Alico, Inc. (ALCO) To Go Ex-Dividend on December 27th

Alico, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALCO) announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 13th,Wall Street Journal reports. Investors of record on Friday, December 27th will be paid a dividend of 0.05 per share on Friday, January 10th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 27th.

Alico has decreased its dividend payment by an average of 23.7% annually over the last three years. Alico has a dividend payout ratio of -54.1% meaning the company cannot currently cover its dividend with earnings alone and is relying on its balance sheet to cover its dividend payments.

Alico Stock Performance

Alico stock opened at $26.48 on Wednesday. Alico has a fifty-two week low of $24.14 and a fifty-two week high of $30.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a current ratio of 3.81. The stock has a market cap of $202.12 million, a P/E ratio of 28.78 and a beta of 0.80. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $26.08 and its 200-day moving average price is $26.80.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, StockNews.com raised Alico to a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 29th.

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.