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Limoneira Company

LMNR
16
Agricultural Farm Products · Consumer Defensive
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
16
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Apr 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Data not available
Dividends
Mixed

Winston Score History

The full picture

Limoneira Company is a farming and real estate business based in Santa Paula, California. It is best known for growing lemons — one of the largest lemon growers in the United States — and also produces avocados, oranges, and specialty citrus. Its customers include grocery retailers, food distributors, and fresh produce buyers across North America.

The company earns money by selling fresh fruit to packinghouses and distributors, and it also generates income from leasing agricultural land and developing residential real estate on its California properties. Limoneira operates primarily in California, with some international farming partnerships. Its long-held farmland in Ventura County gives it a durable land asset, but the business is heavily exposed to weather, water costs, and commodity price swings — all of which can sharply hurt revenue in any given year. The negative margins shown in recent fiscal data reflect how sensitive this business is to those unpredictable farming conditions, which remain the central risk going forward.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-31.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-500.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

9.7%ownership

Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Runway

~2 years

$83M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$83M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

Limoneira Company's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
-1.0%
Thin — -1.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-19.0%
Losing money on operations — -19.0%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-12.7%
Weak — -12.7% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-25.0%
Shrinking sales (-25.0% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-24.9%
Burning cash (-24.9%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.65
Moderate — manageable debt (0.65)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
no trend
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
2.15%
no trend
Moderate income — 2.15% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+0.0%
no trend
Dividend flat

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