Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DAR or FDP?

Darling Ingredients received 205 more outperform votes than Fresh Del Monte Produce when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.44% of users gave Fresh Del Monte Produce an outperform vote while only 62.38% of users gave Darling Ingredients an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Darling Ingredients	Outperform Votes 461 62.38%	Underperform Votes 278 37.62%
Fresh Del Monte Produce	Outperform Votes 256 62.44%	Underperform Votes 154 37.56%

Does the media prefer DAR or FDP?

In the previous week, Darling Ingredients had 11 more articles in the media than Fresh Del Monte Produce. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Darling Ingredients and 2 mentions for Fresh Del Monte Produce. Darling Ingredients' average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Fresh Del Monte Produce's score of 1.60 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	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Fresh Del Monte Produce	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DAR or FDP?

94.4% of Darling Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Fresh Del Monte Produce shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Darling Ingredients shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.6% of Fresh Del Monte Produce shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, DAR or FDP?

Darling Ingredients has higher revenue and earnings than Fresh Del Monte Produce. Fresh Del Monte Produce 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
Darling Ingredients	$5.68B	1.00	$278.88M	$1.07	33.64
Fresh Del Monte Produce	$4.27B	0.37	-$11.40M	$3.06	10.72

Which has more risk and volatility, DAR or FDP?

Darling Ingredients has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fresh Del Monte Produce has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate DAR or FDP?

Darling Ingredients currently has a consensus price target of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.80%. Given Darling Ingredients' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Darling Ingredients is more favorable than Fresh Del Monte Produce.

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
Fresh Del Monte Produce	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is DAR or FDP more profitable?

Darling Ingredients has a net margin of 4.88% compared to Fresh Del Monte Produce's net margin of 0.36%. Darling Ingredients' return on equity of 6.04% beat Fresh Del Monte Produce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Darling Ingredients	4.88%	6.04%	2.60%
Fresh Del Monte Produce	0.36%	5.91%	3.65%

Summary

Darling Ingredients beats Fresh Del Monte Produce on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.