At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestDAR16.8x
Fastest growthDAR+7.4%
Strongest balance sheetBF-B0.62
Highest qualityBF-B81 / 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)
DAR
stronger →← stronger
BF-B
63
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
81
60
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
31
68
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
70
BF-B is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
DAR
BF-B
$881mC+
FCF
$925mC+
+7.4%B
Rev
-0.8%D+
0.79B
D/E
0.62B+
16.8xB+
P/E
17.0xB+
4.31D
PEG
2.02C
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
DAR
BF-B
30% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
6% below
~-3%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~1%/yr
+37%
1-yr DCF upside
+10%
+44%
5-yr DCF upside
+7%
+53%
10-yr DCF upside
+2%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
DAR
No notable signals flagged.
BF-B
Why this score
Durable high returns
The companies
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.
Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries · market cap $12.1b. 17% off the 52-week high of $31.92. 17 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $28.26 (implying +7% upside).
Moat
Net margin 18% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 18% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 128% 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
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where DAR and BF-B diverge
On the headline score the gap is 7.7 points in favor of DAR. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
GrowthDAR 60.2 · BF-B 30.9DAR +29.3
QualityDAR 63.0 · BF-B 81.1BF-B +18.1
ValueDAR 67.9 · BF-B 69.6level
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 BF-B the better stock?
DAR scores higher: DAR 63.6, BF-B 55.9 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 BF-B differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where DAR leads by 29 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are DAR and BF-B 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.