Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR) vs Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD)

Darling Ingredients Inc. and Smithfield Foods, Inc. are both Packaged Foods companies. Darling Ingredients Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $9.7B against $7.5B — 1.3× the size. Smithfield Foods, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 7.1× against 16.3×. Darling Ingredients Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 14.9% against 4.25%. Darling Ingredients Inc. has the higher net margin (9.13% vs 6.84%) and the lower return on invested capital (6.55% vs 10.9%). Across the 20 metrics below, Smithfield Foods, Inc. leads on 15 and Darling Ingredients Inc. on 5.