Darling Ingredients (DAR) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BG or DAR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bunge Global	$53.11B	0.20	$1.14B	$8.08	9.70
Darling Ingredients	$5.68B	0.91	$278.88M	$1.07	30.64

Which has more volatility & risk, BG or DAR?

Bunge Global has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Darling Ingredients has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BG or DAR?

Bunge Global currently has a consensus price target of $85.60, indicating a potential upside of 9.18%. Darling Ingredients has a consensus price target of $50.33, indicating a potential upside of 53.55%. Given Darling Ingredients' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Darling Ingredients is more favorable than Bunge Global.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bunge Global	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Darling Ingredients	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Does the media favor BG or DAR?

In the previous week, Darling Ingredients had 16 more articles in the media than Bunge Global. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Darling Ingredients and 10 mentions for Bunge Global. Bunge Global's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Darling Ingredients' score of 0.77 indicating that Bunge Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bunge Global	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Darling Ingredients	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BG or DAR more profitable?

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
Bunge Global	2.14%	11.73%	5.21%
Darling Ingredients	4.88%	6.04%	2.60%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BG or DAR?

Bunge Global received 42 more outperform votes than Darling Ingredients when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.80% of users gave Bunge Global an outperform vote while only 62.38% of users gave Darling Ingredients an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bunge Global	Outperform Votes 503 62.80%	Underperform Votes 298 37.20%
Darling Ingredients	Outperform Votes 461 62.38%	Underperform Votes 278 37.62%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BG or DAR?

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

Summary

Darling Ingredients beats Bunge Global on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.