ALCO vs ANDE vs FPI Stock Comparison

Alico, Andersons and Farmland Partners Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ALCO Alico, Inc.
$37.33 -2.6% 1M +6.0% 1Y
Market cap
$280.22M
P/E
182.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.07M
Div. yield
0.01%
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
2 wins
ANDE Andersons, Inc.
$63.97 -5.5% 1M +38.1% 1Y
Market cap
$1.89B
P/E
10.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.94B
Div. yield
0.01%
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
8 wins
FPI Farmland Partners Inc.
$8.60 -23.5% 1M -14.3% 1Y
Market cap
$383.73M
P/E
43.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$49.99M
Div. yield
0.06%
Farmland REITs Real Estate
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Andersons leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Andersons 8, Farmland Partners 2, Alico 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionALCOANDEFPILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $280.22M $1.89B $383.73M ANDE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 182.9x 10.7x 43.3x ANDE
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 12.0x 39.7x ANDE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -61.4% -5.2% -5.6% ANDE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.0% 1.6% 17.7% FPI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.0% 7.4% 0.4% ANDE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.0x 2.4x 35.8x ALCO
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.01% 0.06% FPI
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +6.0% +38.1% -14.3% ANDE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +0.9%/yr +12.7%/yr -6.7%/yr ANDE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 22.8% 35.6% 28.5% ALCO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 37/100 61/100 46/100 ANDE

Percentile Scorecard

ALCOANDEFPI

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisALCOANDEFPI
Valuation 9 #32 of 35 77 #9 of 35 37 #136 of 215
Growth 70 #10 of 31 53 #15 of 31 24 #156 of 206
Profitability 14 #25 of 29 71 #9 of 29 45 #111 of 200
Financial Health 70 #12 of 38 43 #22 of 38 55 #96 of 214
Shareholder Returns 21 #20 of 25 58 #11 of 25 71 #49 of 165
Overall 37 61 46
  • ALCO ranked among 39 companies in Agribusiness
  • ANDE ranked among 39 companies in Agribusiness
  • FPI ranked among 223 companies in Real Estate

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodALCOANDEFPISPY
1 month -2.6%-5.5%-23.5% -2.3%
3 months -2.0%-8.4%-10.0% -0.7%
6 months -8.4%-19.5%-18.3% +4.8%
Year to date +2.6%+20.3%-11.2% +10.3%
1 year +6.0%+38.1%-14.3% +10.3%
3 years +45.7%+21.2%-23.1% +73.0%
3 years, per year +13.4%+6.6%-8.4% +20.1%
5 years +4.8%+82.0%-29.1% +61.9%
5 years, per year +0.9%+12.7%-6.7% +10.1%
10 years +44.7%+64.2%-15.1% +258.6%
10 years, per year +3.8%+5.1%-1.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureALCOANDEFPISPY
Volatility, 1Y 22.8%35.6%28.5% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 21.9%37.1%34.6% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.13-0.120.37 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.261.07-0.50 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -47.4%-49.1%-48.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -16.0%-20.9%-34.0% -3.5%
52-week high $44.46$80.87$13.04 $779.14
52-week low $31.35$46.41$8.44 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleALCOANDEFPI
P/E now vs peer median 180.8xmedian 15.6x 12.3xmedian 15.6x 41.6xmedian 25.0x
P/S now vs peer median 16.2xmedian 0.5x 0.2xmedian 0.5x 7.2xmedian 3.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -11.6xmedian 8.6x 8.6xmedian 8.6x 91.8xmedian 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median -78.0xmedian 17.3x 38.2xmedian 17.3x 20.7xmedian 20.7x
P/B now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 1.0x 1.6xmedian 1.0x 0.8xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 6.55median 1.41 0.45median 1.41 -2.55median 1.29

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsALCOANDEFPI
Revenue $17.07M $10.94B $49.99M
Gross profit -$12.30M $786.68M $46.48M
Operating income -$44.96M – $2.71M
Net income $1.41M $186.91M $10.06M
Free cash flow -$3.55M $56.91M $17.47M
EPS (diluted) $0.21 $5.17 $0.21
Cash & equivalents $55.58M $66.55M $7.88M
Total debt $82.92M $900.77M $239.00M
Shares (diluted) 7.44M 34.27M 42.85M
Enterprise value $98.87M $1.57B $337.40M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricALCOANDEFPI
P/E 180.8x 12.3x 41.6x
P/FCF -78.0x 38.2x 20.7x
P/Operating cash flow -722.8x 6.8x 20.0x
P/S 16.2x 0.2x 7.2x
P/B 2.6x 1.6x 0.8x
P/Tangible book 2.6x 1.6x 0.8x
EV/EBITDA -11.6x 8.6x 91.8x
EV/EBIT -6.8x 14.0x 218.8x
EV/Revenue 17.8x 0.3x 11.8x
EV/FCF -85.7x 52.8x 33.9x
EV/Operating cash flow -794.2x 9.3x 32.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 6.55 0.45 -2.55

Growth

14 metrics
MetricALCOANDEFPI
Revenue growth (1Y) -61.4% -5.2% -5.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -24.8% -13.3% -4.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 94.0% 12.1% -3.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 9.4% 3.8% -4.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 78.8% – 321.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -18.5% – -48.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 100.9% 46.4% -85.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 27.4% 23.3% -21.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 101.0% 120.2% -86.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 27.6% 27.1% -16.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -103.5% 49.0% 7.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 57.2% -35.8% 8.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -170.0% 112.2% 139.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 46.7% -62.5% 37.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricALCOANDEFPI
Gross margin -72.1% 7.2% 93.0%
EBITDA margin -153.7% 3.2% 12.9%
Operating margin -263.4% – 5.4%
Pretax margin -7.4% 2.0% 20.1%
Net margin 9.0% 1.6% 17.7%
FCF margin -20.8% 0.5% 34.9%
Operating cash flow margin -2.2% 2.9% 36.2%
Return on equity 0.7% 13.5% 2.3%
Return on assets 0.4% 4.9% 1.5%
Return on invested capital 0.0% 7.4% 0.4%
Return on capital employed -23.4% 9.3% –
Asset turnover 0.1x 3.0x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.3x 1.7x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 3.7% – 3.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricALCOANDEFPI
Debt / assets 41.7% 25.9% 35.1%
Debt / equity 0.8x 0.7x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.0x 2.4x 35.8x
Debt / FCF -23.4x 15.8x 13.7x
Liabilities / assets 47.2% 60.9% 37.2%
Equity / assets 52.8% 39.1% 62.8%
Interest coverage -9.4x – 0.2x
Current ratio 8.0x 1.5x –
Quick ratio 7.7x 0.6x –
Cash ratio 7.6x 0.0x –
Altman Z-score 2.19 4.66 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricALCOANDEFPI
Dividend yield 0.5% 1.3% 6.2%
Net buyback yield 0.5% – 23.6%
Shareholder yield 1.0% 1.3% 29.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) 107.7% 14.5% 215.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) -42.8% 47.7% 123.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) -0.5% 1.8% -66.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -43.3% 2.9% 19.7%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusALCOANDEFPI
Forward P/E – 12.0xFY2026 39.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.11FY2026 $5.22FY2026 $0.22FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +87.1%FY2026 -63.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +25.7% -13.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $17.81MFY2026 $12.22BFY2026 $32.83MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -59.6%FY2026 +11.0%FY2026 -8.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -70.4% +1.9% +0.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersALCOANDEFPI
Held by institutions 60.2% 89.3% 53.2%
Institutions holding 111 303 181
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.7% +0.1% -0.8%
Institutions buying 48 157 100
Institutions selling 31 93 51
Buyers to sellers 1.55 1.69 1.96

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ALCOANDEFPI
ALCO 1.00 0.16 0.17
ANDE 0.16 1.00 0.06
FPI 0.17 0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ALCO, ANDE and FPI?

Andersons (ANDE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Alico (ALCO) $280.22M, Andersons (ANDE) $1.89B, Farmland Partners (FPI) $383.73M.

Which stock is cheaper, ALCO, ANDE and FPI?

Andersons (ANDE) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Alico (ALCO) 182.9x, Andersons (ANDE) 10.7x, Farmland Partners (FPI) 43.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Andersons (ANDE) is cheapest (Andersons (ANDE) 12.0x, Farmland Partners (FPI) 39.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Andersons (ANDE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Alico (ALCO) -61.4%, Andersons (ANDE) -5.2%, Farmland Partners (FPI) -5.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Farmland Partners (FPI) has the highest net margin (Alico (ALCO) 9.0%, Andersons (ANDE) 1.6%, Farmland Partners (FPI) 17.7%). On return on invested capital, Andersons (ANDE) leads (Alico (ALCO) 0.0%, Andersons (ANDE) 7.4%, Farmland Partners (FPI) 0.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Andersons (ANDE) returned the most: Alico (ALCO) +6.0%, Andersons (ANDE) +38.1%, Farmland Partners (FPI) -14.3%. Over five years, Andersons (ANDE) compounded fastest (Alico (ALCO) +0.9%/yr, Andersons (ANDE) +12.7%/yr, Farmland Partners (FPI) -6.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Farmland Partners (FPI) has the highest dividend yield: Alico (ALCO) 0.01%, Andersons (ANDE) 0.01%, Farmland Partners (FPI) 0.06%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Alico (ALCO) has been the steadiest (Alico (ALCO) 22.8%, Andersons (ANDE) 35.6%, Farmland Partners (FPI) 28.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ALCO, ANDE and FPI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Andersons (ANDE) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.