Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR) vs Ingredion Incorporated (INGR)

Darling Ingredients Inc. and Ingredion Incorporated are both Packaged Foods companies. Darling Ingredients Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $9.7B against $6.1B — 1.6× the size. Ingredion Incorporated trades at the lower P/E: 10.4× against 16.3×. Darling Ingredients Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 14.9% against −1.38%. Darling Ingredients Inc. has the higher net margin (9.13% vs 8.21%) and the lower return on invested capital (6.55% vs 10.0%). Across the 22 metrics below, Ingredion Incorporated leads on 14 and Darling Ingredients Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric DAR INGR Packaged Foods median
P/E 16.26 10.40 12.69
P/S 1.48 0.85 0.61
P/B 1.83 1.35 1.47
Price to free cash flow 10.80 12.70 8.50
EV/EBITDA 9.10 6.41 8.20
EV/Sales 2.06 0.96 0.85
Earnings yield 6.15% 9.62% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 9.26% 7.87% 6.05%

Profitability

Metric DAR INGR Packaged Foods median
Gross margin 26.33% 23.73% 27.54%
Operating margin 14.52% 11.92% 0.00%
Net margin 9.13% 8.21% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 13.73% 6.68% 2.56%
Return on equity 11.96% 13.54% 0.00%
Return on assets 5.63% 7.47% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 6.55% 10.04% 0.00%

Growth

Metric DAR INGR Packaged Foods median
Revenue growth (TTM) 14.85% (1.38%) 5.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (77.46%) 15.14% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.43% 3.81% 3.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (26.70%) 15.94% 0.00%

Health

Metric DAR INGR Packaged Foods median
Debt to equity 0.74 0.39 0.26
Current ratio 1.56 2.80 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 4.87 0.61 0.87

Dividend

Metric DAR INGR Packaged Foods median
Dividend yield — 2.90% 3.21%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.33 0.00

Size

Metric DAR INGR Packaged Foods median
Market cap 9.74b 6.09b 245.45m

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