Darling Ingredients (NYSE:DAR) & Above Food Ingredients (NASDAQ:ABVE) Head to Head Analysis

Above Food Ingredients (NASDAQ:ABVE) and Darling Ingredients (NYSE:DAR) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Above Food Ingredients and Darling Ingredients”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Above Food Ingredients	$273.06 million	0.17	-$39.49 million	N/A	N/A
Darling Ingredients	$5.72 billion	0.95	$278.88 million	$0.67	51.27

Darling Ingredients has higher revenue and earnings than Above Food Ingredients.

Volatility & Risk

Above Food Ingredients has a beta of -0.12, indicating that its share price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Darling Ingredients has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

28.8% of Above Food Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Darling Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. 64.5% of Above Food Ingredients shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Darling Ingredients shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Above Food Ingredients and Darling Ingredients’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Above Food Ingredients	N/A	N/A	N/A
Darling Ingredients	1.84%	2.39%	1.08%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Above Food Ingredients and Darling Ingredients, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Above Food Ingredients	0	0	0	0	0.00
Darling Ingredients	1	3	9	1	2.71

Darling Ingredients has a consensus price target of $45.33, suggesting a potential upside of 31.97%. Given Darling Ingredients’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Darling Ingredients is more favorable than Above Food Ingredients.

Summary

Darling Ingredients beats Above Food Ingredients on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Above Food Ingredients

Above Food Ingredients Inc., a regenerative ingredient company, produces vertically integrated supply chain products in Canada, the United States, Mexico, China, France, Turkey, and internationally. It operates through two segments: Disruptive Agriculture and Rudimentary Ingredients, and Consumer Packaged Goods. The Disruptive Agriculture and Rudimentary Ingredients segment engages in the provisioning of discrete genetics, origination, purchasing, grading, processing, and sale of regeneratively grown grain; and origination, purchase, and sale of bespoke ingredients products. The Consumer Packaged Goods segment formulates, manufactures, sells, distributes, and markets proprietary consumer product formulations in owned brands; and focuses on manufacturing and distribution for private-labeled retail owned brands. Above Food Ingredients Inc. is based in Regina, Canada.

About Darling Ingredients

Darling Ingredients Inc. develops, produces, and sells natural ingredients from edible and inedible bio-nutrients in North America, Europe, China, South America, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Feed Ingredients, Food Ingredients, and Fuel Ingredients. It offers ingredients and customized specialty solutions for customers in the pharmaceutical, food, pet food, feed, industrial, fuel, bioenergy, and fertilizer industries. The company also collects and transforms various animal by-product streams into useable and specialty ingredients, such as collagen, edible fats, feed-grade fats, animal proteins and meals, plasma, pet food ingredients, organic fertilizers, yellow grease, fuel feedstock, green energy, natural casings, and hides. In addition, it recovers and converts used cooking oil and animal fats, and residual bakery products into valuable feed and fuel ingredients. Further, the company provides environmental services, including grease trap collection and disposal services to food service establishments. It primarily operates under the Rendac, Sonac, FASA, Ecoson, Rousselot, Gelnex, and CTH brand names. The company was formerly known as Darling International Inc. and changed its name to Darling Ingredients Inc. in May 2014. Darling Ingredients Inc. was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.