Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR) vs General Mills, Inc. (GIS)

Darling Ingredients Inc. and General Mills, Inc. are both Packaged Foods companies. General Mills, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $18.7B against $9.7B — 1.9× the size. General Mills, Inc. 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 −4.49%. Darling Ingredients Inc. has the higher net margin (9.13% vs −4.89%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.55% vs −0.63%). Across the 21 metrics below, Darling Ingredients Inc. leads on 17 and General Mills, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric DAR GIS Packaged Foods median
P/E 16.26 n/m 12.69
P/S 1.48 0.99 0.61
P/B 1.83 2.42 1.47
Price to free cash flow 10.80 11.68 8.50
EV/EBITDA 9.10 21.55 8.20
EV/Sales 2.06 1.70 0.85
Earnings yield 6.15% (4.90%) 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 9.26% 8.56% 6.05%

Profitability

Metric DAR GIS Packaged Foods median
Gross margin 26.33% 33.61% 27.54%
Operating margin 14.52% (1.13%) 0.00%
Net margin 9.13% (4.89%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 13.73% 8.46% 2.56%
Return on equity 11.96% (10.54%) 0.00%
Return on assets 5.63% (2.83%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 6.55% (0.63%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric DAR GIS Packaged Foods median
Revenue growth (TTM) 14.85% (4.49%) 5.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (77.46%) (103.90%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.43% 0.33% 3.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (26.70%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric DAR GIS Packaged Foods median
Debt to equity 0.74 1.80 0.26
Current ratio 1.56 0.70 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 4.87 9.03 0.87

Dividend

Metric DAR GIS Packaged Foods median
Dividend yield — 3.68% 3.21%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.54 0.00

Size

Metric DAR GIS Packaged Foods median
Market cap 9.74b 18.69b 245.45m

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