COOT vs DAR vs DOLE Stock Comparison

Australian Oilseeds Holdings, Darling Ingredients and Dole Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc.
$55.67 -9.2% 1M +61.5% 1Y
Market cap
$8.78B
P/E
14.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.77B
Div. yield
–
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
9 wins
DOLE Dole plc
$13.19 +1.5% 1M +2.7% 1Y
Market cap
$1.25B
P/E
21.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.49B
Div. yield
2.73%
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Darling Ingredients leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (Darling Ingredients 9, Dole 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCOOTDARDOLELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $10.04M $8.78B $1.25B DAR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 14.8x 21.0x DAR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 8.8x 10.3x DAR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +36.3% +8.3% DAR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 7.7% 0.6% DAR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 8.8% 3.6% DAR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.6x 2.9x DAR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — 2.73% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -78.9% +61.5% +2.7% DAR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -48.8%/yr -7.9%/yr -2.0%/yr DOLE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 91.8% 33.2% 23.6% DOLE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 72/100 60/100 DAR

Percentile Scorecard

COOTDARDOLE

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCOOTDARDOLE
Valuation – 58 #15 of 34 91 #4 of 34
Growth – 97 #2 of 31 50 #16 of 31
Profitability – 100 #1 of 29 50 #15 of 29
Financial Health 6 #34 of 36 66 #13 of 36 40 #22 of 36
Shareholder Returns – 38 #16 of 25 67 #9 of 25
Overall – 72 60
  • COOT ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • DAR ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • DOLE ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCOOTDARDOLESPY
1 month -25.0%-9.2%+1.5% -0.2%
3 months -2.7%-4.7%-7.3% +3.9%
6 months -41.9%-9.2%-11.7% +8.2%
Year to date -30.1%+54.6%-12.0% +12.9%
1 year -78.9%+61.5%+2.7% +12.3%
3 years -96.9%+30.1%+16.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year -68.5%+9.2%+5.3% +23.3%
5 years -96.5%-33.8%-9.5% +67.9%
5 years, per year -48.8%-7.9%-2.0% +10.9%
10 years —+314.2%— +261.1%
10 years, per year —+15.3%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCOOTDARDOLESPY
Volatility, 1Y 91.8%33.2%23.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 95.8%31.2%25.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.630.22-0.04 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.861.850.12 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -97.0%-68.3%-53.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -79.5%-18.6%-19.4% -1.2%
52-week high $1.76$68.35$16.37 $779.14
52-week low $0.36$31.92$12.65 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCOOTDARDOLE
P/E now vs peer median —median 14.8x 14.8xmedian 14.8x 21.0xmedian 14.8x
P/S now vs peer median —median 0.5x 1.1xmedian 0.5x 0.1xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.1x 8.5xmedian 9.1x 7.4xmedian 9.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 15.0x 10.0xmedian 15.0x 15.0xmedian 15.0x
P/B now vs peer median 3.4xmedian 1.1x 1.7xmedian 1.1x 0.9xmedian 1.1x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.28 -1.76median 1.28 -1.25median 1.28

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCOOTDARDOLE
Revenue – $7.77B $9.49B
Gross profit – $2.95B $694.10M
Operating income – $951.18M $161.30M
Net income – $606.26M $92.69M
Free cash flow – $881.25M $83.30M
EPS (diluted) – $3.72 $0.62
Cash & equivalents $756.64K $160.74M $291.71M
Total debt $38.38M $3.95B $1.09B
Shares (diluted) 23.64M 160.63M 95.70M
Enterprise value $6.45M $8.39B $184.82M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCOOTDARDOLE
P/E – 14.8x 21.0x
P/FCF – 10.0x 15.0x
P/Operating cash flow – 6.5x 7.1x
P/S – 1.1x 0.1x
P/B 3.4x 1.7x 0.9x
P/Tangible book 8.1x 2.0x 1.1x
EV/EBITDA – 8.5x 7.4x
EV/EBIT – 13.2x 12.7x
EV/Revenue – 1.6x 0.2x
EV/FCF – 14.3x 24.6x
EV/Operating cash flow – 9.3x 11.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -1.76 -1.25

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCOOTDARDOLE
Revenue growth (1Y) – 36.3% 8.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 3.2% 5.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 126.1% -4.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 22.9% 1.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 231.6% -36.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -5.6% -10.2%
Net income growth (1Y) – 434.9% 78.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -8.7% -11.3%
EPS growth (1Y) – 464.4% 147.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -8.4% -16.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 64.1% -11.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 16.3% -14.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 60.5% 6.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 31.9% -24.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCOOTDARDOLE
Gross margin – 37.9% 7.3%
EBITDA margin – 19.1% 2.9%
Operating margin – 12.2% 1.7%
Pretax margin – 11.3% 1.5%
Net margin – 7.7% 0.6%
FCF margin – 11.3% 0.9%
Operating cash flow margin – 17.4% 1.8%
Return on equity – 14.5% 6.3%
Return on assets – 6.9% 2.1%
Return on invested capital – 8.8% 3.6%
Return on capital employed – 9.8% 5.3%
Asset turnover – 0.7x 2.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.2x 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCOOTDARDOLE
Debt / assets 52.9% 35.9% 24.4%
Debt / equity 3.9x 0.7x 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.6x 2.9x
Debt / FCF – 4.5x 13.1x
Liabilities / assets 86.3% 51.7% 68.1%
Equity / assets 13.7% 48.3% 31.9%
Interest coverage – 2.7x 2.7x
Current ratio 0.6x 1.6x 1.3x
Quick ratio 0.3x 0.8x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.1x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 2.58 2.81

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCOOTDARDOLE
Dividend yield – – 2.7%
Net buyback yield – 0.8% 1.2%
Shareholder yield – 0.8% 3.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 34.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 38.8%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 3.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 2.1%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCOOTDARDOLE
Forward P/E – 8.8xFY2026 10.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $6.33FY2026 $1.28FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +1,523.1%FY2026 +6.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +1.6% +12.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $7.11BFY2026 $9.28BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +15.8%FY2026 +1.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -5.2% +0.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCOOTDARDOLE
Held by institutions – 100.0% 72.0%
Institutions holding – 613 208
Change in shares held, QoQ – +1.5% +1.0%
Institutions buying – 329 122
Institutions selling – 204 65
Buyers to sellers – 1.61 1.88

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

COOTDARDOLE
COOT 1.00 0.07 0.03
DAR 0.07 1.00 0.06
DOLE 0.03 0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COOT, DAR and DOLE?

Darling Ingredients (DAR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) $10.04M, Darling Ingredients (DAR) $8.78B, Dole (DOLE) $1.25B.

Which stock is cheaper, COOT, DAR and DOLE?

Darling Ingredients (DAR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Darling Ingredients (DAR) 14.8x, Dole (DOLE) 21.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Darling Ingredients (DAR) is cheapest (Darling Ingredients (DAR) 8.8x, Dole (DOLE) 10.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Darling Ingredients (DAR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Darling Ingredients (DAR) +36.3%, Dole (DOLE) +8.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Darling Ingredients (DAR) has the highest net margin (Darling Ingredients (DAR) 7.7%, Dole (DOLE) 0.6%). On return on invested capital, Darling Ingredients (DAR) leads (Darling Ingredients (DAR) 8.8%, Dole (DOLE) 3.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Darling Ingredients (DAR) returned the most: Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) -78.9%, Darling Ingredients (DAR) +61.5%, Dole (DOLE) +2.7%. Over five years, Dole (DOLE) compounded fastest (Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) -48.8%/yr, Darling Ingredients (DAR) -7.9%/yr, Dole (DOLE) -2.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Dole (DOLE) 2.73%. Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) and Darling Ingredients (DAR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Dole (DOLE) has been the steadiest (Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) 91.8%, Darling Ingredients (DAR) 33.2%, Dole (DOLE) 23.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, COOT, DAR and DOLE?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Darling Ingredients (DAR) leads on 9. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.