 acres of specialty citrus and other crops. In addition, the company rents residential housing units and commercial office buildings, as well as leases approximately 400 acres of its land to third-party agricultural tenants. Further, it is involved in the organic recycling operations; and development of land parcels, multi-family housing, and single-family homes. The company markets and sells its lemons directly to food service, wholesale, and retail customers; avocados, oranges, specialty citrus, and other crops to third-party packinghouses; and wine grapes to wine producers. Limoneira Company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Santa Paula, California.