DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. vs HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION, two Food & Beverage stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DAR and HRL diverge most: on revenue growth, DAR reads +14.8% and HRL reads +0.8%; on operating margin, DAR reads 32.2% and HRL reads 3.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What DAR's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What HRL'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 | DAR | HRL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $65.05 | $20.56 |
| Market cap | $10.4B | $11.3B |
| Sector | Food & Beverage | Food & Beverage |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -0.3% | — |
| P/E | 17.5 | 32.6 |
| P/B | 1.97 | 1.44 |
| P/S | 1.60 | 0.93 |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.7 | 17.2 |
| Revenue growth | +14.8% | +0.8% |
| Gross margin | 29.2% | 15.9% |
| Operating margin | 32.2% | 3.8% |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 2.8% |
| Return on equity | 11.3% | 4.4% |
| Return on assets | 5.4% | 2.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.0% | 3.1% |
| FCF yield | 12.9% | 6.9% |
| Dividend yield | — | 5.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.74 | 0.36 |
| Current ratio | 1.56 | 1.88 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.52 | 7.87 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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