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.

61.37 0.50 +0.82%
Market cap
$9.6B
P/E
16.3×
Fwd P/E
13.8×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
1.92
Beneish M
−2.93
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.06
Total sells 4.25
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — 1 — — —
Sell — — — 3 — — 1 — — 5 1 —
Insider Ownership 1.86%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 9,610.00
Revenue 6,548.66
Net Income 606.26
Free Cash Flow 899.23
Net Debt 3,769.08
Current Ratio 1.56 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.74
P/E ratio 16.28
Fwd P/E 13.80
P/S ratio 1.49
P/B ratio 1.83
Past 5Y EPS Growth (26.19%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth 1,669.03% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth (11.93%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y revenue growth 11.02% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 136.38% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 33.06%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 71.65%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 66.53%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 71.18%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 1.62%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 Powerpack
2025 Powerpack
2024 Powerpack
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2018 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 127 114 105 179
Receivables 822 626 651 702
Inventory 759 577 528 605
Other 43 42 184 164
1,856 1,439 1,553 1,757
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 426 349 371 413
ST’ Debt 61 133 75 97
Other — — 25 21
998 1,044 1,035 1,123

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 6.11% 11.43% (2.06%)
Cash Flow 9.67% 11.15% 9.20%
Earnings (2.21%) (26.70%) (56.01%)
Book Value 9.31% 10.24% 7.27%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,551 1,724 — — —
’25 1,381 1,482 1,564 1,710 6,136
’24 1,420 1,455 1,422 1,418 5,715
’23 1,791 1,758 1,625 1,614 6,788
’22 1,366 1,650 1,748 1,768 6,532
’21 1,047 1,199 1,186 1,310 4,741
’20 853 849 851 1,020 3,572
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 153 533 — — —
’25 249 146 224 441 1,060
’24 264 147 274 154 839
’23 188 217 277 217 899
’22 152 209 277 175 814
’21 139 159 154 252 704
’20 35 229 207 154 625
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 66 407 — — —
’25 188 77 137 289 691
’24 173 51 209 96 528
’23 78 96 132 48 355
’22 82 130 179 45 436
’21 80 95 89 171 435
’20 (27) 168 145 61 347
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.83 2.41 — — —
’25 (0.16) 0.08 0.12 0.35 0.39
’24 0.50 0.49 0.11 0.63 1.73
’23 1.14 1.55 0.77 0.52 3.99
’22 1.14 1.23 1.17 0.96 4.49
’21 0.90 1.17 0.88 0.94 3.90
’20 0.51 0.39 0.61 0.27 1.78
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 7.78 11.51 16.36 18.20 10.25 56.16 55.71 38.97 32.55 26.00

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
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
Negative figures in brackets.

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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%

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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.

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