Financial Comparison: Kerry Group (OTCMKTS:KRYAY) & Darling Ingredients (NYSE:DAR)

Darling Ingredients (NYSE:DAR) and Kerry Group (OTCMKTS:KRYAY) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Darling Ingredients and Kerry Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Darling Ingredients	$6.14 billion	1.56	$62.80 million	$0.39	154.71
Kerry Group	$7.64 billion	1.65	$745.03 million	N/A	N/A

Kerry Group has higher revenue and earnings than Darling Ingredients.

Profitability

This table compares Darling Ingredients and Kerry Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Darling Ingredients	1.02%	2.36%	1.08%
Kerry Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk and Volatility

Darling Ingredients has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kerry Group has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Darling Ingredients and Kerry Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Darling Ingredients	1	0	10	2	3.00
Kerry Group	0	1	3	0	2.75

Darling Ingredients presently has a consensus target price of $66.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.39%. Given Darling Ingredients’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Darling Ingredients is more favorable than Kerry Group.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

94.4% of Darling Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Kerry Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Darling Ingredients shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Darling Ingredients beats Kerry Group on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Kerry Group

Kerry Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides taste and nutrition solutions. The company operates in two segments, Taste & Nutrition, and Dairy Ireland. The Taste & Nutrition segment offers taste and nutrition solutions for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical markets. The Dairy Ireland segment provides value-add dairy ingredients and consumer products, including functional proteins and nutritional bases. It operates in Ireland, rest of Europe, the Americas, the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. Kerry Group plc was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Tralee, Ireland.