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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 16.4%, EPS grew 2,950.0%, free cash flow grew 428.2% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR) EV/Sales
As of 16 October 2026, Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR) trades at a EV/Sales of 2.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.9× (February 2016) to 4.0× (March 2021); the current reading is higher than 74% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 0.9× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.0×.
EV/Sales, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | EV/Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1.6× | (4.50%) |
| FY2024 | 1.6× | (10.68%) |
| FY2023 | 1.8× | (8.99%) |
| FY2022 | 2.0× | (24.95%) |
| FY2021 | 2.7× | (11.78%) |
| FY2020 | 3.0× | 64.12% |
| FY2019 | 1.8× | 31.78% |
| FY2018 | 1.4× | 10.76% |
| FY2017 | 1.3× | 11.48% |
| FY2016 | 1.1× | 9.43% |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | EV/Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 1.9× | (13.32%) |
| Mar 2026 | 2.2× | 40.85% |
| Dec 2025 | 1.6× | 2.24% |
| Sep 2025 | 1.5× | (12.13%) |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
EV/Sales against peers
| Company | EV/Sales |
|---|---|
| MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare | n/m |
| JBS JBS N.V. compare | 0.4× |
| PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare | 0.5× |
| SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare | 0.5× |
| HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare | 1.1× |
| LW Lamb Weston compare | 1.7× |
| MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated compare | 2.1× |
| DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. | 2.1× |
| SJM The J. M. Smucker Company compare | 2.2× |
| Packaged Foods industry median | 0.9× |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.0× |
| Market median | 2.1× |
What EV/Sales is
EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.
((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)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)