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Limoneira CO LMNR
Limoneira CO (LMNR) earns a Piotroski F-score of 2/9 (weak financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the grey zone. It pays a dividend yielding 2.22% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $159.7M at a -10.0% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -0.82 — elevated (above the −1.78 line — aggressive-accounting signals worth a closer look) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing · percentile among 29 companies
Percentile vs other Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 2/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · grey zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.033 |
| Retained earnings / assets | -0.003 |
| EBIT / assets | -0.066 |
| Equity / liabilities | 1.496 |
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| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMNR | Limoneira CO | 2/9 | 1.34 | — | -16.6% |
| ITHUF | iANTHUS CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC. | 3/9 | -18.73 | — | -14.1% |
| VFF | Village Farms International, Inc. | 8/9 | — | 7.4 | +10.2% |
| PLNH | Planet 13 Holdings Inc. | 2/9 | — | — | -11.2% |
| TSNDF | TerrAscend Corp. | 4/9 | -3.97 | — | -2.8% |
| CWBHF | Charlotte's Web Holdings, Inc. | 4/9 | -14.29 | — | +0.5% |
| LOCL | Local Bounti Corporation/DE | 5/9 | -5.35 | — | +26.8% |
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About Limoneira CO
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.
FAQ
Is LMNR financially healthy?
Limoneira CO's Piotroski F-score is 2/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the grey zone.
Does LMNR pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. Limoneira CO pays a dividend yielding about 2.22% with a -33.9% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is LMNR?
In FY2025, Limoneira CO had a net margin of -10.0% and a return on equity of -8.9%.
Is LMNR overvalued or undervalued?
Limoneira CO trades at about 34.6× trailing earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 19.3×–141.5×, median 60.4×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for LMNR?
The average Wall-Street price target for Limoneira CO is $21.33, about 54.3% above the recent price, from 3 analysts.
Is LMNR a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Limoneira CO: a Piotroski F-score of 2/9, an Altman Z″ in the grey zone, a dividend yield of 2.22%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-10-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.