Darling Ingredients (DAR) Competitors $31.59 -0.79 (-2.44%) Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$31.50 -0.09 (-0.28%) As of 08/1/2025 06:46 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock DAR vs. MED, NOMD, BG, INGR, FDP, LMNR, ALCO, ADM, USFD, and MKCShould you be buying Darling Ingredients stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Darling Ingredients include MEDIFAST (MED), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Bunge Global (BG), Ingredion (INGR), Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP), Limoneira (LMNR), Alico (ALCO), Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), US Foods (USFD), and McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC). Darling Ingredients vs. Its Competitors MEDIFAST Nomad Foods Bunge Global Ingredion Fresh Del Monte Produce Limoneira Alico Archer Daniels Midland US Foods McCormick & Company, Incorporated Medifast (NYSE:MED) and Darling Ingredients (NYSE:DAR) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MED or DAR? Darling Ingredients has higher revenue and earnings than Medifast. Medifast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Darling Ingredients, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioMedifast$543.45M0.28$2.09M-$0.65-21.12Darling Ingredients$5.72B0.87$278.88M$0.6647.86 Is MED or DAR more profitable? Darling Ingredients has a net margin of 1.85% compared to Medifast's net margin of -1.29%. Medifast's return on equity of 6.63% beat Darling Ingredients' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Medifast-1.29% 6.63% 4.81% Darling Ingredients 1.85%2.37%1.05% Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MED or DAR? 95.5% of Medifast shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Darling Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Medifast shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Darling Ingredients shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts prefer MED or DAR? Medifast currently has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.18%. Darling Ingredients has a consensus target price of $45.86, suggesting a potential upside of 45.16%. Given Darling Ingredients' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Darling Ingredients is more favorable than Medifast.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Medifast 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Darling Ingredients 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.78 Does the media prefer MED or DAR? In the previous week, Darling Ingredients had 14 more articles in the media than Medifast. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Darling Ingredients and 6 mentions for Medifast. Darling Ingredients' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Medifast's score of 0.06 indicating that Darling Ingredients is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Medifast 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Darling Ingredients 13 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 3 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has more volatility and risk, MED or DAR? Medifast has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Darling Ingredients has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryDarling Ingredients beats Medifast on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Darling Ingredients News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DAR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DAR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart DAR vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricDarling IngredientsFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$5.12B$8.29B$15.75B$20.65BDividend YieldN/A3.50%3.20%3.67%P/E Ratio47.8623.9318.5229.03Price / Sales0.871.7145.8466.13Price / Cash6.5312.4014.5022.84Price / Book1.133.585.884.43Net Income$278.88M$403.59M$690.35M$994.22M7 Day Performance-7.92%-4.06%-5.20%-3.39%1 Month Performance-19.31%-2.60%-3.63%-2.09%1 Year Performance-15.76%-4.40%-0.28%10.09% Darling Ingredients Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)DARDarling Ingredients4.4762 of 5 stars$31.59-2.4%$45.86+45.2%-18.9%$5.12B$5.72B47.8615,500Positive NewsMEDMEDIFAST3.5239 of 5 stars$13.80+4.2%$16.50+19.6%-36.6%$145.52M$602.46M10.51870News CoverageUpcoming EarningsNOMDNomad Foods4.5249 of 5 stars$17.41-0.1%$23.00+32.1%-9.5%$2.67B$3.35B11.607,788News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsDividend AnnouncementBGBunge Global4.0006 of 5 stars$74.28-0.2%$81.60+9.9%-24.3%$10.00B$53.11B9.4323,000News CoveragePositive NewsEarnings ReportINGRIngredion4.5456 of 5 stars$133.100.0%$151.40+13.7%+2.5%$8.56B$7.43B14.0411,200Trending NewsEarnings ReportGap DownFDPFresh Del Monte Produce4.0533 of 5 stars$34.62+2.4%N/A+51.7%$1.62B$4.28B11.3139,886Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementLMNRLimoneira4.2366 of 5 stars$14.92-1.0%$25.50+70.9%-30.9%$272.30M$191.50M0.00260Positive NewsALCOAlico0.8285 of 5 stars$32.13-0.6%N/A+9.7%$247.07M$46.64M-1.74210Upcoming EarningsADMArcher Daniels Midland3.9168 of 5 stars$54.16-0.4%$52.25-3.5%-10.9%$26.13B$85.53B19.3444,000Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsUSFDUS Foods4.1076 of 5 stars$83.37+0.3%$77.42-7.1%+53.5%$19.23B$37.88B38.2430,000News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑MKCMcCormick & Company, Incorporated4.0568 of 5 stars$70.74-1.0%$84.13+18.9%-9.9%$19.17B$6.72B24.4614,100News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst Forecast Related Companies and Tools Related Companies MEDIFAST Competitors Nomad Foods Competitors Bunge Global Competitors Ingredion Competitors Fresh Del Monte Produce Competitors Limoneira Competitors Alico Competitors Archer Daniels Midland Competitors US Foods Competitors McCormick & Company, Incorporated Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:DAR) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s Secret Social Security BombshellTo All Americans Born Before April 16th, 1963: Did Trump Just Give The Green Light To Radically RE-DO Social S...Banyan Hill Publishing | SponsoredIs Elon's empire crumbling?The Tesla Shock Nobody Sees Coming While headlines scream "Tesla is doomed"... 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