ALCO Consumer Defensive

Alico, Inc.

$37.11-0.59%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 6, 2026

Basics

Sector: Consumer Defensive
Industry: Farm Products
Country: United States
Market cap: 275.3M USD
Enterprise value: 302.7M USD
Full-time employees: 20

Overall health

Strength: lower risk than most peers: more short-term liquiditylower risk: more liquidity
Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers
Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers
Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings
Drawback: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 0.93 vs a peer median of 0.41), though less than the overall marketbigger price swings (beta 0.93 vs peers 0.41)
Drawback: more debt relative to equity (0.79× vs a peer median of 0.42×)more debt vs equity (0.79× vs peers 0.42×)

Ranks #666 of 761 consumer defensive companies (bottom 13%)

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Worth knowing

Profitable, but burning cash. Reports a profit, but free cash flow is negative.
Alico reports a profit but its free cash flow is negative: it spent more on investment and running the business than it brought in. That's common for companies building capacity, but it means the profit isn't yet turning into cash.
Paying shareholders without free cash flow. Paid out $8M over the 3 fiscal years to FY Sep 2025 with -$57M of free cash flow.
Alico returned $8M in buybacks and dividends over three fiscal years while its free cash flow totalled -$57M. The money came from its cash pile or from borrowing.
Earnings turned from a loss to a profit. Profit per share this year after a loss last year.
Alico made a profit per share in its latest year after a loss the year before.
Revenue is falling. Revenue fell 61% in the 12 months to June 2026 vs the 12 months before.
Alico's revenue fell 61% in the 12 months to June 2026 vs the 12 months before.

StockQuotient Score

27/ 100

Oct 5 27 → Nov 4 27

Valuation

Is the price right?

8/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major changeValuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ EBITDA yield
▼ FCF yield
▼ Earnings yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield0.6%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value30% base weight · Z-score -1.32Sector median: 0.0453 · MAD: 0.0301

EBITDA yield-0.6%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price50% base weight · Z-score -1.99Sector median: 0.0865 · MAD: 0.0435

Free cash flow yield-1.3%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingNegative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price20% base weight · Z-score -1.41Sector median: 0.0622 · MAD: 0.0441

Other data (not scored)

Book yield38.1%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.5381 · MAD: 0.2865

Growth

Is it growing?

15/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: ▲ Stronger

12-month revenue up 4.0%

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ 3-yr revenue
▼ Revenue growth

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growthUnavailable

Earnings per share turned from a loss to a profit33% base weight · Z-score 2.80Sector median: 0.0154 · MAD: 0.2529

3-year revenue growth-24.8%

SEC filings · 3 years to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -3.16Sector median: 0.0366 · MAD: 0.0470

Revenue growth-61.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -3.60Sector median: 0.0278 · MAD: 0.0585

Profitability

Does it earn well?

6/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: Mixed

Turned profitable over the last 12 months
Free cash flow turned negative over the last 12 months

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Operating margin
▼ ROIC
▼ ROA

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Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin-118.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -3.12Sector median: 0.0759 · MAD: 0.0508

Return on assets0.8%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.21Sector median: 0.0396 · MAD: 0.0262

Return on invested capital-12.1%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.94Sector median: 0.0766 · MAD: 0.0673

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin-72.1%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentileInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.3182 · MAD: 0.1263

Return on equity1.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0831 · MAD: 0.0675

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Lower

Lower relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Safety percentile 80 → 79

Peer companies moved-1

Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ Current ratio

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta0.93

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketReported value33% base weight · Z-score -3.09Sector median: 0.4070 · MAD: 0.1690

Current ratio7.96×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score 6.96Sector median: 1.5250 · MAD: 0.6460

Debt / equity0.79×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.03Sector median: 0.4234 · MAD: 0.3581

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Alico

Is Alico getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Aug 10, 2026) was mixed: some things better, some worse: turned profitable over the last 12 months; free cash flow turned negative over the last 12 months. Its overall score is unchanged at 27/100 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Alico valued vs its peers?: Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 8/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. EBITDA yield -0.6% vs a peer median of 8.7% (weaker than 100% of peers).EBITDA yield -0.6% vs peers 8.7% (weaker than 100% of peers).
Is Alico growing?: More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 15/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. 3-year revenue growth -24.8% vs a peer median of 3.7% (weaker than 100% of peers).3-year revenue growth -24.8% vs peers 3.7% (weaker than 100% of peers).
How profitable is Alico?: Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 6/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. Operating margin -118.9% vs a peer median of 7.6% (weaker than 100% of peers).Operating margin -118.9% vs peers 7.6% (weaker than 100% of peers).
How risky is Alico?: Lower risk relative to 823 consumer defensive peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Current ratio 7.96× vs a peer median of 1.52× (stronger than 95% of peers).Current ratio 7.96× vs peers 1.52× (stronger than 95% of peers). Beta 0.93 vs a peer median of 0.41 (weaker than 91% of peers).Beta 0.93 vs peers 0.41 (weaker than 91% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 · filed Aug 10, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026

Mixed: some things better, some worse

Turned profitable over the last 12 months
Free cash flow turned negative over the last 12 months

Worth watching: Alico is in the bottom fifth of its sector on profitability. From 2021 to 2025, 63% of companies in that position posted a loss over the following year, against 4% for the top fifth.

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	16.4M USD	17.1M USD	+4.0%
Net income (12 months)	−18.9M USD	1.5M USD	turned positive
Operating margin	-343.3%	-118.9%	+224.4 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	12.7M USD	−3.6M USD	turned negative
Debt	83.0M USD	82.9M USD	−0.0%
Cash	52.9M USD	55.6M USD	+5.1%
Shares outstanding	7.4M	7.4M	+0.0%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Sector: Consumer Defensive · 91 companies

Valuations in Consumer Defensive are within their usual range since 2016.

30% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
18% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values −4% and earnings +7% (medians): prices and earnings moved broadly together.
Median price-to-sales is −58% vs the whole market, against a usual −39%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Shown for Consumer Defensive: too few Farm Products companies have a long enough history of their own.

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY Sep 2021	FY Sep 2022	FY Sep 2023	FY Sep 2024	FY Sep 2025	Change
Gross margin	22.0%	-16.1%	16.2%	-120.9%	-436.2%	▼ 315 pts
Operating margin	13.3%	-27.0%	-10.5%	-144.6%	-462.7%	▼ 318 pts
Net margin	32.1%	13.6%	4.6%	14.9%	-334.3%	▼ 349 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	8.0%	3.0%	0.4%	1.7%	-73.1%	▼ 75 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	14.2%	5.1%	0.7%	2.8%	-143.0%	▼ 146 pts
Free cash flow margin	-5.3%	-15.5%	-57.5%	-103.7%	33.2%	▲ 137 pts
Current ratio	2.46×	1.91×	3.90×	3.81×	9.56×	▲ 151%
Quick ratio	0.52×	0.24×	0.42×	0.99×	8.83×	▲ 792%
Debt to equity	0.02×	0.43×	0.42×	0.33×	0.81×	▲ 142%
Interest coverage	3.62×	-7.47×	-0.85×	-19.07×	-42.06×	▼ 121%

ALCO price history

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Strength: lower risk than most peers: more short-term liquiditylower risk: more liquidity

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers

Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers

Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings

Drawback: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 0.93 vs a peer median of 0.41), though less than the overall marketbigger price swings (beta 0.93 vs peers 0.41)

Drawback: more debt relative to equity (0.79× vs a peer median of 0.42×)more debt vs equity (0.79× vs peers 0.42×)

Ranks #666 of 761 consumer defensive companies (bottom 13%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Profitable, but burning cash. Reports a profit, but free cash flow is negative.

Alico reports a profit but its free cash flow is negative: it spent more on investment and running the business than it brought in. That's common for companies building capacity, but it means the profit isn't yet turning into cash.

Paying shareholders without free cash flow. Paid out $8M over the 3 fiscal years to FY Sep 2025 with -$57M of free cash flow.

Alico returned $8M in buybacks and dividends over three fiscal years while its free cash flow totalled -$57M. The money came from its cash pile or from borrowing.

Earnings turned from a loss to a profit. Profit per share this year after a loss last year.

Alico made a profit per share in its latest year after a loss the year before.

Revenue is falling. Revenue fell 61% in the 12 months to June 2026 vs the 12 months before.

Alico's revenue fell 61% in the 12 months to June 2026 vs the 12 months before.

Questions investors ask about Alico

Is Alico getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Aug 10, 2026) was mixed: some things better, some worse: turned profitable over the last 12 months; free cash flow turned negative over the last 12 months. Its overall score is unchanged at 27/100 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Alico valued vs its peers?

Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 8/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. EBITDA yield -0.6% vs a peer median of 8.7% (weaker than 100% of peers).EBITDA yield -0.6% vs peers 8.7% (weaker than 100% of peers).

Is Alico growing?

More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 15/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. 3-year revenue growth -24.8% vs a peer median of 3.7% (weaker than 100% of peers).3-year revenue growth -24.8% vs peers 3.7% (weaker than 100% of peers).

How profitable is Alico?

Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 6/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. Operating margin -118.9% vs a peer median of 7.6% (weaker than 100% of peers).Operating margin -118.9% vs peers 7.6% (weaker than 100% of peers).

How risky is Alico?

Lower risk relative to 823 consumer defensive peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Current ratio 7.96× vs a peer median of 1.52× (stronger than 95% of peers).Current ratio 7.96× vs peers 1.52× (stronger than 95% of peers). Beta 0.93 vs a peer median of 0.41 (weaker than 91% of peers).Beta 0.93 vs peers 0.41 (weaker than 91% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

16.4M USD

17.1M USD

+4.0%

Net income (12 months)

−18.9M USD

1.5M USD

turned positive

Operating margin

-343.3%

-118.9%

+224.4 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

12.7M USD

−3.6M USD

turned negative

Debt

83.0M USD

82.9M USD

−0.0%

Cash

52.9M USD

55.6M USD

+5.1%

Shares outstanding

7.4M

7.4M

+0.0%

Key ratios

FY Sep 2021

FY Sep 2022

FY Sep 2023

FY Sep 2024

FY Sep 2025

Change

Gross margin

22.0%

-16.1%

16.2%

-120.9%

-436.2%

▼ 315 pts

Operating margin

13.3%

-27.0%

-10.5%

-144.6%

-462.7%

▼ 318 pts

Net margin

32.1%

13.6%

4.6%

14.9%

-334.3%

▼ 349 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

8.0%

3.0%

0.4%

1.7%

-73.1%

▼ 75 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

14.2%

5.1%

0.7%

2.8%

-143.0%

▼ 146 pts

Free cash flow margin

-5.3%

-15.5%

-57.5%

-103.7%

33.2%

▲ 137 pts

Current ratio

2.46×

1.91×

3.90×

3.81×

9.56×

▲ 151%

Quick ratio

0.52×

0.24×

0.42×

0.99×

8.83×

▲ 792%

Debt to equity

0.02×

0.43×

0.42×

0.33×

0.81×

▲ 142%

Interest coverage

3.62×

-7.47×

-0.85×

-19.07×

-42.06×

▼ 121%