Overview
* Limoneira ( LMNR ) Q3 revenue falls to $47.5 mln
* Adjusted EPS for Q3 records a loss of $0.02
* Co announces $5 mln annual cost savings with Sunkist partnership starting fiscal 2026
Outlook
* Company expects fresh lemon volumes of 4.5 mln to 5.0 mln cartons in FY 2025
* Company expects avocado volume of approximately 7.0 mln pounds in FY 2025
* Company plans to expand avocado production by 500 acres through FY 2027
* Limoneira ( LMNR ) expects $5 mln annual cost savings from Sunkist merger starting FY 2026
Result Drivers
* LEMON PRICING PRESSURE - Co faced pricing pressure in the lemon market, impacting fresh packed lemon sales
* AVOCADO VOLUME DECLINE - Lower avocado revenue due to reduced volumes sold, attributed to alternate bearing nature of trees
* FARM MANAGEMENT REVENUE DROP - Termination of farm management agreement with PGIM Real Estate Finance led to revenue decline
Key Details
Metric Beat/Mis Actual Consensu
s s
Estimate
Q3 Miss $47.48 $50.10
Revenue mln mln (2
Analysts
)
Q3 Miss -$0.02 $0.06 (2
Adjusted Analysts
EPS )
Q3 EPS -$0.06
Q3 Net -$916,00
Income 0
Q3 Basic -$0.06
EPS
Q3 -$630,00
Operatin 0
g Income
Q3 -$734,00
Pretax 0
Profit
Analyst Coverage
* The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 2 "strong buy" or "buy", no "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell"
* The average consensus recommendation for the fishing & farming peer group is "buy"
* Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Limoneira Co ( LMNR ) is $27.00, about 41.8% above its September 8 closing price of $15.72
* The stock recently traded at 36 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 37 three months ago
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(This story was created using Reuters automation and AI based on LSEG and company data. It was checked and edited by a Reuters journalist prior to publication.)