Conagra Brands (CAG) vs Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR)
- Conagra Brands CAG 14.47 +2.05%
- Darling Ingredients Inc. DAR 61.37 +0.82%
Conagra Brands and Darling Ingredients Inc. are both Packaged Foods companies. Darling Ingredients Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $9.6B against $6.8B — 1.4× the size. Conagra Brands has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Darling Ingredients Inc. trades at 16.3×. Darling Ingredients Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 14.9% against −1.80%. Darling Ingredients Inc. has the higher net margin (9.13% vs −17.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.55% vs −7.75%). Across the 20 metrics below, Darling Ingredients Inc. leads on 13 and Conagra Brands on 7.
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Profitability
| Metric | CAG | DAR | Packaged Foods median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 23.80% | 26.33% | 27.54% |
| Operating margin | (15.18%) | 14.52% | 0.00% |
| Net margin | (16.95%) | 9.13% | 0.00% |
| Free cash flow margin | 8.22% | 13.73% | 2.37% |
| Return on equity | (24.89%) | 11.96% | 0.00% |
| Return on assets | (9.81%) | 5.63% | 0.00% |
| Return on invested capital | (7.75%) | 6.55% | 0.00% |
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