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INGR vs. ADM, BG, DAR, FDP, LMNR, ALCO, GIS, K, POST, and FRPT

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), Post (POST), and Freshpet (FRPT).

Ingredion vs.

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

Archer-Daniels-Midland has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingredion has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Archer-Daniels-Midland had 12 more articles in the media than Ingredion. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Archer-Daniels-Midland and 19 mentions for Ingredion. Ingredion's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Archer-Daniels-Midland's score of 1.33 indicating that Ingredion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Archer-Daniels-Midland
27 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ingredion
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ingredion has a net margin of 8.71% compared to Archer-Daniels-Midland's net margin of 2.10%. Ingredion's return on equity of 18.62% beat Archer-Daniels-Midland's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Archer-Daniels-Midland2.10% 10.44% 4.39%
Ingredion 8.71%18.62%9.62%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Archer-Daniels-Midland$85.53B0.27$1.80B$3.6113.18
Ingredion$7.43B1.18$647M$9.7114.05

Archer-Daniels-Midland pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Ingredion pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Archer-Daniels-Midland pays out 56.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ingredion pays out 33.0% 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 53 consecutive years and Ingredion has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Archer-Daniels-Midland is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Archer-Daniels-Midland currently has a consensus price target of $53.63, indicating a potential upside of 12.74%. Ingredion has a consensus price target of $158.20, indicating a potential upside of 15.97%. Given Ingredion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ingredion is more favorable than Archer-Daniels-Midland.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Archer-Daniels-Midland
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75
Ingredion
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Archer-Daniels-Midland received 258 more outperform votes than Ingredion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.79% of users gave Archer-Daniels-Midland an outperform vote while only 57.40% of users gave Ingredion an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Archer-Daniels-MidlandOutperform Votes
646
64.79%
Underperform Votes
351
35.21%
IngredionOutperform Votes
388
57.40%
Underperform Votes
288
42.60%

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

Summary

Ingredion beats Archer-Daniels-Midland on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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INGR vs. The Competition

MetricIngredionGrain mill products IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.76B$9.30B$17.10B$18.91B
Dividend Yield2.37%3.12%2.87%3.79%
P/E Ratio14.0519.8915.9331.59
Price / Sales1.181.422.4725.45
Price / Cash8.9138.0416.3917.54
Price / Book2.334.616.664.36
Net Income$647M$607.71M$731.75M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.16%0.67%-1.56%-3.87%
1 Month Performance5.64%0.37%-1.95%-4.82%
1 Year Performance18.58%2.97%-1.10%0.29%

Ingredion Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
INGR
Ingredion
4.6364 of 5 stars
$136.41
+0.8%
$158.20
+16.0%
+19.2%$8.76B$7.43B14.0511,700Ex-Dividend
Positive News
ADM
Archer-Daniels-Midland
4.4469 of 5 stars
$48.02
+0.3%
$53.63
+11.7%
-24.1%$23.04B$85.53B13.3042,000Positive News
BG
Bunge Global
4.4714 of 5 stars
$76.52
+0.1%
$93.00
+21.5%
-24.7%$10.25B$53.11B9.4723,000News Coverage
Positive News
DAR
Darling Ingredients
3.854 of 5 stars
$31.26
-0.9%
$52.75
+68.8%
-27.2%$4.94B$5.72B18.0714,600Analyst Downgrade
Options Volume
Positive News
Gap Down
FDP
Fresh Del Monte Produce
3.7257 of 5 stars
$30.90
+1.7%
N/A+23.6%$1.48B$4.28B93.6440,100Positive News
LMNR
Limoneira
3.9026 of 5 stars
$17.72
+1.3%
$25.50
+43.9%
-12.2%$319.76M$186.08M46.63260
ALCO
Alico
0.6168 of 5 stars
$29.84
+1.4%
N/A+3.1%$227.92M$49.55M-5.04210Gap Down
GIS
General Mills
4.4083 of 5 stars
$59.83
+1.2%
$65.69
+9.8%
-11.7%$32.98B$19.64B13.0132,500Positive News
K
Kellanova
3.2668 of 5 stars
$82.43
-0.1%
$77.96
-5.4%
+45.8%$28.46B$12.75B21.3030,000Positive News
POST
Post
3.1019 of 5 stars
$116.35
+1.1%
$127.17
+9.3%
+13.4%$6.57B$7.93B19.1710,400Analyst Forecast
FRPT
Freshpet
3.7071 of 5 stars
$83.17
-1.4%
$148.67
+78.8%
-27.2%$4.05B$975.18M88.481,010Analyst Forecast
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