PYYX vs SMG vs DAR Stock Comparison

Pyxus International, Scotts Miracle-Gro and Darling Ingredients Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
PYYX Pyxus International, Inc.
$2.53 -21.2% 1M +1.2% 1Y
Market cap
$61.23M
P/E
2.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.34B
Div. yield
–
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
2 wins
SMG Scotts Miracle-Gro Co
$59.32 +16.5% 1M +7.7% 1Y
Market cap
$3.46B
P/E
46.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.48B
Div. yield
0.04%
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
1 win
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc.
$55.67 -9.2% 1M +61.5% 1Y
Market cap
$8.82B
P/E
14.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.77B
Div. yield
–
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
8 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Darling Ingredients leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Darling Ingredients 8, Pyxus International 2, Scotts Miracle-Gro 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionPYYXSMGDARLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $61.23M $3.46B $8.82B DAR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 2.6x 46.8x 14.8x PYYX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 12.9x 8.8x DAR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -0.6% +4.6% +36.3% DAR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 1.0% 2.1% 7.7% DAR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 2.0% 12.0% 8.8% SMG
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 5.9x 4.6x 2.6x DAR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.04% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +1.2% +7.7% +61.5% DAR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.5%/yr -16.7%/yr -7.9%/yr PYYX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 99.8% 38.5% 33.2% DAR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 59/100 55/100 72/100 DAR

Percentile Scorecard

PYYXSMGDAR

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

AxisPYYXSMGDAR
Valuation 73 #10 of 34 46 #19 of 34 58 #15 of 34
Growth 100 #1 of 31 87 #5 of 31 97 #2 of 31
Profitability 54 #14 of 29 86 #5 of 29 100 #1 of 29
Financial Health 11 #32 of 36 17 #30 of 36 66 #13 of 36
Shareholder Returns – 42 #15 of 25 38 #16 of 25
Overall 59 55 72
  • PYYX ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • SMG ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • DAR ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodPYYXSMGDARSPY
1 month -21.2%+16.5%-9.2% -0.2%
3 months -27.5%-19.0%-4.7% +3.9%
6 months -14.2%-9.3%-9.2% +8.2%
Year to date -28.1%+1.7%+54.6% +12.9%
1 year +1.2%+7.7%+61.5% +12.3%
3 years +110.8%+31.8%+30.1% +87.4%
3 years, per year +28.2%+9.7%+9.2% +23.3%
5 years +24.6%-59.8%-33.8% +67.9%
5 years, per year +4.5%-16.7%-7.9% +10.9%
10 years —-32.6%+314.2% +261.1%
10 years, per year —-3.9%+15.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasurePYYXSMGDARSPY
Volatility, 1Y 99.8%38.5%33.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 120.6%37.8%31.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.290.720.22 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.010.201.85 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -96.0%-77.3%-68.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -36.8%-19.3%-18.6% -1.2%
52-week high $4.00$73.48$68.35 $779.14
52-week low $2.11$48.44$31.92 $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.

MultiplePYYXSMGDAR
P/E now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 14.8x 46.7xmedian 14.8x 14.8xmedian 14.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 0.5x 1.0xmedian 0.5x 1.1xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 6.2xmedian 9.1x 12.2xmedian 9.1x 8.5xmedian 9.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median -0.7xmedian 15.0x 13.1xmedian 15.0x 10.0xmedian 15.0x
P/B now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.1x -16.5xmedian 1.1x 1.7xmedian 1.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.07median 1.28 1.28median 1.28 -1.76median 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 monthsPYYXSMGDAR
Revenue $2.34B $3.48B $7.77B
Gross profit $343.47M $1.11B $2.95B
Operating income $157.37M $382.50M $951.18M
Net income $23.64M $73.90M $606.26M
Free cash flow -$94.83M $263.30M $881.25M
EPS (diluted) $0.89 $1.25 $3.72
Cash & equivalents $175.91M $27.70M $160.74M
Total debt $5.71B $2.11B $3.95B
Shares (diluted) 26.06M 59.20M 160.63M
Enterprise value -$478.09M $3.39B $8.36B

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
MetricPYYXSMGDAR
P/E 2.9x 46.7x 14.8x
P/FCF -0.7x 13.1x 10.0x
P/Operating cash flow -0.9x 9.3x 6.5x
P/S 0.0x 1.0x 1.1x
P/B 0.4x -16.5x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 0.4x -6.2x 2.0x
EV/EBITDA 6.2x 12.2x 8.5x
EV/EBIT 7.4x 14.5x 13.2x
EV/Revenue 0.5x 1.6x 1.6x
EV/FCF -12.3x 21.0x 14.3x
EV/Operating cash flow -16.1x 15.0x 9.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.07 1.28 -1.76

Growth

14 metrics
MetricPYYXSMGDAR
Revenue growth (1Y) -0.6% 4.6% 36.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.6% -1.7% 3.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.8% 13.6% 126.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.4% 19.8% 22.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 17.6% 23.5% 231.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 8.5% 178.0% -5.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 657.0% 39.2% 434.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 44.7% 36.8% -8.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 529.6% 37.8% 464.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 43.2% 36.4% -8.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 71.6% 17.0% 64.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 26.2% -12.2% 16.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 66.0% 7.6% 60.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 21.9% -16.9% 31.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricPYYXSMGDAR
Gross margin 14.7% 31.8% 37.9%
EBITDA margin 8.1% 13.0% 19.1%
Operating margin 6.7% 11.0% 12.2%
Pretax margin 1.0% 7.2% 11.3%
Net margin 1.0% 2.1% 7.7%
FCF margin -4.0% 7.6% 11.3%
Operating cash flow margin -3.1% 10.6% 17.4%
Return on equity 13.4% – 14.5%
Return on assets 1.3% 1.9% 6.9%
Return on invested capital 2.0% 12.0% 8.8%
Return on capital employed 26.5% 17.6% 9.8%
Asset turnover 1.3x 1.1x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -3.1x 5.0x 2.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.0% 1.5% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricPYYXSMGDAR
Debt / assets 63.7% 66.7% 35.9%
Debt / equity 7.3x -10.1x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 5.9x 4.6x 2.6x
Debt / FCF -13.5x 8.0x 4.5x
Liabilities / assets 91.3% 106.6% 51.7%
Equity / assets 8.7% -6.6% 48.3%
Interest coverage – 3.4x 2.7x
Current ratio 1.3x 1.2x 1.6x
Quick ratio 0.3x 0.7x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.0x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 1.51 2.38 2.58

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricPYYXSMGDAR
Dividend yield – 4.5% –
Net buyback yield – 0.2% 0.8%
Shareholder yield – 4.7% 0.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 208.9% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 58.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 0.4% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 1.3% –

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.

ConsensusPYYXSMGDAR
Forward P/E – 12.9xFY2026 8.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $4.59FY2026 $6.33FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +22.7%FY2026 +1,523.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +7.2% +1.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $3.16BFY2026 $7.11BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – -7.4%FY2026 +15.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +9.8% -5.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersPYYXSMGDAR
Held by institutions – 86.5% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 465 613
Change in shares held, QoQ – +9.2% +1.5%
Institutions buying – 244 329
Institutions selling – 137 204
Buyers to sellers – 1.78 1.61

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.

PYYXSMGDAR
PYYX 1.00 0.12 -0.05
SMG 0.12 1.00 -0.11
DAR -0.05 -0.11 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, PYYX, SMG and DAR?

Darling Ingredients (DAR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Pyxus International (PYYX) $61.23M, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) $3.46B, Darling Ingredients (DAR) $8.82B.

Which stock is cheaper, PYYX, SMG and DAR?

Pyxus International (PYYX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Pyxus International (PYYX) 2.6x, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) 46.8x, Darling Ingredients (DAR) 14.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Darling Ingredients (DAR) is cheapest (Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) 12.9x, 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: Pyxus International (PYYX) -0.6%, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) +4.6%, Darling Ingredients (DAR) +36.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Darling Ingredients (DAR) has the highest net margin (Pyxus International (PYYX) 1.0%, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) 2.1%, Darling Ingredients (DAR) 7.7%). On return on invested capital, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) leads (Pyxus International (PYYX) 2.0%, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) 12.0%, Darling Ingredients (DAR) 8.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Darling Ingredients (DAR) returned the most: Pyxus International (PYYX) +1.2%, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) +7.7%, Darling Ingredients (DAR) +61.5%. Over five years, Pyxus International (PYYX) compounded fastest (Pyxus International (PYYX) +4.5%/yr, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) -16.7%/yr, Darling Ingredients (DAR) -7.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Pyxus International (PYYX) 0.00%, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) 0.04%, Darling Ingredients (DAR) 0.00%. Pyxus International (PYYX) and Darling Ingredients (DAR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Darling Ingredients (DAR) has been the steadiest (Pyxus International (PYYX) 99.8%, Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) 38.5%, Darling Ingredients (DAR) 33.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, PYYX, SMG and DAR?

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 8. 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.