Contrasting Alico (NASDAQ:ALCO) and Lendway (NASDAQ:LDWY)

Profitability

This table compares Alico and Lendway’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alico	14.95%	-6.06%	-3.99%
Lendway	N/A	-21.56%	-4.32%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Alico and Lendway”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alico	$46.64 million	4.95	$6.97 million	$0.92	32.84
Lendway	$18.80 million	0.42	$2.41 million	($1.98)	-2.23

Alico has higher revenue and earnings than Lendway. Lendway is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alico, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

62.3% of Alico shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Lendway shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Alico shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of Lendway shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Alico has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lendway has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alico beats Lendway on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Alico

Alico, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an agribusiness and land management company in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Alico Citrus, and Land Management and Other Operations. The Alico Citrus segment engages in planting, owning, cultivating, and/or managing citrus groves to produce fruit for sale to fresh and processed citrus markets, including activities related to the purchase and resale of fruit and value-added services, which include contracting for the harvesting, marketing, and hauling of citrus. The Land Management and Other Operations segment is involved in the activities related to native plant sales, grazing and hunting leasing, management, and/or conservation of unimproved native pastureland; and activities related to rock mining royalties and other insignificant lines of business, as well as in the activities related to owning and/or leasing improved farmland. The company was incorporated in 1960 and is based in Fort Myers, Florida.

About Lendway

Lendway, Inc. operates as a specialty agricultural and finance company focusing on making and managing its agricultural investments in the United States and internationally. It owns and operates FarmlandCredit.com, a non-bank lending business that seeks to purchase existing loans and/or originate and fund new loans domestically. The company was formerly known as Insignia Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Lendway, Inc. in August 2023. The company was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.