DAR vs. BG, INGR, FDP, LMNR, ALCO, ADM, CHD, IFF, BF.B, and TSN
Should you be buying Darling Ingredients stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Darling Ingredients include Bunge Global (BG), Ingredion (INGR), Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP), Limoneira (LMNR), Alico (ALCO), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Church & Dwight (CHD), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), Brown-Forman (BF.B), and Tyson Foods (TSN).
Darling Ingredients (NYSE:DAR) and Bunge Global (NYSE:BG) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Darling Ingredients had 2 more articles in the media than Bunge Global. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Darling Ingredients and 5 mentions for Bunge Global. Bunge Global's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Darling Ingredients' score of 0.91 indicating that Bunge Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Darling Ingredients has a net margin of 8.46% compared to Bunge Global's net margin of 3.22%. Bunge Global's return on equity of 17.49% beat Darling Ingredients' return on equity.
Darling Ingredients currently has a consensus target price of $70.80, suggesting a potential upside of 75.25%. Bunge Global has a consensus target price of $121.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.46%. Given Darling Ingredients' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Darling Ingredients is more favorable than Bunge Global.
Bunge Global received 52 more outperform votes than Darling Ingredients when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.18% of users gave Bunge Global an outperform vote while only 62.45% of users gave Darling Ingredients an outperform vote.
Bunge Global has higher revenue and earnings than Darling Ingredients. Bunge Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Darling Ingredients, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Darling Ingredients has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bunge Global has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
94.4% of Darling Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Bunge Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Darling Ingredients shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Bunge Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Darling Ingredients beats Bunge Global on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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