Ingredion (INGR) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, INGR or ADM?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ingredion	$8.16B	1.12	$643M	$10.25	13.74
Archer-Daniels-Midland	$93.94B	0.27	$3.48B	$4.98	10.71

Does the media prefer INGR or ADM?

In the previous week, Archer-Daniels-Midland had 6 more articles in the media than Ingredion. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Archer-Daniels-Midland and 9 mentions for Ingredion. Archer-Daniels-Midland's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Ingredion's score of 0.56 indicating that Archer-Daniels-Midland is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ingredion	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Archer-Daniels-Midland	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate INGR or ADM?

Ingredion presently has a consensus target price of $155.17, suggesting a potential upside of 10.18%. Archer-Daniels-Midland has a consensus target price of $62.83, suggesting a potential upside of 17.78%. Given Archer-Daniels-Midland's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Archer-Daniels-Midland is more favorable than Ingredion.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ingredion	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Archer-Daniels-Midland	1 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.93

Which has more risk & volatility, INGR or ADM?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in INGR or ADM?

Archer-Daniels-Midland received 260 more outperform votes than Ingredion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.52% of users gave Archer-Daniels-Midland an outperform vote while only 57.53% of users gave Ingredion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingredion	Outperform Votes 386 57.53%	Underperform Votes 285 42.47%
Archer-Daniels-Midland	Outperform Votes 646 65.52%	Underperform Votes 340 34.48%

Is INGR or ADM more profitable?

Ingredion has a net margin of 9.05% compared to Archer-Daniels-Midland's net margin of 2.93%. Ingredion's return on equity of 17.75% beat Archer-Daniels-Midland's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingredion	9.05%	17.75%	8.95%
Archer-Daniels-Midland	2.93%	12.06%	5.26%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of INGR or ADM?

85.3% of Ingredion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Archer-Daniels-Midland shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Ingredion shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Archer-Daniels-Midland shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is INGR or ADM a better dividend stock?

Ingredion pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Archer-Daniels-Midland pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Ingredion pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Archer-Daniels-Midland pays out 40.2% 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. Ingredion has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Archer-Daniels-Midland has increased its dividend for 52 consecutive years. Archer-Daniels-Midland is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Ingredion beats Archer-Daniels-Midland on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.