Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BUD scored 53.5, DAR scored 63.6 — DAR leads.
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Different reporting periods. DAR's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but BUD's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
BUD
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
Beverages - Brewers · Quality-Growth
53.5
$77.33 · $152.3B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
10.1
DAR leads
DAR
Darling Ingredients Inc.
Packaged Foods · Quality-Growth
63.6
$60.26 · $9.5B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestDAR16.2x
Fastest growthDAR+7.4%
Strongest balance sheetBUD0.72
Highest qualityBUD66 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueDAR-30%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
BUD
stronger →← stronger
DAR
66
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
63
41
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
60
57
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
68
DAR is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BUD
DAR
$11.2bA-
FCF
$881mC+
-0.7%D+
Rev
+7.4%B
0.72B
D/E
0.79B
16.7xB+
P/E
16.2xB+
1.60C+
PEG
4.31D
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
BUD
DAR
26% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
30% below
~-3%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-3%/yr
+34%
1-yr DCF upside
+37%
+36%
5-yr DCF upside
+44%
+38%
10-yr DCF upside
+53%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
BUD
Why this score
Raising its dividend
DAR
No notable signals flagged.
The companies
BUDAnheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
Beverages - Brewers · $77.33 · beta 0.78
Why now
Beverages - Brewers · market cap $152.3b. 11% off the 52-week high of $86.60. 11 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $95.62 (implying +24% upside).
Moat
Net margin 14% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. FCF converts 132% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. $152.3b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
DARDarling Ingredients Inc.
Packaged Foods · $60.26 · beta 1.05
Why now
Packaged Foods · market cap $9.5b. 14% off the 52-week high of $69.98. 12 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $81.58 (implying +35% upside).
Moat
ROE 12% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 147% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where BUD and DAR diverge
On the headline score the gap is 10.1 points in favor of DAR. The widest single difference is Growth, where DAR leads by 19.5 points.
GrowthBUD 40.7 · DAR 60.2DAR +19.5
ValueBUD 57.0 · DAR 67.9DAR +10.9
QualityBUD 65.9 · DAR 63.0level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is DAR or BUD the better stock?
DAR scores higher: DAR 63.6, BUD 53.5 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do DAR and BUD differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where DAR leads by 20 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. DAR also leads value, while quality is effectively level between them.
How are DAR and BUD scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.