Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Agricultural Farm Products
Limoneira Company LMNR
$11.98 -0.08% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $217.4M
Expensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Dec 22, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin narrowed to -21.9% from -7.5% a year earlier.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $128.8M, down 19.9% from a year earlier, accelerating from -25.0% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 5%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 12%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 8%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 10%
- Gross marginBottom 2%
- Operating marginBottom 5%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 23%
- Interest coverBottom 7%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 14%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 4%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 8%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 17%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 40%
- 6-month returnBottom 49%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 41%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 40%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 15%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 7%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 35%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 46%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 39%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 30%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -25.0% | -19.9% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 5.6% | -5.6% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -7.5% | -21.9% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -7.9% | -23.9% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -19.9% | -25.0% | ↑ | Bottom 5% |
| Gross margin | -5.6% | 5.6% | ↓ | Bottom 2% |
| Operating margin | -21.9% | -7.5% | ↓ | Bottom 5% |
| Net margin | -33.0% | -5.7% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -23.9% | -7.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -8.0% | — | Bottom 10% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -4.7% | — | Bottom 12% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -9.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -5.9 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -9.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.25%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.15%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.39%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 9, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $16.50
- Target vs current price
- +37.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 13
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 92%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | -89.5% | -0.6% | -12.5% | — | — |
| Jun 9, 2026 | -38.1% | +1.9% | +10.6% | +12.1% | +24.6% |
| Mar 12, 2026 | -45.5% | +0.6% | -3.5% | -3.7% | -13.6% |
| Dec 23, 2025 | -309.1% | -3.8% | -13.4% | +1.7% | -8.7% |
| Sep 9, 2025 | -136.4% | +0.1% | -3.4% | -4.9% | -10.3% |
| Jun 9, 2025 | -1600.0% | +5.4% | +0.3% | +1.7% | +2.0% |
| Mar 12, 2025 | +41.7% | +0.5% | -14.6% | -25.6% | -29.0% |
| Dec 24, 2024 | -28.6% | -7.0% | -8.8% | -14.5% | -33.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | $0.02 | $0.19 | -89.5% | $43.8M |
| Jun 9, 2026 | -$0.29 | -$0.21 | -38.1% | $23.9M |
| Mar 12, 2026 | -$0.48 | -$0.33 | -45.5% | $18.2M |
| Dec 23, 2025 | -$0.45 | -$0.11 | -309.1% | $42.8M |
| Sep 9, 2025 | -$0.02 | $0.06 | -136.4% | $47.5M |
| Jun 9, 2025 | -$0.17 | -$0.01 | -1600.0% | $35.1M |
| Mar 12, 2025 | -$0.14 | -$0.24 | +41.7% | $34.3M |
| Dec 24, 2024 | -$0.09 | -$0.07 | -28.6% | $43.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 2.52× | — | — | Bottom 17% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -14.14% | — | — | Bottom 4% |
| Earnings yield | -19.95% | — | — | Bottom 14% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 13.5× – 83.3× since Jan 31, 2023. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -10.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -10.6%
- RSI (14)
- 35.0
- Relative volume
- 1.15×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 37.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 67th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.69
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.33
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -20.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -59.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2024 | Sep 25, 2026 | -59.3% | 471 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 8, 2021 | May 11, 2022 | -47.6% | 234 days | 407 days (Dec 22, 2023) |
| Dec 27, 2023 | Feb 13, 2024 | -17.3% | 32 days | 55 days (May 2, 2024) |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Mar 23, 2021 | -15.0% | 7 days | 37 days (May 14, 2021) |
| Oct 7, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | -13.8% | 20 days | 28 days (Dec 15, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $217.4M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$2.39
- Revenue (TTM)
- $128.8M
- Dividend yield
- 0.63%
- 52-week range
- $11.55 – $15.43
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $166.0M | $184.6M | $179.9M | $191.5M | $159.7M |
| Gross profit | $13.2M | $19.5M | $6.1M | $21.4M | -$530,000 |
| Operating income | -$6.2M | -$2.3M | $10.8M | -$6.2M | -$24.0M |
| Net income | -$3.9M | -$474,000 | $9.4M | $7.7M | -$16.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.22 | -$0.03 | $0.50 | $0.40 | -$0.93 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $43.9M | $34.3M | $35.1M | $47.5M | $42.8M | $18.2M | $23.9M | $43.8M |
| Net income | -$1.9M | -$3.1M | -$3.4M | -$855,000 | -$8.7M | -$9.4M | -$21.4M | -$3.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.52 | -$0.18 | -$0.20 | -$0.06 | -$0.49 | -$0.53 | -$1.20 | -$0.17 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $9.6M | $14.8M | -$15.9M | $17.9M | -$6.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$9.8M | -$10.1M | -$10.3M | -$9.4M | -$13.5M |
| Free cash flow | -$229,000 | $4.8M | -$26.2M | $8.4M | -$19.5M |
| Dividends paid | -$5.3M | -$5.3M | -$5.4M | -$5.4M | -$5.4M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | -$567,000 | -$2.3M | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $2.2M
- Total assets
- $299.4M
- Total liabilities
- $138.2M
- Total debt
- $109.0M
- Net debt
- $106.8M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $142.8M
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 9, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | $0.08 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Oct 6, 2025 | $0.08 | Oct 17, 2025 |
| Jul 7, 2025 | $0.08 | Jul 18, 2025 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | $0.08 | Apr 11, 2025 |
| Dec 30, 2024 | $0.08 | Jan 15, 2025 |
| Oct 7, 2024 | $0.08 | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Jul 8, 2024 | $0.08 | Jul 19, 2024 |
| Mar 28, 2024 | $0.08 | Apr 12, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 894,529
- Days to cover
- 5.29
- Change vs previous report
- +24.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 8, 2010
- 10-for-1