CRESY vs DAR vs XHR Stock Comparison

Cresud, Darling Ingredients and Xenia Hotels & Resorts Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CRESY Cresud Inc
$10.96 -13.8% 1M -5.4% 1Y
Market cap
$704.30M
P/E
6.0x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
4 wins
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc.
$55.67 -9.2% 1M +61.5% 1Y
Market cap
$8.79B
P/E
14.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.77B
Div. yield
–
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Darling Ingredients leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Darling Ingredients 6, Cresud 4, Xenia Hotels & Resorts 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCRESYDARXHRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $704.30M $8.79B $1.90B DAR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 6.0x 14.7x -263.2x CRESY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.7x 8.8x — CRESY
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +36.3% +1.6% DAR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 7.7% -0.7% DAR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 8.8% 2.9% DAR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.6x 6.0x DAR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -5.4% +61.5% +56.0% DAR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +17.8%/yr -7.9%/yr +2.6%/yr CRESY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.7% 33.2% 27.4% XHR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 88/100 72/100 47/100 CRESY

Percentile Scorecard

CRESYDARXHR

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

AxisCRESYDARXHR
Valuation 100 #1 of 34 58 #15 of 34 72 #41 of 145
Growth – 97 #2 of 31 20 #113 of 141
Profitability – 100 #1 of 29 33 #90 of 134
Financial Health 71 #11 of 36 66 #13 of 36 41 #82 of 138
Shareholder Returns 92 #3 of 25 38 #16 of 25 67 #44 of 131
Overall 88 72 47
  • CRESY ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • DAR ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • XHR ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCRESYDARXHRSPY
1 month -13.8%-9.2%+11.6% -0.2%
3 months -3.8%-4.7%-7.0% +3.9%
6 months -2.7%-9.2%+25.8% +8.2%
Year to date -13.2%+54.6%+43.4% +12.9%
1 year -5.4%+61.5%+56.0% +12.3%
3 years +62.1%+30.1%+80.3% +87.4%
3 years, per year +17.5%+9.2%+21.7% +23.3%
5 years +126.4%-33.8%+13.4% +67.9%
5 years, per year +17.8%-7.9%+2.6% +10.9%
10 years -29.3%+314.2%+31.9% +261.1%
10 years, per year -3.4%+15.3%+2.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCRESYDARXHRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.7%33.2%27.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.0%31.2%28.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.950.220.54 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.131.852.05 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.9%-68.3%-54.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -22.3%-18.6%-7.1% -1.2%
52-week high $14.11$68.35$21.82 $779.14
52-week low $10.37$31.92$12.30 $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.

MultipleCRESYDARXHR
P/E now vs peer median 6.0xmedian 14.8x 14.8xmedian 14.8x -259.1xmedian 26.3x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 0.5x 1.1xmedian 0.5x 1.7xmedian 4.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.1x 8.5xmedian 9.1x 15.1xmedian 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 8.4xmedian 15.0x 10.0xmedian 15.0x 16.2xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.1x 1.7xmedian 1.1x 1.6xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.28 -1.76median 1.28 8.85median 1.91

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 monthsCRESYDARXHR
Revenue – $7.77B $1.09B
Gross profit – $2.95B $337.00M
Operating income – $951.18M $73.11M
Net income – $606.26M -$7.69M
Free cash flow – $881.25M $115.51M
EPS (diluted) – $3.72 $-0.08
Cash & equivalents $192.05M $160.74M $112.36M
Total debt $4.42B $3.95B $1.36B
Shares (diluted) – 160.63M 92.25M
Enterprise value -$839.71M $8.33B $1.36B

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
MetricCRESYDARXHR
P/E 6.0x 14.8x -259.1x
P/FCF 8.4x 10.0x 16.2x
P/Operating cash flow – 6.5x 10.3x
P/S 0.8x 1.1x 1.7x
P/B 0.4x 1.7x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 0.4x 2.0x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA – 8.5x 15.1x
EV/EBIT – 13.2x 42.6x
EV/Revenue – 1.6x 2.9x
EV/FCF – 14.3x 27.0x
EV/Operating cash flow – 9.3x 17.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -1.76 8.85

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCRESYDARXHR
Revenue growth (1Y) – 36.3% 1.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 3.2% 1.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 126.1% 3.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 22.9% 0.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 231.6% -30.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -5.6% -13.2%
Net income growth (1Y) – 434.9% -111.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -8.7% -28.8%
EPS growth (1Y) – 464.4% -112.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -8.4% -29.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 64.1% 5.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 16.3% -1.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 60.5% 356.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 31.9% 2.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCRESYDARXHR
Gross margin – 37.9% 30.8%
EBITDA margin – 19.1% 18.9%
Operating margin – 12.2% 6.7%
Pretax margin – 11.3% -0.6%
Net margin – 7.7% -0.7%
FCF margin – 11.3% 10.6%
Operating cash flow margin – 17.4% 16.6%
Return on equity – 14.5% -0.7%
Return on assets – 6.9% -0.3%
Return on invested capital – 8.8% 2.9%
Return on capital employed – 9.8% –
Asset turnover – 0.7x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.2x -23.7x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% 1.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCRESYDARXHR
Debt / assets 27.9% 35.9% 50.0%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.7x 1.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.6x 6.0x
Debt / FCF – 4.5x 11.8x
Liabilities / assets 56.5% 51.7% 57.2%
Equity / assets 43.5% 48.3% 42.8%
Interest coverage – 2.7x 0.9x
Current ratio 1.5x 1.6x –
Quick ratio 1.5x 0.8x –
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.1x –
Altman Z-score – 2.58 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCRESYDARXHR
Dividend yield 5.7% – 2.8%
Net buyback yield – 0.8% 2.6%
Shareholder yield 5.7% 0.8% 5.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – -9.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 0.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 32.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -68.0%

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.

ConsensusCRESYDARXHR
Forward P/E 7.7xFY2027 8.8xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $1.42FY2027 $6.33FY2026 $-0.02FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -61.2%FY2027 +1,523.1%FY2026 -103.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +21.1% +1.6% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.11BFY2027 $7.11BFY2026 $1.08BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +21.8%FY2027 +15.8%FY2026 -0.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.5% -5.2% +10.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCRESYDARXHR
Held by institutions 18.9% 100.0% 95.2%
Institutions holding 58 613 298
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.8% +1.5% -2.2%
Institutions buying 24 329 161
Institutions selling 13 204 90
Buyers to sellers 1.85 1.61 1.79

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.

CRESYDARXHR
CRESY 1.00 0.16 0.06
DAR 0.16 1.00 -0.05
XHR 0.06 -0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CRESY, DAR and XHR?

Darling Ingredients (DAR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cresud (CRESY) $704.30M, Darling Ingredients (DAR) $8.79B, Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) $1.90B.

Which stock is cheaper, CRESY, DAR and XHR?

Cresud (CRESY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cresud (CRESY) 6.0x, Darling Ingredients (DAR) 14.7x, Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) -263.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Cresud (CRESY) is cheapest (Cresud (CRESY) 7.7x, Darling Ingredients (DAR) 8.8x). 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%, Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) +1.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Darling Ingredients (DAR) has the highest net margin (Darling Ingredients (DAR) 7.7%, Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) -0.7%). On return on invested capital, Darling Ingredients (DAR) leads (Darling Ingredients (DAR) 8.8%, Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) 2.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Darling Ingredients (DAR) returned the most: Cresud (CRESY) -5.4%, Darling Ingredients (DAR) +61.5%, Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) +56.0%. Over five years, Cresud (CRESY) compounded fastest (Cresud (CRESY) +17.8%/yr, Darling Ingredients (DAR) -7.9%/yr, Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) +2.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Cresud (CRESY) 0.00%, Darling Ingredients (DAR) 0.00%, Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) 0.00%. Cresud (CRESY) and Darling Ingredients (DAR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) has been the steadiest (Cresud (CRESY) 40.7%, Darling Ingredients (DAR) 33.2%, Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) 27.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 6. 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.