CRESY vs DAR vs INGR Stock Comparison

Cresud, Darling Ingredients and Ingredion Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CRESY Cresud Inc
$10.96 -13.8% 1M -5.4% 1Y
Market cap
$777.40M
P/E
6.0x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
5.75%
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
5 wins
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
3 wins
INGR Ingredion Inc
$94.79 -2.0% 1M -19.3% 1Y
Market cap
$5.98B
P/E
10.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.22B
Div. yield
3.47%
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Cresud leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Cresud 5, Ingredion 4, Darling Ingredients 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCRESYDARINGRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $777.40M $8.78B $5.98B DAR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 6.0x 14.8x 10.1x CRESY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.7x 8.8x 8.9x CRESY
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +36.3% -1.4% DAR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 7.7% 8.2% INGR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 8.8% 10.1% INGR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.6x 0.8x INGR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 5.75% — 3.47% CRESY
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -5.4% +61.5% -19.3% DAR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +17.8%/yr -7.9%/yr -0.1%/yr CRESY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.7% 33.2% 18.3% INGR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 88/100 72/100 77/100 CRESY

Percentile Scorecard

CRESYDARINGR

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

AxisCRESYDARINGR
Valuation 100 #1 of 34 58 #15 of 34 67 #12 of 34
Growth – 97 #2 of 31 43 #18 of 31
Profitability – 100 #1 of 29 96 #2 of 29
Financial Health 71 #11 of 36 66 #13 of 36 89 #5 of 36
Shareholder Returns 92 #3 of 25 38 #16 of 25 88 #4 of 25
Overall 88 72 77
  • CRESY ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • DAR ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • INGR ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCRESYDARINGRSPY
1 month -13.8%-9.2%-2.0% -0.2%
3 months -3.8%-4.7%-7.7% +3.9%
6 months -2.7%-9.2%-16.1% +8.2%
Year to date -13.2%+54.6%-14.0% +12.9%
1 year -5.4%+61.5%-19.3% +12.3%
3 years +62.1%+30.1%+2.3% +87.4%
3 years, per year +17.5%+9.2%+0.8% +23.3%
5 years +126.4%-33.8%-0.3% +67.9%
5 years, per year +17.8%-7.9%-0.1% +10.9%
10 years -29.3%+314.2%-26.6% +261.1%
10 years, per year -3.4%+15.3%-3.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCRESYDARINGRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.7%33.2%18.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.0%31.2%19.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.950.220.09 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.131.85-1.06 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.9%-68.3%-39.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -22.3%-18.6%-21.3% -1.2%
52-week high $14.11$68.35$120.41 $779.14
52-week low $10.37$31.92$94.18 $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.

MultipleCRESYDARINGR
P/E now vs peer median 6.0xmedian 14.8x 14.8xmedian 14.8x 10.1xmedian 14.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 0.5x 1.1xmedian 0.5x 0.8xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.1x 8.5xmedian 9.1x 6.3xmedian 9.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 8.4xmedian 15.0x 10.0xmedian 15.0x 16.8xmedian 15.0x
P/B now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.1x 1.7xmedian 1.1x 1.3xmedian 1.1x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.28 -1.76median 1.28 3.63median 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 monthsCRESYDARINGR
Revenue – $7.77B $7.22B
Gross profit – $2.95B $1.71B
Operating income – $951.18M $860.00M
Net income – $606.26M $596.00M
Free cash flow – $881.25M $355.00M
EPS (diluted) – $3.72 $9.26
Cash & equivalents $192.05M $160.74M $948.00M
Total debt $4.42B $3.95B $1.78B
Shares (diluted) – 160.63M 63.90M
Enterprise value -$766.61M $8.39B $2.15B

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
MetricCRESYDARINGR
P/E 6.0x 14.8x 10.1x
P/FCF 8.4x 10.0x 16.8x
P/Operating cash flow – 6.5x 7.4x
P/S 0.8x 1.1x 0.8x
P/B 0.4x 1.7x 1.3x
P/Tangible book 0.4x 2.0x 1.4x
EV/EBITDA – 8.5x 6.3x
EV/EBIT – 13.2x 7.9x
EV/Revenue – 1.6x 0.9x
EV/FCF – 14.3x 19.2x
EV/Operating cash flow – 9.3x 8.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -1.76 3.63

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCRESYDARINGR
Revenue growth (1Y) – 36.3% -1.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 3.2% -4.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 126.1% -8.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 22.9% 1.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 231.6% -12.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -5.6% -0.8%
Net income growth (1Y) – 434.9% -12.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -8.7% 1.3%
EPS growth (1Y) – 464.4% -10.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -8.4% 2.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 64.1% -31.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 16.3% 22.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 60.5% -56.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 31.9% 41.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCRESYDARINGR
Gross margin – 37.9% 23.7%
EBITDA margin – 19.1% 15.0%
Operating margin – 12.2% 11.9%
Pretax margin – 11.3% 11.3%
Net margin – 7.7% 8.2%
FCF margin – 11.3% 4.9%
Operating cash flow margin – 17.4% 11.2%
Return on equity – 14.5% 13.4%
Return on assets – 6.9% 7.5%
Return on invested capital – 8.8% 10.1%
Return on capital employed – 9.8% 12.8%
Asset turnover – 0.7x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.2x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCRESYDARINGR
Debt / assets 27.9% 35.9% 22.1%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.7x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.6x 0.8x
Debt / FCF – 4.5x 5.0x
Liabilities / assets 56.5% 51.7% 43.9%
Equity / assets 43.5% 48.3% 56.1%
Interest coverage – 2.7x 10.8x
Current ratio 1.5x 1.6x 2.8x
Quick ratio 1.5x 0.8x 1.9x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.1x 0.8x
Altman Z-score – 2.58 3.59

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCRESYDARINGR
Dividend yield 5.7% – 3.5%
Net buyback yield – 0.8% 3.1%
Shareholder yield 5.7% 0.8% 6.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusCRESYDARINGR
Forward P/E 7.7xFY2027 8.8xFY2026 8.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.42FY2027 $6.33FY2026 $10.67FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -61.2%FY2027 +1,523.1%FY2026 -4.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +21.1% +1.6% +0.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.11BFY2027 $7.11BFY2026 $7.35BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +21.8%FY2027 +15.8%FY2026 +1.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.5% -5.2% -3.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCRESYDARINGR
Held by institutions 18.9% 100.0% 98.4%
Institutions holding 58 613 613
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.8% +1.5% +0.1%
Institutions buying 24 329 295
Institutions selling 13 204 225
Buyers to sellers 1.85 1.61 1.31

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.

CRESYDARINGR
CRESY 1.00 0.16 0.12
DAR 0.16 1.00 0.15
INGR 0.12 0.15 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CRESY, DAR and INGR?

Darling Ingredients (DAR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cresud (CRESY) $777.40M, Darling Ingredients (DAR) $8.78B, Ingredion (INGR) $5.98B.

Which stock is cheaper, CRESY, DAR and INGR?

Cresud (CRESY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cresud (CRESY) 6.0x, Darling Ingredients (DAR) 14.8x, Ingredion (INGR) 10.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Cresud (CRESY) is cheapest (Cresud (CRESY) 7.7x, Darling Ingredients (DAR) 8.8x, Ingredion (INGR) 8.9x). 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%, Ingredion (INGR) -1.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ingredion (INGR) has the highest net margin (Darling Ingredients (DAR) 7.7%, Ingredion (INGR) 8.2%). On return on invested capital, Ingredion (INGR) leads (Darling Ingredients (DAR) 8.8%, Ingredion (INGR) 10.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Darling Ingredients (DAR) returned the most: Cresud (CRESY) -5.4%, Darling Ingredients (DAR) +61.5%, Ingredion (INGR) -19.3%. Over five years, Cresud (CRESY) compounded fastest (Cresud (CRESY) +17.8%/yr, Darling Ingredients (DAR) -7.9%/yr, Ingredion (INGR) -0.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Cresud (CRESY) has the highest dividend yield: Cresud (CRESY) 5.75%, Ingredion (INGR) 3.47%. Darling Ingredients (DAR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ingredion (INGR) has been the steadiest (Cresud (CRESY) 40.7%, Darling Ingredients (DAR) 33.2%, Ingredion (INGR) 18.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CRESY, DAR and INGR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Cresud (CRESY) leads on 5. 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.