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
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Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR) Net margin
Darling Ingredients Inc.'s net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 12.5%, up 11.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (1.02%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.02% (fiscal 2025) to 13.7% (fiscal 2021) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 0.53% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.92%.
Net margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Net margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1.02% | (3.86) |
| FY2024 | 4.88% | (4.66) |
| FY2023 | 9.54% | (1.75) |
| FY2022 | 11.3% | (2.44) |
| FY2021 | 13.7% | 5.42 |
| FY2020 | 8.31% | (0.98) |
| FY2019 | 9.29% | 6.29 |
| FY2018 | 3.00% | (0.51) |
| FY2017 | 3.51% | 0.49 |
| FY2016 | 3.02% | 0.70 |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Net margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 14.9% | (7.55) |
| Jun 2026 | 22.5% | 13.80 |
| Mar 2026 | 8.66% | 5.33 |
| Dec 2025 | 3.33% | 2.09 |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Net margin against peers
| Company | Net margin |
|---|---|
| DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. | 12.5% |
| INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare | 8.21% |
| SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare | 5.94% |
| CPB The Campbell's Company compare | 4.14% |
| LW Lamb Weston compare | 3.85% |
| HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare | 2.82% |
| PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare | 1.75% |
| CAG Conagra Brands compare | −17.0% |
| MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare | — |
| Packaged Foods industry median | 0.53% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.92% |
| Market median | 1.06% |
What Net margin is
Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.
Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue
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