Kalera AS (OTCMKTS:KSLLF) & Darling Ingredients (NYSE:DAR) Financial Review

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

94.4% of Darling Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Darling Ingredients shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Darling Ingredients and Kalera AS”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Darling Ingredients	$6.14 billion	1.58	$62.80 million	$3.71	16.58
Kalera AS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Darling Ingredients has higher revenue and earnings than Kalera AS.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Darling Ingredients and Kalera AS, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Darling Ingredients	0	2	10	1	2.92
Kalera AS	0	0	0	0	0.00

Darling Ingredients currently has a consensus price target of $69.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.20%. Given Darling Ingredients’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Darling Ingredients is more favorable than Kalera AS.

Profitability

This table compares Darling Ingredients and Kalera AS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Darling Ingredients	9.13%	12.98%	6.08%
Kalera AS	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Darling Ingredients beats Kalera AS on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Kalera AS

Kalera AS operates as a technology-driven vertical farming company. It produces pesticide-free non-GMO vegetables. The company's products include arugula, kohlrabi, onion, mixes, daikon and purple radish, and lettuces. It serves restaurant and food trade, including resorts and the cruise industry. The company is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.