BG vs. ADM, INGR, DAR, FDP, LMNR, ALCO, APD, VALE, NEM, and NUE
Should you be buying Bunge Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bunge Global include Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Ingredion (INGR), Darling Ingredients (DAR), Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP), Limoneira (LMNR), Alico (ALCO), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), Vale (VALE), Newmont (NEM), and Nucor (NUE).
Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADM) and Bunge Global (NYSE:BG) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Archer-Daniels-Midland has higher revenue and earnings than Bunge Global. Bunge Global 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.
Archer-Daniels-Midland received 145 more outperform votes than Bunge Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.78% of users gave Archer-Daniels-Midland an outperform vote while only 63.18% of users gave Bunge Global an outperform vote.
Archer-Daniels-Midland pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Bunge Global pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Archer-Daniels-Midland pays out 35.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bunge Global pays out 21.9% 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 raised its dividend for 52 consecutive years and Bunge Global has raised its dividend for 3 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 5 more articles in the media than Bunge Global. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Archer-Daniels-Midland and 5 mentions for Bunge Global. Archer-Daniels-Midland's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Bunge Global's score of 0.89 indicating that Bunge Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
78.3% of Archer-Daniels-Midland shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Bunge Global shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Archer-Daniels-Midland shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Bunge Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Archer-Daniels-Midland has a net margin of 3.32% compared to Archer-Daniels-Midland's net margin of 3.22%. Archer-Daniels-Midland's return on equity of 17.49% beat Bunge Global's return on equity.
Archer-Daniels-Midland presently has a consensus price target of $67.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.10%. Bunge Global has a consensus price target of $121.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.46%. Given Archer-Daniels-Midland's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bunge Global is more favorable than Archer-Daniels-Midland.
Archer-Daniels-Midland has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bunge Global has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Archer-Daniels-Midland beats Bunge Global on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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