Darling Ingredients Inc.

DAR Consumer Defensive Packaged Foods

Darling Ingredients Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $6.1 billion, up 7.36% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+14.5%
EPS
+1,323.7%
Free cash flow
+428.2%
Total debt
−0.82%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

50.98 1.32 −2.52%
Market cap
$8.0B
P/E
9.5×
Fwd P/E
8.2×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
1.92
Beneish M
−2.93
Dividend safety
n/a

Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR) EV/EBITDA

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As of 5 November 2026, Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 8.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.8× (March 2020) to 18.2× (March 2021); the current reading is higher than 16% of that period. That is in line with the Packaged Foods industry median of 8.3× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 9.5×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 12.1× 27.29%
FY2024 9.5× 12.15%
FY2023 8.5× (7.32%)
FY2022 9.2× (12.81%)
FY2021 10.5× (23.57%)
FY2020 13.7× 78.86%
FY2019 7.7× (5.32%)
FY2018 8.1× (15.75%)
FY2017 9.6× 14.23%
FY2016 8.4× 1.50%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Sep 2026 9.0× 7.05%
Jun 2026 8.4× (39.66%)
Mar 2026 13.9× 14.82%
Dec 2025 12.1× 9.16%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 4.8× High 18.2×
Ten-year median 9.5×
Current reading's percentile 16

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
CAG Conagra Brands compare n/m
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare n/m
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare 5.7×
INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare 6.4×
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. 8.0×
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare 8.3×
CPB The Campbell's Company compare 10.1×
LW Lamb Weston compare 12.4×
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare 18.9×
Packaged Foods industry median 8.3×
Consumer Defensive sector median 9.5×
Market median 10.9×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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