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$31.71 +0.07 (+0.22%)
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DAR vs. MED, NOMD, BG, INGR, FDP, LMNR, ALCO, ADM, MKC, and USFD

Should 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), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), and US Foods (USFD).

Darling Ingredients vs. Its Competitors

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

Medifast currently has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.60%. Darling Ingredients has a consensus price target of $43.25, indicating a potential upside of 36.39%. Given Darling Ingredients' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Darling Ingredients is more favorable than Medifast.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Medifast
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Darling Ingredients
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

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 Ratio
Medifast$602.46M0.23$2.09M$0.3240.09
Darling Ingredients$5.70B0.88$278.88M$0.6648.05

Medifast has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Darling Ingredients has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Darling Ingredients has a net margin of 1.85% compared to Medifast's net margin of 0.76%. Darling Ingredients' return on equity of 2.35% beat Medifast's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Medifast0.76% 2.00% 1.50%
Darling Ingredients 1.85%2.35%1.05%

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Darling Ingredients had 7 more articles in the media than Medifast. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Darling Ingredients and 1 mentions for Medifast. Darling Ingredients' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Medifast's score of 0.45 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)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Darling Ingredients
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Darling Ingredients beats Medifast on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DAR vs. The Competition

MetricDarling IngredientsFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.02B$8.10B$15.84B$21.69B
Dividend YieldN/A3.88%3.24%3.62%
P/E Ratio48.0522.7017.5829.79
Price / Sales0.882.8147.3294.32
Price / Cash6.3712.6614.4724.26
Price / Book1.133.837.194.62
Net Income$278.88M$395.13M$678.09M$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.08%2.43%0.28%-0.80%
1 Month Performance-6.38%6.05%-0.35%0.24%
1 Year Performance-12.55%6.30%-0.31%11.51%

Darling Ingredients Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DAR
Darling Ingredients
4.2987 of 5 stars
$31.71
+0.2%
$43.25
+36.4%
-10.0%$5.02B$5.70B48.0515,500News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MED
MEDIFAST
3.4586 of 5 stars
$13.94
-0.4%
$16.50
+18.4%
-26.3%$153.76M$602.46M43.55870
NOMD
Nomad Foods
4.8522 of 5 stars
$12.79
-2.3%
$19.75
+54.4%
-31.9%$2.01B$3.35B8.767,788
BG
Bunge Global
4.4714 of 5 stars
$84.12
+0.2%
$85.33
+1.4%
-1.7%$16.80B$53.11B8.4023,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
INGR
Ingredion
4.6335 of 5 stars
$120.40
-0.4%
$147.20
+22.3%
-10.8%$7.76B$7.32B11.7511,200
FDP
Fresh Del Monte Produce
3.848 of 5 stars
$34.17
-3.4%
N/A+14.9%$1.70B$4.28B10.9539,886
LMNR
Limoneira
3.9885 of 5 stars
$14.95
-1.0%
$20.50
+37.1%
-45.6%$272.53M$160.76M-27.18260
ALCO
Alico
0.2942 of 5 stars
$33.46
-0.3%
N/A+32.6%$256.50M$46.64M-1.63210
ADM
Archer Daniels Midland
4.0166 of 5 stars
$62.46
+2.3%
$55.50
-11.1%
+9.8%$29.33B$85.53B27.5244,000Trending News
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
4.5014 of 5 stars
$68.30
-0.9%
$80.29
+17.5%
-20.0%$18.49B$6.72B23.7214,100Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
USFD
US Foods
4.3106 of 5 stars
$75.50
-0.9%
$81.27
+7.6%
+23.6%$17.15B$37.88B32.2630,000Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:DAR) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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