RC vs LMNR Comparison

Ready Capital Corp is a real estate finance company that originates, acquires, finances, and services LMM loans, SBA loans, construction loans, USDA loans and, to a lesser extent, MBS collateralized mainly by LMM loans or other real estate-related investments. Its loans are used by businesses to purchase real estate used in their operations or by investors seeking to acquire multi-family, office, retail, mixed use or warehouse properties. It operates through two segments: LMM Commercial Real Estate, which originates LMM loans across the life-cycle of an LMM property including construction, bridge, stabilized and agency loan channels, and Small Business Lending, which acquires, originates and services owner-occupied loans guaranteed by the SBA and also originates and services USDA loans.

Limoneira Co is predominantly an agribusiness company. Its current operations consist of fruit production and marketing, rental operations, real estate, and capital investment activities. The company has three business divisions; agribusiness, rental operations, and real estate development. The agribusiness division which accounts for a majority of the firm's revenue represents its core operations of farming, harvesting, lemon packing, and lemon sales operations. The company's reportable operating segments are fresh lemons, lemon packing, avocados, and other agribusiness, which predominantly includes oranges, specialty citrus, other crops, and farm management services. A majority of its revenue is derived from the Fresh Lemons segment.