DAR vs. ADM, BG, INGR, FDP, LMNR, ALCO, COOT, MKC, TSN, and CLX
Should you be buying Darling Ingredients stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Darling Ingredients include Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Bunge Global (BG), Ingredion (INGR), Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP), Limoneira (LMNR), Alico (ALCO), Australian Oilseeds (COOT), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), and Clorox (CLX).
Darling Ingredients vs.
Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADM) and Darling Ingredients (NYSE:DAR) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.
Archer-Daniels-Midland has higher revenue and earnings than Darling Ingredients. Archer-Daniels-Midland is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Darling Ingredients, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
78.3% of Archer-Daniels-Midland shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Darling Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Archer-Daniels-Midland 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
Archer-Daniels-Midland has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Darling Ingredients has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Darling Ingredients has a net margin of 4.88% compared to Archer-Daniels-Midland's net margin of 2.10%. Archer-Daniels-Midland's return on equity of 10.44% beat Darling Ingredients' return on equity.
In the previous week, Archer-Daniels-Midland had 4 more articles in the media than Darling Ingredients. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Archer-Daniels-Midland and 14 mentions for Darling Ingredients. Darling Ingredients' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Archer-Daniels-Midland's score of 0.87 indicating that Darling Ingredients is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Archer-Daniels-Midland received 188 more outperform votes than Darling Ingredients when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.79% of users gave Archer-Daniels-Midland an outperform vote while only 62.74% of users gave Darling Ingredients an outperform vote.
Archer-Daniels-Midland presently has a consensus target price of $54.89, indicating a potential upside of 18.00%. Darling Ingredients has a consensus target price of $52.75, indicating a potential upside of 57.74%. Given Darling Ingredients' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Darling Ingredients is more favorable than Archer-Daniels-Midland.
Summary
Darling Ingredients beats Archer-Daniels-Midland on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DAR) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
