Archer-Daniels-Midland Co vs DARLING INGREDIENTS INC., two Food & Beverage stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ADM and DAR diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), ADM reads +5.1% and DAR reads -0.2%; on revenue growth, ADM reads -0.7% and DAR reads +14.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's ADM price has a different growth bar priced in than DAR (+5.1% implied for ADM vs -0.2% for DAR); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What DAR's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ADM | DAR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $79.88 | $60.28 |
| Market cap | $38.7B | $9.7B |
| Sector | Food & Beverage | Food & Beverage |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +5.1% | -0.2% |
| P/E | 21.8 | 16.3 |
| P/B | 1.64 | 1.82 |
| P/S | 0.47 | 1.48 |
| EV/EBITDA | 45.4 | 9.1 |
| Revenue growth | -0.7% | +14.8% |
| Gross margin | 8.5% | 29.2% |
| Operating margin | — | 32.2% |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 9.1% |
| Return on equity | 7.5% | 11.3% |
| Return on assets | 3.3% | 5.4% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 8.0% |
| FCF yield | 4.3% | 14.0% |
| Dividend yield | 2.5% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.34 | 0.74 |
| Current ratio | 1.39 | 1.56 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.30 | 2.44 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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