5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Darling International
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, food industry waste recycler DarlingInternational (NYS: DAR) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Darling's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Darling facts
Headquarters (founded) | Irving, Texas (1882) |
Market Cap | $1.9 billion |
Industry | Waste management |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $1.8 billion |
Management | Chairman/CEO Randall Stuewe |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 17.4% |
Cash/Debt | $38.9 million / $280.0 million |
Dividend Yield | 0% |
Competitors | Baker Commodities |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 98% of the 1,120 members who have rated Darling believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, All-Star marc64, touched on the trends working in Darling's favor:
I want to watch this, partly out of hopeful idealism, partly because they are a player in a niche that should be able to increasingly pay its way in its economic eco-system. ... [E]xpectations for a good 2013 makes this a longer term watch.
Basically, I expect macro "grow out of trouble" policies to be reality-challenged -- to be replaced by respect for industrial scale efficiency: reuse, recycle strategies that show profits. If we don't do a better job of managing food waste, we are cooked.
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