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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Does the media favor INGR or ADM?

In the previous week, Archer-Daniels-Midland had 12 more articles in the media than Ingredion. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Archer-Daniels-Midland and 5 mentions for Ingredion. Ingredion's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Archer-Daniels-Midland's score of 0.38 indicating that Ingredion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ingredion	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Archer-Daniels-Midland	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is INGR or ADM more profitable?

Ingredion has a net margin of 9.05% compared to Archer-Daniels-Midland's net margin of 2.07%. 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	2.07%	10.96%	4.68%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor INGR or ADM?

Archer-Daniels-Midland received 260 more outperform votes than Ingredion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.19% of users gave Archer-Daniels-Midland an outperform vote while only 57.44% of users gave Ingredion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingredion	Outperform Votes 386 57.44%	Underperform Votes 286 42.56%
Archer-Daniels-Midland	Outperform Votes 646 65.19%	Underperform Votes 345 34.81%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, INGR or ADM?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ingredion	$8.16B	1.08	$643M	$10.25	13.19
Archer-Daniels-Midland	$87.01B	0.28	$3.48B	$3.50	14.64

Do analysts prefer INGR or ADM?

Ingredion presently has a consensus target price of $155.17, indicating a potential upside of 14.80%. Archer-Daniels-Midland has a consensus target price of $59.08, indicating a potential upside of 15.31%. Given Archer-Daniels-Midland's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Archer-Daniels-Midland	2 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.87

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in 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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Archer-Daniels-Midland shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, INGR or ADM?

Ingredion has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Archer-Daniels-Midland has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is INGR or ADM a better dividend stock?

Ingredion pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Archer-Daniels-Midland pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Ingredion pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Archer-Daniels-Midland pays out 57.1% 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 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 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.