DAR vs AAON Comparison

Darling Ingredients Inc develops and produces sustainable natural ingredients from edible and inedible bio-nutrients for the pharmaceutical, food, pet food, animal feed, industrial, fuel, bioenergy, and fertilizer industries. The Company collects and processes animal by-products and recycled oils into ingredients. It operates through three reportable segments: Feed Ingredients, which generates maximum revenue and includes the collection and processing of animal by-products, used cooking oil, bakery residuals, pet food ingredients, hides, and fertilizers; Food Ingredients, which includes collagen, natural casings, and food-grade fats; and Fuel Ingredients, which includes renewable fuels, biogas, and energy products. The Company derives the majority of its revenue from North America.

AAON Inc is a manufacturer of air-conditioning and heating equipment. The products include rooftop units, chillers, packaged outdoor mechanical rooms, air-handling units, makeup air units, energy-recovery units, condensing units, geothermal heat pumps, and self-contained units and coils. The company operates through three segments: AAON Oklahoma, AAON Coil Products, and BASX. It generates the majority of its revenue from the AAON Oklahoma segment which derives maximum revenue, engineers, manufactures, and sells, semi-custom, and custom HVAC systems, designs and manufactures control solutions, and sells retail parts to customers through retail part stores and online.