INGR vs. ADM, BG, DAR, FDP, LMNR, ALCO, GIS, K, FRPT, and POST
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), Freshpet (FRPT), and Post (POST).
Ingredion vs.
Ingredion (NYSE:INGR) and Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, Ingredion and Ingredion both had 16 articles in the media. Archer-Daniels-Midland's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Ingredion's score of 0.77 indicating that Archer-Daniels-Midland is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Ingredion has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Archer-Daniels-Midland has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Archer-Daniels-Midland received 260 more outperform votes than Ingredion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.25% of users gave Archer-Daniels-Midland an outperform vote while only 57.44% of users gave Ingredion an outperform vote.
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.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 3.9%. 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. 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.
Ingredion currently has a consensus price target of $155.17, indicating a potential upside of 9.15%. Archer-Daniels-Midland has a consensus price target of $60.62, indicating a potential upside of 17.73%. Given Archer-Daniels-Midland's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Archer-Daniels-Midland is more favorable than Ingredion.
Summary
Ingredion beats Archer-Daniels-Midland on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:INGR) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
