RiceBran Technologies (NASDAQ:RIBT – Get Free Report) and Darling Ingredients (NYSE:DAR – Get Free Report) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares RiceBran Technologies and Darling Ingredients’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| RiceBran Technologies | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Darling Ingredients | 9.13% | 12.98% | 6.08% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for RiceBran Technologies and Darling Ingredients, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| RiceBran Technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Darling Ingredients | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2.92 |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
2.5% of RiceBran Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Darling Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of RiceBran Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 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.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares RiceBran Technologies and Darling Ingredients”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| RiceBran Technologies | $41.16 million | 0.00 | -$17.56 million | ($0.68) | -0.00 |
| Darling Ingredients | $6.14 billion | 1.69 | $62.80 million | $3.71 | 17.67 |
Darling Ingredients has higher revenue and earnings than RiceBran Technologies. RiceBran Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Darling Ingredients, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
RiceBran Technologies has a beta of -1.4, suggesting that its share price is 240% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Darling Ingredients has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Darling Ingredients beats RiceBran Technologies on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About RiceBran Technologies
RiceBran Technologies, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty ingredient company in the United States and internationally. The company focuses on development, production, and marketing of products derived from traditional and ancient small grains. It also produces products utilizing proprietary processes to deliver improved nutrition, ease of use, and extended shelf-life, while addressing consumer demand for all natural, non-GMO, and organic products. In addition, the company owns and operates grain mill and processing facility to produce barley, oats, and mustard. It markets its products to animal food producers, food manufacturers, mass merchandisers, health food retailers, and other companies for use in their products. The company was formerly known as NutraCea and changed its name to RiceBran Technologies in October 2012. RiceBran Technologies was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Tomball, Texas.
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.
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