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DAR vs. BG, INGR, FDP, LMNR, ALCO, ADM, COOT, MKC, TSN, and CLX

Should you be buying Darling Ingredients stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Darling Ingredients include Bunge Global (BG), Ingredion (INGR), Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP), Limoneira (LMNR), Alico (ALCO), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Australian Oilseeds (COOT), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), and Clorox (CLX).

Darling Ingredients vs.

Darling Ingredients (NYSE:DAR) and Bunge Global (NYSE:BG) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Darling Ingredients has a net margin of 4.88% compared to Bunge Global's net margin of 2.14%. Bunge Global's return on equity of 11.73% beat Darling Ingredients' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Darling Ingredients4.88% 6.04% 2.60%
Bunge Global 2.14%11.73%5.21%

Bunge Global has higher revenue and earnings than Darling Ingredients. Bunge Global 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 Ratio
Darling Ingredients$5.68B0.88$278.88M$1.0729.48
Bunge Global$51.33B0.20$1.14B$7.889.77

94.4% of Darling Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Bunge Global shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Darling Ingredients shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Bunge Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Darling Ingredients has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bunge Global has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Darling Ingredients currently has a consensus price target of $46.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.82%. Bunge Global has a consensus price target of $81.60, indicating a potential upside of 6.04%. Given Darling Ingredients' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Darling Ingredients is more favorable than Bunge Global.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Darling Ingredients
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Bunge Global
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

In the previous week, Bunge Global had 10 more articles in the media than Darling Ingredients. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Bunge Global and 15 mentions for Darling Ingredients. Darling Ingredients' average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Bunge Global's score of 1.46 indicating that Darling Ingredients is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Darling Ingredients
11 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Bunge Global
19 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Bunge Global received 43 more outperform votes than Darling Ingredients when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.84% of users gave Bunge Global an outperform vote while only 62.38% of users gave Darling Ingredients an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Darling IngredientsOutperform Votes
461
62.38%
Underperform Votes
278
37.62%
Bunge GlobalOutperform Votes
504
62.84%
Underperform Votes
298
37.16%

Summary

Darling Ingredients beats Bunge Global on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DAR vs. The Competition

MetricDarling IngredientsFats & oils IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.00B$9.54B$17.51B$19.25B
Dividend YieldN/A3.76%3.07%3.83%
P/E Ratio18.2710.2216.2534.49
Price / Sales0.880.464.2834.66
Price / Cash5.345.9016.3917.51
Price / Book1.071.036.164.67
Net Income$278.88M$800.42M$737.42M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-10.74%-4.44%-0.85%-2.14%
1 Month Performance2.89%-5.50%2.74%7.04%
1 Year Performance-24.79%-28.18%-2.90%3.72%

Darling Ingredients Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DAR
Darling Ingredients
4.0298 of 5 stars
$31.60
+0.3%
$46.00
+45.6%
-26.4%$5.00B$5.68B18.2714,600Positive News
BG
Bunge Global
4.1377 of 5 stars
$80.20
+3.7%
$81.60
+1.7%
-24.3%$10.78B$51.33B9.9323,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Ex-Dividend
INGR
Ingredion
4.6415 of 5 stars
$137.18
+0.0%
$152.20
+10.9%
+16.5%$8.82B$7.36B14.1311,700Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
FDP
Fresh Del Monte Produce
3.9492 of 5 stars
$32.74
-0.5%
N/A+42.5%$1.57B$4.27B99.2040,100Positive News
LMNR
Limoneira
3.9326 of 5 stars
$15.84
+2.1%
$25.50
+61.0%
-26.0%$285.83M$186.08M41.69260News Coverage
ALCO
Alico
0.498 of 5 stars
$29.24
+0.3%
N/A+14.1%$223.34M$49.55M-4.94210Analyst Downgrade
ADM
Archer-Daniels-Midland
4.3367 of 5 stars
$49.90
+2.8%
$52.50
+5.2%
-21.1%$23.97B$83.86B13.8242,000Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
COOT
Australian Oilseeds
N/A$0.76
-5.4%
N/A-33.3%$17.58M$34.77M0.00N/A
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
4.2553 of 5 stars
$76.54
+0.6%
$83.14
+8.6%
-1.9%$20.53B$6.73B26.1214,200News Coverage
Positive News
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.5598 of 5 stars
$55.93
+1.1%
$62.63
+12.0%
-7.7%$19.92B$53.62B18.90142,000Positive News
CLX
Clorox
4.1906 of 5 stars
$138.08
+2.5%
$151.23
+9.5%
-1.8%$17.02B$7.02B37.739,000Positive News
Analyst Revision

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