DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. vs TYSON FOODS, INC., two Food & Beverage stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DAR and TSN diverge most: on debt / equity, DAR reads 0.83 and TSN reads 0.01; on operating margin, DAR reads 14.6% and TSN reads 3.2%. 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 TSN'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 | TSN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $60.72 | $57.91 |
| Market cap | $9.8B | $20.5B |
| Sector | Food & Beverage | Food & Beverage |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +1.5% | — |
| P/E | 44.0 | — |
| P/B | 1.98 | 1.13 |
| P/S | 1.55 | 0.37 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.0 | 11.0 |
| Revenue growth | +11.2% | +3.9% |
| Gross margin | 26.1% | 7.0% |
| Operating margin | 14.6% | 3.2% |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 0.8% |
| Return on equity | 4.5% | 2.5% |
| Return on assets | 2.1% | 1.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 4.1% | 4.6% |
| FCF yield | 9.9% | 6.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.83 | 0.01 |
| Current ratio | 1.58 | 1.83 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.31 | 8.50 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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