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01/28/13 11:27 AM

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Solid Long Term play...

See the full article and content here: http://emerginggrowth.com/investing_today/limoneira-nasdaq-lmnr-solid-long-term-play/01/28/2013

120 year old Limoneira (NASDAQ: LMNR) is a relatively unknown fairly diversified agribusiness company which left the pink sheets to list on Nasdaq in 2010. The company cultivates and markets avocados, lemons and oranges yet it is also a real estate development company, and as of the end of 2011 owned 188 residential units in Santa Paula, California and 1,873 properties in various stages of development in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura California. On the ag side Limoneira owns 5,800 acres of farmland in California; including 1,766 used to grow lemons, 1,254 for avocados, and 1,062 for oranges. Total agricultural acreage owned by the company is the equivalent of nine square miles of prime farm land. The company also owns water rights associated with the land. Of interest to note is that in 2005 competitor avocado producer Calavo (NASDAQ: CVGW) and Limoneira executed a cross-equity agreement, in which Calavo acquired a 15.1 percent stake in the company, and Limoneira became CVGW’s second largest shareholder with a 6.9 percent stake. Although the companies continue to hold ownership in each other LMNR has reduced its stake in CVGW somewhat.

The company has a market cap of $243.32 million and is trading at $21.80. Q4 results are out and the numbers are not bad, though TheStreet downgraded the company this past week from a buy to hold. They cite unimpressive growth in net income, weak profit margins and poor operating cash flow as their reasoning behind the downgrade. On the plus side the revenue growth exceeded the industry average of 10.7percent. In fact revenues rose year-over year by 36.0 percent. During the past fiscal year, Limoneira upped its bottom line by earning $0.26 as opposed to $0.12 in 2011. This year analysts expect an improvement in earnings of $0.52 versus $0.26 currently, so the company is poised for growth despite disappointing profit margins and a steep decline in earnings for Q4 2012.

What may be the most compelling thing about Limoneira, it’s the company’s assets, not operating results. Perhaps when looking at this as a possible investment one should also look at the company’s solid staying power. 120 year is a long time to be around. At the moment the company is trading for 68 times earnings, and 37 times 2013 consensus estimates. The first nine months of revenue for 2012 were extremely nice, up 22.6 percent over the same period in 2011, and that trend continued for Q4 of 2012.

Not every stock is meant for every investor. We all have different styles of investing and as always I urge any perspective trader to research before they buy.

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09/19/11 12:53 PM

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Limoneira to Present at 2011 ROTH Consumer, Services & Internet Discovery Conference
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Limoneira Company (NASDAQ:LMNR), a leading agribusiness with prime agricultural land and operations, real estate and water rights in California, today announced that Joe Rumley, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the 2011 ROTH Consumer, Services & Internet Discovery Conference, to be held September 21-23, 2011, at the Cliffside Beach Club in Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Limoneira’s presentation is scheduled for Thursday, September 22, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Mr. Rumley also will be participating in small group and individual investor meetings throughout the day. A copy of the Company’s investor presentation can be found at www.limoneira.com. Visitors to the website should select the "Investor Relations" link to access the presentation.

decolla15

08/24/11 9:27 PM

Post #5

limoneira is a GREAT company![color=red][/color]

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08/15/11 10:25 AM

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Still a neat company.

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06/30/11 2:56 PM

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Limoneira Declares Quarterly Dividend
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On June 28, 2011, the Board of Directors of Limoneira Company (NASDAQ: LMNR), a leading agribusiness with prime agricultural land and operations, real estate and water rights throughout California, declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.03125 per common share payable on July 15, 2011, to stockholders of record on July 11, 2011.

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06/06/11 4:28 PM

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Limoneira to Announce Second Quarter Fiscal 2011 Financial Results on June 8, 2011
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Limoneira Company (NASDAQ: LMNR), a leading agribusiness with prime agricultural land and operations, real estate and water rights throughout California, today announced it will release financial results for the second quarter ended April 30, 2011, on Wednesday, June 8, 2011, after market close.

The Company will issue a financial press release in addition to filing its second quarter 2011 10-Q with the SEC.

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05/16/11 11:34 PM

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Limoneira Co (LMNR)

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Limoneira Company is a public Delaware C Corporation.The company's common stock trades on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol LMNR.

We are an agribusiness and real estate development company founded and based in Santa Paula, California, committed to responsibly using and managing our approximately 7,300 acres of land, water resources and other assets to maximize long-term stockholder value. Our current operations consist of fruit production and marketing, real estate development and capital investment activities.

We are one of California's oldest citrus growers and we believe we are the largest grower of lemons and avocados in the United States. In addition to growing lemons and avocados, we grow oranges and a variety of other specialty citrus and other crops. We have agricultural plantings throughout Ventura, Santa Barbara and Tulare Counties in California, which plantings consist of approximately 1839 acres of lemons, 1372 acres of avocados, 1062 acres of oranges and 403 acres of specialty citrus and other crops. We also operate our own packinghouse in Santa Paula, California, where we process and pack lemons that we grow as well as lemons grown by others.

Our water resources include water rights, usage rights and pumping rights to the water in aquifers under, and canals that run through, the land we own. Water for our farming operations is sourced from the existing water resources associated with our land, which includes rights to water in the adjudicated Santa Paula Basin (aquifer) and the unadjudicated Fillmore, Santa Barbara and Paso Robles Basins (aquifers). We also use ground water and water from local water districts in Tulare County, which is in the San Joaquin Valley.

For more than 100 years, we have been making strategic investments in California agricultural and development real estate, and more recently, in Arizona real estate. As of the date of this registration statement, we have six active real estate development projects in California and two in Arizona. Our real estate developments range from apartments to luxury single-family homes and in California include approximately 200 completed units and another approximately 2,000 units in various stages of planning and entitlement. Our real estate developments in Arizona consist of two luxury homes in Paradise Valley, which is adjacent to Phoenix and Scottsdale.

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With 1,839 acres of lemons throughout California, Limoneira is one of the largest lemon producers in North America. In its 117 years of operation, the Company has introduced a number of innovations that have added significantly to the industry such as improved storage methods and sophisticated harvest practices and equipment. In the 1940's, Limoneira developed the Limco 8A (bred in Limoneira's Olivelands 8-A orchard), a new lemon variety that proved more resistant to disease, yielded more fruit, was high in quality and maintained a strong shelf life. This variety remains one of the standard bearers for lemon production throughout the world.

Today, Limoneira maintains a demonstration orchard of over 300 citrus varieties on Limoneira Ranch property in Santa Paula to satisfy consumer tastes and to help keep the Company at the cutting edge of new citrus products. Research continues to be vital. We partner with the University of California's Agriculture and Natural Resources Program to further agriculture's forward momentum, and we work with leading partners in our Northern and Southern farming operations to grow, harvest and pack efficiently and sustainably.

Sometimes, the old ways are the best ways. Limoneira's Mediterranean style packing house built in the 1920's received recognition for its classic design from the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in the early twentieth century. After all these years, it still operates at peak performance.

With our vertical integration from tree to plate, we are able to achieve efficiencies through all parts of the distribution chain, resulting in the highest quality and service possible for our customers. Our global marketing connections and harvesting, packing and quality control capabilities ensure that the customer in Tokyo enjoying our lemons in a delicious fish recipe will be as happy as our North American customer enjoying a refreshing glass of lemonade made with quality Limoneira lemons.

Limoneira avocados act as a nutrient booster by enabling the body to absorb more fat-soluble nutrients, such as alpha-and beta-carotene. Avocados are packed with 20 vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients and the "good" (monounsaturated) fats, which make them flavorful and healthy to eat. In fact, avocados have been proven to lower cholesterol.

Limoneira, with 1,372 acres in production, is one of the largest avocado growers in the United States. With over a half century of growing avocadoes, the Company has developed considerable expertise producing, harvesting, marketing and selling this increasingly popular product. During the last 60 years, the Company has seen the avocado's transition from a single specialty fruit to an array of 10 variety types ranging from green-skinned Zutanos to the predominant black- skinned Haas. To better compete globally, Limoneira has taken the important step of dense planting (4 times the trees per acre versus traditional plantings) and mulching to enable the trees to better acclimate to non-tropical climates. These sustainable practices enable Limoneira to tread lightly on the land.

While primarily known for lemons, Limoneira has always been a high quality orange grower. In the Company's early days, Valencias were primarily grown for export to Pacific Rim countries. As world consumption patterns changed towards year round availability of seedless navels, Limoneira added acreage in the San Joaquin Valley in the mid 1990's. With 1,062 acres of oranges, Limoneira focuses on high quality late season Navels and Valencias primarily for export to Pacific Rim countires. Such niche marketing examples have driven the companies to ever higher levels of orange profitability. Limoneira continues to believe in the credibility and viability of the California orange industry and its position as a world producer. Nothing compares with fresh premium oranges that have been bathed in warm California sunshine.

A few decades ago, in response to an ever-changing marketplace, the Limoneira Company embarked on an aggressive search for alternative specialty citrus varieties that would appeal to changing North American and worldwide tastes. Limoneira has become a leader in the niche production and sales of varieties such as mandarins, blood oranges, Pummelos, Cara Cara Navels, super reds grapefruit, and many others. The company oversees approximately 403 acres of these special crops and carefully monitors their market. We believe that these products will continue to increase in popularity and will, in a few short years, create a citrus rainbow of colors and flavors.

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