Analyzing Darling Ingredients (NYSE:DAR) & Z-Trim (OTCMKTS:FBER)

Z-Trim (OTCMKTS:FBER) and Darling Ingredients (NYSE:DAR) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Z-Trim and Darling Ingredients, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Z-Trim	0	0	0	0	0.00
Darling Ingredients	1	1	10	1	2.85

Darling Ingredients has a consensus target price of $55.60, suggesting a potential downside of 2.37%. Given Z-Trim’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Z-Trim is more favorable than Darling Ingredients.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Z-Trim and Darling Ingredients”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Z-Trim	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Darling Ingredients	$6.14 billion	1.47	$62.80 million	$0.39	146.03

Darling Ingredients has higher revenue and earnings than Z-Trim.

Profitability

This table compares Z-Trim and Darling Ingredients’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Z-Trim	N/A	N/A	N/A
Darling Ingredients	1.02%	2.36%	1.08%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

94.4% of Darling Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. 82.4% of Z-Trim shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Darling Ingredients shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Darling Ingredients beats Z-Trim on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Z-Trim

Agritech Worldwide, Inc. does not have significant business operations. Previously, it developed products and processes that converted agricultural by-products into multi-functional ingredients for use in the food manufacturing and other industries. The company was formerly known as Z Trim Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Agritech Worldwide, Inc. in April 2016. Agritech Worldwide, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is based in New York, New York.

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.