Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR) vs The J. M. Smucker Company (SJM)

Darling Ingredients Inc. and The J. M. Smucker Company are both Packaged Foods companies. The J. M. Smucker Company is the larger, with a market value of $13.1B against $9.7B — 1.3× the size. Darling Ingredients Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 16.3× against 56.3×. Darling Ingredients Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 14.9% against 5.08%. Darling Ingredients Inc. has the higher net margin (9.13% vs 2.51%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.55% vs 4.15%). Across the 22 metrics below, Darling Ingredients Inc. leads on 14 and The J. M. Smucker Company on 8.

Valuation

Metric DAR SJM Packaged Foods median
P/E 16.26 56.28 12.69
P/S 1.48 1.41 0.61
P/B 1.83 2.25 1.47
Price to free cash flow 10.80 8.13 8.50
EV/EBITDA 9.10 10.42 8.20
EV/Sales 2.06 2.14 0.85
Earnings yield 6.15% 1.78% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 9.26% 12.30% 6.05%

Profitability

Metric DAR SJM Packaged Foods median
Gross margin 26.33% 38.65% 27.54%
Operating margin 14.52% 9.02% 0.00%
Net margin 9.13% 2.51% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 13.73% 17.35% 2.56%
Return on equity 11.96% 3.93% 0.00%
Return on assets 5.63% 1.35% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 6.55% 4.15% 0.00%

Growth

Metric DAR SJM Packaged Foods median
Revenue growth (TTM) 14.85% 5.08% 5.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (77.46%) 88.75% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.43% 2.49% 3.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (26.70%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric DAR SJM Packaged Foods median
Debt to equity 0.74 1.17 0.26
Current ratio 1.56 0.87 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 4.87 4.85 0.87

Dividend

Metric DAR SJM Packaged Foods median
Dividend yield — 3.21% 3.21%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.61 0.00

Size

Metric DAR SJM Packaged Foods median
Market cap 9.74b 13.07b 245.45m

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