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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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 16.4%, EPS grew 2,950.0%, free cash flow grew 428.2% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | Low | 7.78 | 11.51 | 16.36 | 18.20 | 10.25 | 56.16 | 55.71 | 38.97 | 32.55 | 26.00 |
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| High | 15.93 | 18.65 | 22.38 | 28.29 | 59.00 | 85.98 | 87.59 | 71.60 | 51.12 | 42.15 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 10,000 | 9,800 | 9,800 | 10,100 | 10,000 | 9,900 | 14,600 | 15,800 | 15,500 | 15,000 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.36 | 0.48 | 0.45 | 0.43 | 0.37 | 0.41 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 3,392 | 3,662 | 3,388 | 3,364 | 3,572 | 4,741 | 6,532 | 6,788 | 5,715 | 6,136 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 22.31 | 21.48 | 21.88 | 23.03 | 24.72 | 26.19 | 23.42 | 24.23 | 22.36 | 24.01 | |||||
| EBT | 123 | 64 | 118 | 380 | 354 | 821 | 894 | 720 | 248 | 61 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 3.61 | 1.75 | 3.48 | 11.31 | 9.90 | 17.32 | 13.68 | 10.61 | 4.33 | 0.99 | |||||
| Net income | 107 | 133 | 106 | 321 | 300 | 657 | 747 | 660 | 286 | 70 | |||||
| Depreciation | 301 | 311 | 329 | 331 | 356 | 320 | 400 | 508 | 509 | 514 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 20.61 | 22.23 | 20.56 | 20.43 | 21.97 | 29.19 | 40.57 | 42.46 | 35.83 | 38.72 | ||||
| Earnings | 0.62 | 0.78 | 0.62 | 1.90 | 1.83 | 4.01 | 4.58 | 4.05 | 1.75 | 0.40 | |||||
| Cash flow | 2.38 | 2.49 | 2.42 | 2.20 | 3.84 | 4.34 | 5.05 | 5.63 | 5.26 | 6.69 | |||||
| Capex | (1.43) | (1.61) | (1.84) | (2.07) | (1.71) | (1.66) | (2.35) | (3.41) | (1.95) | (2.32) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 0.94 | 0.88 | 0.58 | 0.13 | 2.14 | 2.68 | 2.71 | 2.22 | 3.31 | 4.36 | |||||
| Book value | 12.61 | 14.13 | 14.17 | 16.06 | 18.17 | 20.61 | 24.20 | 29.36 | 27.99 | 30.35 | |||||
| Shares, m | 165 | 165 | 165 | 165 | 163 | 162 | 161 | 160 | 160 | 158 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 21.97 | 23.18 | 31.03 | 14.70 | 31.69 | 17.28 | 13.35 | 12.46 | 19.25 | 90.00 | ||||
| P/S | 0.65 | 0.82 | 0.94 | 1.37 | 2.63 | 2.37 | 1.50 | 1.19 | 0.94 | 0.93 | |||||
| P/B | 1.06 | 1.30 | 1.36 | 1.75 | 3.17 | 3.36 | 2.52 | 1.72 | 1.20 | 1.19 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 1.13 | 1.26 | 1.40 | 1.84 | 3.02 | 2.67 | 2.00 | 1.82 | 1.63 | 1.55 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 24.82 | 32.03 | 49.33 | 290.26 | 31.10 | 29.09 | 30.01 | 34.89 | 17.61 | 13.79 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 391 | 410 | 399 | 363 | 625 | 704 | 814 | 899 | 839 | 1,060 | ||||
| Capex | (236) | (266) | (303) | (341) | (277) | (269) | (378) | (545) | (311) | (368) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 155 | 144 | 96 | 21 | 347 | 435 | 436 | 355 | 528 | 691 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 441 | 397 | 357 | 229 | 312 | 336 | 570 | 858 | 396 | 519 | ||||
| Total debt | 1,751 | 1,714 | 1,674 | 1,649 | 1,508 | 1,463 | 3,385 | 4,427 | 4,042 | 3,937 | |||||
| Net debt | 1,636 | 1,607 | 1,567 | 1,576 | 1,426 | 1,394 | 3,257 | 4,300 | 3,928 | 3,832 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 2,076 | 2,328 | 2,336 | 2,643 | 2,954 | 3,348 | 3,896 | 4,694 | 4,464 | 4,810 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 2.16 | 2.66 | 2.06 | 6.11 | 5.42 | 11.08 | 9.62 | 6.39 | 2.64 | 0.62 | ||||
| ROIC | 2.61 | 2.69 | 4.08 | 7.05 | 6.15 | 11.66 | 8.99 | 6.60 | 3.49 | 1.98 | |||||
| ROE | 5.05 | 5.83 | 4.35 | 12.56 | 10.61 | 20.66 | 20.37 | 15.08 | 6.09 | 1.35 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
Darling Ingredients Inc. vs peers in Packaged Foods (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JBS JBS N.V. | $13.6B | 12.8× | 9.2× | +13.82% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +238.90% (above 0%: growing) | 10.83% | 2.50% | Compare |
| SJM The J. M. Smucker Company | $13.5B | 59.3× | 12.9× | +5.02% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +511.71% (above 0%: growing) | 44.14% | 23.05% | Compare |
| MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated | $12.3B | 8.3× | 15.7× | +17.39% (above 0%: growing) | −53.76% (below 0%: shrinking) | −45.61% (below 0%: shrinking) | 39.26% | 10.72% | Compare |
| MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. | $11.3B | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare |
| HRL Hormel Foods Corporation | $11.1B | 32.4× | 16.1× | −2.36% (below 0%: shrinking) | −66.67% (below 0%: shrinking) | +107.16% (above 0%: growing) | 15.92% | 2.49% | Compare |
| DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. | $9.6B | 16.3× | 13.8× | +16.37% (above 0%: growing) | +2,950.00% (above 0%: growing) | +428.22% (above 0%: growing) | 29.20% | 32.20% | |
| LW Lamb Weston | $7.5B | 28.9× | 14.4× | +0.66% (above 0%: growing) | −54.02% (below 0%: shrinking) | −47.29% (below 0%: shrinking) | 15.96% | 4.92% | Compare |
| SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. | $7.3B | 6.9× | 10.0× | −2.27% (below 0%: shrinking) | +27.08% (above 0%: growing) | −1.54% (below 0%: shrinking) | 12.95% | 7.86% | Compare |
| PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | $6.9B | 12.8× | 8.9× | −2.76% (below 0%: shrinking) | −96.00% (below 0%: shrinking) | −67.46% (below 0%: shrinking) | 7.34% | 1.43% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $11.2B | 12.8× | 12.9× | +0.66% | −54.02% | −1.54% | 15.92% | 4.92% |
Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR) key facts
- Concern: Net income was $70.4 million, or $0.40 per share (basic), a net margin of 1.02%.
- Strength: Darling Ingredients Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $6.1 billion, up 7.36% from fiscal 2024.
- Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR) is a Packaged Foods company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- As of October 16, 2026, DAR traded at $61.37, a market capitalization of $9.6 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 16.3× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.5× sales; its P/E is higher than 33% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- Return on equity was 1.35% and debt-to-equity 0.74.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.92 (grey zone) for fiscal 2025.