The Campbell's Company (CPB) vs Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR)

The Campbell's Company and Darling Ingredients Inc. are both Packaged Foods companies. Darling Ingredients Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $9.7B against $5.9B — 1.7× the size. The Campbell's Company trades at the lower P/E: 14.5× against 16.3×. Darling Ingredients Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 14.9% against −4.96%. Darling Ingredients Inc. has the higher net margin (9.13% vs 4.04%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.55% vs 5.54%). Across the 22 metrics below, The Campbell's Company leads on 12 and Darling Ingredients Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric CPB DAR Packaged Foods median
P/E 14.46 16.26 12.69
P/S 0.59 1.48 0.61
P/B 1.50 1.83 1.47
Price to free cash flow 7.90 10.80 8.50
EV/EBITDA 7.55 9.10 8.20
EV/Sales 1.18 2.06 0.85
Earnings yield 6.92% 6.15% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 12.66% 9.26% 6.05%

Profitability

Metric CPB DAR Packaged Foods median
Gross margin 28.14% 26.33% 27.54%
Operating margin 8.74% 14.52% 0.00%
Net margin 4.04% 9.13% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 7.50% 13.73% 2.56%
Return on equity 10.16% 11.96% 0.00%
Return on assets 2.58% 5.63% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 5.54% 6.55% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CPB DAR Packaged Foods median
Revenue growth (TTM) (4.96%) 14.85% 5.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (34.83%) (77.46%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.83% 11.43% 3.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (17.03%) (26.70%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CPB DAR Packaged Foods median
Debt to equity 1.60 0.74 0.26
Current ratio 0.82 1.56 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 4.55 4.87 0.87

Dividend

Metric CPB DAR Packaged Foods median
Dividend yield 3.48% — 3.21%
Payout ratio 0.52 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric CPB DAR Packaged Foods median
Market cap 5.90b 9.74b 245.45m

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