stockrowDarling 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
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Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR) Gross margin
Darling Ingredients Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 26.8%, up 2.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (24.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 21.5% (fiscal 2017) to 26.2% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is below the Packaged Foods industry median of 28.4% and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 34.6%.
Gross margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Gross margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 24.0% | 1.65 |
| FY2024 | 22.4% | (1.87) |
| FY2023 | 24.2% | 0.81 |
| FY2022 | 23.4% | (2.77) |
| FY2021 | 26.2% | 1.47 |
| FY2020 | 24.7% | 1.69 |
| FY2019 | 23.0% | 1.15 |
| FY2018 | 21.9% | 0.40 |
| FY2017 | 21.5% | (0.83) |
| FY2016 | 22.3% | 0.57 |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Gross margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 26.7% | (2.54) |
| Jun 2026 | 29.2% | 3.09 |
| Mar 2026 | 26.1% | 1.01 |
| Dec 2025 | 25.1% | 0.35 |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Gross margin against peers
| Company | Gross margin |
|---|---|
| CPB The Campbell's Company compare | 28.1% |
| DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. | 26.8% |
| CAG Conagra Brands compare | 23.8% |
| INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare | 23.7% |
| LW Lamb Weston compare | 19.4% |
| HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare | 15.7% |
| SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare | 12.6% |
| PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare | 7.90% |
| MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare | — |
| Packaged Foods industry median | 28.4% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 34.6% |
| Market median | 45.1% |
What Gross margin is
Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.
Gross Profit ÷ Revenue
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