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) Operating margin
Darling Ingredients Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 17.9%, up 13.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.46%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.21% (fiscal 2015) to 18.7% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 2.53% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.70%.
Operating margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 4.46% | (3.73) |
| FY2024 | 8.19% | (5.80) |
| FY2023 | 14.0% | (1.76) |
| FY2022 | 15.8% | (2.90) |
| FY2021 | 18.7% | 6.59 |
| FY2020 | 12.1% | (2.08) |
| FY2019 | 14.1% | 6.61 |
| FY2018 | 7.53% | 2.90 |
| FY2017 | 4.63% | 0.07 |
| FY2016 | 4.56% | 0.35 |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 18.6% | (13.59) |
| Jun 2026 | 32.2% | 17.58 |
| Mar 2026 | 14.6% | 8.92 |
| Dec 2025 | 5.70% | 1.11 |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. | 17.9% |
| INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare | 11.9% |
| CPB The Campbell's Company compare | 8.74% |
| LW Lamb Weston compare | 7.80% |
| SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare | 7.59% |
| HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare | 3.47% |
| PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare | 3.40% |
| CAG Conagra Brands compare | −15.2% |
| MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare | — |
| Packaged Foods industry median | 2.53% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.70% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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