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) Return on assets

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Darling Ingredients Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.00%, down 0.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (0.62%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.62% (fiscal 2025) to 11.1% (fiscal 2021) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is in line with the Packaged Foods industry median of 0.00% and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.45%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 0.62% (2.02)
FY2024 2.64% (3.75)
FY2023 6.39% (3.23)
FY2022 9.62% (1.46)
FY2021 11.1% 5.66
FY2020 5.42% (0.69)
FY2019 6.11% 4.05
FY2018 2.06% (0.60)
FY2017 2.66% 0.50
FY2016 2.16% 0.57

Against its own ten years

Low 0.62% High 11.1%
Ten-year median 2.66%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare 7.60%
INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare 7.47%
LW Lamb Weston compare 3.50%
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare 3.07%
CPB The Campbell's Company compare 2.64%
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare 2.56%
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. 0.00%
CAG Conagra Brands compare −9.81%
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare —
Packaged Foods industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.45%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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