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$137.28 -1.07 (-0.77%)
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INGR vs. ADM, BG, DAR, FDP, LMNR, ALCO, GIS, K, POST, and FRPT

Should you be buying Ingredion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ingredion include Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Bunge Global (BG), Darling Ingredients (DAR), Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP), Limoneira (LMNR), Alico (ALCO), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), Post (POST), and Freshpet (FRPT).

Ingredion vs.

Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADM) and Ingredion (NYSE:INGR) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.

Archer-Daniels-Midland received 257 more outperform votes than Ingredion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.64% of users gave Archer-Daniels-Midland an outperform vote while only 57.35% of users gave Ingredion an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Archer-Daniels-MidlandOutperform Votes
647
64.64%
Underperform Votes
354
35.36%
IngredionOutperform Votes
390
57.35%
Underperform Votes
290
42.65%

Archer-Daniels-Midland has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingredion has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Archer-Daniels-Midland had 4 more articles in the media than Ingredion. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Archer-Daniels-Midland and 16 mentions for Ingredion. Archer-Daniels-Midland's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Ingredion's score of 1.06 indicating that Archer-Daniels-Midland is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Archer-Daniels-Midland
13 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ingredion
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Archer-Daniels-Midland pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Ingredion pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Archer-Daniels-Midland pays out 72.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ingredion pays out 33.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Archer-Daniels-Midland has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years and Ingredion has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Archer-Daniels-Midland is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Archer-Daniels-Midland has higher revenue and earnings than Ingredion. Ingredion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Archer-Daniels-Midland, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Archer-Daniels-Midland$83.86B0.28$1.80B$2.8017.14
Ingredion$7.36B1.20$647M$9.4814.48

Archer-Daniels-Midland currently has a consensus target price of $52.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.33%. Ingredion has a consensus target price of $152.20, suggesting a potential upside of 10.87%. Given Ingredion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ingredion is more favorable than Archer-Daniels-Midland.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Archer-Daniels-Midland
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.88
Ingredion
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Ingredion has a net margin of 8.71% compared to Archer-Daniels-Midland's net margin of 2.10%. Ingredion's return on equity of 18.62% beat Archer-Daniels-Midland's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Archer-Daniels-Midland2.10% 10.44% 4.39%
Ingredion 8.71%18.62%9.62%

78.3% of Archer-Daniels-Midland shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Ingredion shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Archer-Daniels-Midland shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Ingredion shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ingredion beats Archer-Daniels-Midland on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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INGR vs. The Competition

MetricIngredionGrain mill products IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.83B$8.76B$17.53B$19.30B
Dividend Yield2.30%3.24%3.07%3.84%
P/E Ratio14.1419.6216.3134.53
Price / Sales1.201.394.2334.83
Price / Cash8.9138.0416.3917.51
Price / Book2.344.346.154.69
Net Income$647M$607.71M$737.42M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.06%-0.92%-0.66%-1.74%
1 Month Performance5.13%-1.05%3.05%7.51%
1 Year Performance16.04%-5.49%-2.83%4.15%

Ingredion Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
INGR
Ingredion
4.6434 of 5 stars
$137.28
-0.8%
$152.20
+10.9%
+16.5%$8.83B$7.36B14.1411,700Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
ADM
Archer-Daniels-Midland
4.3358 of 5 stars
$49.90
+2.8%
$52.50
+5.2%
-21.1%$23.97B$83.86B13.8242,000Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
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
DAR
Darling Ingredients
4.0243 of 5 stars
$35.51
+4.3%
$50.33
+41.7%
-26.4%$5.62B$5.68B20.5314,600Positive News
FDP
Fresh Del Monte Produce
4.0032 of 5 stars
$32.74
-0.5%
N/A+42.5%$1.57B$4.27B99.2040,100Positive News
LMNR
Limoneira
3.93 of 5 stars
$15.84
+2.1%
$25.50
+61.0%
-26.0%$285.83M$186.08M41.69260News Coverage
ALCO
Alico
0.5057 of 5 stars
$29.24
+0.3%
N/A+14.1%$223.34M$49.55M-4.94210Analyst Downgrade
GIS
General Mills
4.6484 of 5 stars
$54.86
+0.7%
$65.00
+18.5%
-24.5%$30.24B$19.64B11.9332,500News Coverage
Positive News
K
Kellanova
3.1032 of 5 stars
$82.29
-0.2%
$79.41
-3.5%
+31.9%$28.55B$12.63B21.2630,000Insider Trade
POST
Post
4.0106 of 5 stars
$109.03
-1.5%
$128.20
+17.6%
+3.0%$6.16B$7.93B17.9610,400Trending News
High Trading Volume
FRPT
Freshpet
3.9177 of 5 stars
$79.62
-1.1%
$135.73
+70.5%
-32.5%$3.88B$1.01B84.701,010Positive News

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This page (NYSE:INGR) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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