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Limoneira Company (LMNR)

Consumer Defensive | Farm Products | Santa Paula, United States | NasdaqGS
13.78 USD +0.22 (1.622%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 13.78
Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:47 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Limoneira is currently broken by deteriorating fundamentals and a lack of market confidence. The company is generating negative free cash flow and reporting significant losses, which is reflected in the crushing negative operating and gross margins. This financial distress is compounded by a severe multi-year price decline; despite a recent slight recovery in the trailing twelve months, the stock is still trading 2% below its level nine years ago, indicating a persistent structural issue rather than a temporary dip. The balance sheet is fragile, with debt significantly outweighing cash reserves. While the dividend yield of 2.2% appears attractive on the surface, it is misleading. With a payout ratio exceeding 69% and negative earnings, this yield is not backed by sustainable profitability and risks being a NAV erosion play if the business continues to bleed cash. The recent news of insiders selling shares further erodes trust in management's view of the company's future. Technically, the stock is trapped between its 50-day and 200-day averages, showing no clear momentum to break out. The options market confirms this pessimism, with traders aggressively buying put protection at lower strikes while offering very little upside exposure. Until the company demonstrates a path to positive cash flow and stops the long-term price deterioration, this remains a speculative hold with limited upside potential.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.035785
AutoETS0.035830
MSTL0.036198
AutoTheta0.055339

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 43%
H-stat 0.89
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 2.19
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Defensive
Ex Dividend Date 2025-12-29
Last Dividend Date 2025-12-29
Debt to Equity Ratio 60.973
Revenue per Share 7.403
Market Cap 249,859,072
Forward P/E 25.21
Beta 0.31
Profit Margins -30.50%
Website https://www.limoneira.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:47 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy open interest in out-of-the-money puts (strikes 10.0 and 12.5) relative to calls, creating a distinct put skew. While some call volume exists at the 17.5 strike, the overwhelming majority of option activity is concentrated in downside protection, suggesting traders expect continued volatility or further weakness rather than a near-term rally.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.60% 1.10% 1.41% 1.68%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2025-12-30 0.0750 0.601443
2025-10-06 0.0750 0.501672
2025-07-07 0.0750 0.482936
2025-03-31 0.0750 0.423251
2024-12-30 0.0750 0.311721
2024-10-07 0.0750 0.284091
2024-07-08 0.0750 0.379555
2024-03-28 0.0750 0.383436
2023-12-29 0.0750 0.363548
2023-10-06 0.0750 0.507099
2023-07-10 0.0750 0.484183
2023-04-03 0.0750 0.450450
2022-12-30 0.0750 0.614251
2022-10-06 0.0750 0.567322
2022-07-08 0.0750 0.552690
2022-04-04 0.0750 0.542299
2021-12-23 0.0750 0.489876
2021-10-07 0.0750 0.476493
2021-07-02 0.0750 0.428082
2021-04-01 0.0750 0.433276
2020-12-24 0.0750 0.441176
2020-10-08 0.0750 0.485751
2020-07-02 0.0750 0.534950
2020-04-03 0.0750 0.628667
2019-12-27 0.0750 0.390219
2019-10-04 0.0750 0.413223
2019-07-05 0.0750 0.382263
2019-04-05 0.0750 0.303521
2018-12-28 0.0750 0.383632
2018-10-04 0.0630 0.251698
2018-07-06 0.0630 0.246190
2018-04-05 0.0630 0.265823
2017-12-29 0.0630 0.281250
2017-10-05 0.0550 0.238715
2017-07-06 0.0550 0.246637
2017-04-05 0.0550 0.270536
2016-12-22 0.0550 0.277218
2016-09-29 0.0500 0.277778
2016-06-30 0.0500 0.283768
2016-03-31 0.0500 0.328947
2015-12-23 0.0500 0.335570
2015-10-01 0.0450 0.281426
2015-07-01 0.0450 0.210477
2015-04-01 0.0450 0.202611
2014-12-24 0.0450 0.176471
2014-10-02 0.0450 0.191245
2014-07-02 0.0450 0.198763
2014-04-03 0.0380 0.171480
2013-12-26 0.0380 0.140741
2013-10-03 0.0370 0.148833
2013-07-03 0.0370 0.170272
2013-04-04 0.0370 0.192008
2012-12-06 0.0370 0.195045
2012-10-03 0.0380 0.200422
2012-07-05 0.0310 0.179919
2012-04-04 0.0310 0.186635
2011-12-29 0.0310 0.184414
2011-10-05 0.0310 0.210312
2011-07-07 0.0310 0.135371
2011-03-31 0.0310 0.130802
2010-12-22 0.0310 0.109386
2010-09-02 0.0310 0.175240
2010-06-16 0.0310 0.141037
2009-01-14 0.0313 0.201935
2008-10-08 0.2000 1.111111
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.3
dividendYield 2.21
exDividendDate 2025-12-30
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.225
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.01659292
lastDividendValue 0.075
lastDividendDate 2025-12-30
dividendDate 2026-01-16

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.119488835
Address1 1,141 Cummings Road
All Time High 35.35
All Time Low 5.5
Ask 17.49
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 2
Average Analyst Rating 1.7 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 55,010
Average Daily Volume3 Month 88,495
Average Volume 88,495
Average Volume10Days 55,010
Beta 0.307
Bid 9.75
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 9
Book Value 7.429
City Santa Paula
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 13.78
Current Ratio 1.677
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 13.905
Day Low 13.61
Debt To Equity 60.973
Dividend Date 1,768,521,600
Dividend Rate 0.3
Dividend Yield 2.21
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,788,984,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,788,984,000
Earnings Timestamp 1,788,984,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,788,984,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,788,984,000
Ebitda -24,640,000
Ebitda Margins -0.18606001
Enterprise To Ebitda -15.34
Enterprise To Revenue 2.854
Enterprise Value 377,968,064
Eps Current Year -0.34667
Eps Forward 0.54667
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -2.33
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,767,052,800
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 13.4972
Fifty Day Average Change 0.28279972
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.020952472
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -11.948883
Fifty Two Week High 16.44
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.6600008
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.16180053
Fifty Two Week Low 11.67
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.1099997
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.18080546
Fifty Two Week Range 11.67 - 16.44
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,065,533,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.89
Float Shares 16,374,653
Forward Eps 0.54667
Forward P E 25.207163
Free Cashflow -42,384,752
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 191
Fullday Change 0.219999
Fullday Change Percent 1.62241
Fullday Price 13.78
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins -0.08771
Gross Profits -11,616,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.096990004
Held Percent Institutions 0.62758
Implied Shares Outstanding 18,132,007
Industry Farm Products
Industry Disp Farm Products
Industry Key farm-products
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,767,052,800
Last Dividend Value 0.075
Last Fiscal Year End 1,761,868,800
Last Split Date 1,270,684,800
Last Split Factor 10:1
Long Business Summary Limoneira Company operates as an agribusiness company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Fresh Lemons, Lemon Packing, Avocados, and Other Agribusiness. It produces, processes, harvests, and packs oranges, specialty citrus, and wine grapes. The company also rents residential housing units and commercial office buildings, as well as leases land to third-party agricultural tenants. In addition, it is involved in the organic recycling operations; provision of farm management services; 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 packing houses; and wine grapes to wine producers. Limoneira Company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Santa Paula, California.
Long Name Limoneira Company
Market us_market
Market Cap 249,859,072
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_3167517
Most Recent Quarter 1,777,507,200
Net Income To Common -40,935,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,793,404,800
Non Diluted Market Cap 245,507,374
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 13.61
Operating Cashflow -18,231,000
Operating Margins -0.2858
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 0.69769996
Peg Ratio 5.22
Phone 805 525 5541
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 13.78
Post Market Time 1,787,959,805
Previous Close 13.56
Price Eps Current Year -39.74962
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.854893
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.8867257
Profit Margins -0.30501
Quick Ratio 0.602
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.66667
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.219999
Regular Market Change Percent 1.62241
Regular Market Day High 13.905
Regular Market Day Low 13.61
Regular Market Day Range 13.61 - 13.905
Regular Market Open 13.61
Regular Market Previous Close 13.56
Regular Market Price 13.78
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,201
Regular Market Volume 75,741
Return On Assets -0.07176
Return On Equity -0.23268999
Revenue Growth -0.319
Revenue Per Share 7.403
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
Sector Consumer Defensive
Sector Disp Consumer Defensive
Sector Key consumer-defensive
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 18,132,007
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0364
Shares Short 660,897
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 690,039
Short Name Limoneira Co
Short Percent Of Float 0.0498
Short Ratio 9.99
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol LMNR
Target High Price 31.0
Target Low Price 15.0
Target Mean Price 21.33333
Target Median Price 18.0
Total Cash 891,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.049
Total Debt 99,833,000
Total Revenue 132,430,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.225
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.01659292
Trailing Eps -2.33
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 13.4928
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.28719997
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.021285424
Type Disp Equity
Volume 75,741
Website https://www.limoneira.com
Zip 93,060