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 equity

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Darling Ingredients Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.00%, down 1.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (1.35%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.35% (fiscal 2025) to 20.7% (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 0.42%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 1.35% (4.74)
FY2024 6.09% (8.99)
FY2023 15.1% (5.29)
FY2022 20.4% (0.29)
FY2021 20.7% 10.05
FY2020 10.6% (1.95)
FY2019 12.6% 8.21
FY2018 4.35% (1.48)
FY2017 5.83% 0.78
FY2016 5.05% 1.15

Against its own ten years

Low 1.35% High 20.7%
Ten-year median 6.09%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
LW Lamb Weston compare 14.2%
INGR Ingredion Incorporated compare 13.5%
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare 13.4%
CPB The Campbell's Company compare 10.4%
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation compare 8.61%
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare 4.30%
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. 0.00%
CAG Conagra Brands compare −24.9%
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare —
Packaged Foods industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.42%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

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

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