Landec Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells differentiated health and wellness products for food and biomaterials markets in the United States and internationally. It operates through Lifecore, Curation Foods, and Other segments. The Lifecore segment engages in the manufacture of pharmaceutical-grade sodium hyaluronate (HA) in bulk form, as well as formulated and filled syringes and vials for injectable products used in treating a range of medical conditions and procedures. It also provides services, including technology development, material component changes, analytical method development, formulation development, pilot studies, stability studies, process validation, and production of materials for clinical studies to its partners for HA-based and non-HA based aseptically formulated and filled products. This segment sells its non-HA products for medical use primarily in the ophthalmic, orthopedic, and other markets. The Curation Foods segment engages in processing, marketing, and selling of olive oils and wine vinegars under the O brand; and guacamole and avocado food products under the Yucatan and Cabo Fresh brands, as well as various private labels. Landec Corporation was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Santa Maria, California.
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5 years, 7 months ago
Landec Corporation is currently in a long term uptrend where the price is trading 2.5% above its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 99.7% cheaper than other stocks from the Consumer Defensive sector with a price to sales ratio of 0.5.
Landec Corporation's total revenue sank by 8.2% to $131M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has increased by 99.8% to $-13K since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow grew by 109.6% to $1M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, Landec Corporation gets an overall score of 4/5.