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 superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings and risk.
Archer-Daniels-Midland pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Ingredion pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Archer-Daniels-Midland pays out 55.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ingredion pays out 33.0% 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 23 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.
In the previous week, Archer-Daniels-Midland had 7 more articles in the media than Ingredion. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Archer-Daniels-Midland and 22 mentions for Ingredion. Ingredion's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Archer-Daniels-Midland's score of 0.53 indicating that Ingredion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Archer-Daniels-Midland has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingredion has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Archer-Daniels-Midland has higher revenue and earnings than Ingredion. Archer-Daniels-Midland is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ingredion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
78.3% of Archer-Daniels-Midland shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Ingredion shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Archer-Daniels-Midland shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Ingredion shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Archer-Daniels-Midland presently has a consensus target price of $55.11, suggesting a potential upside of 20.37%. Ingredion has a consensus target price of $154.33, suggesting a potential upside of 20.35%. Given Archer-Daniels-Midland's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Archer-Daniels-Midland is more favorable than Ingredion.
Archer-Daniels-Midland received 258 more outperform votes than Ingredion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.86% of users gave Archer-Daniels-Midland an outperform vote while only 57.40% of users gave Ingredion an outperform vote.
Summary
Ingredion beats Archer-Daniels-Midland on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:INGR) was last updated on 2/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
