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Darling Ingredients Inc.

DAR

Consumer Defensive · 61.61 +1.4% today

Partial group confirmationMarket checked 1 Oct, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

Darling Ingredients Inc.'s move is being confirmed by its market group.

DAR accounts for 11.0% of the group's measured movement across 7.0 effective names. raw member direction is mixed; 7 of 11 SPY-adjusted paths align to the upside. Capital-flow agreement is 1%, so confirmation is not yet clean. No verified headline preceded the measured group move.

MOVE ANATOMY

Is this move genuinely shared?

SPY-adjusted 5m paths
Role in the moveAligned contributor#4 of 11 by movement share
Group movement share11.0%Absolute path energy—not portfolio weight
Relative path+0.93%aligned
Effective breadth7.0 / 11broad
Relative alignment7/11upside path · 3 counter-moving
Capital-flow agreement1%not yet clean
SEQUENCE READ

PDYN, OKE, SSL moved materially before DAR. DAR crossed its material path threshold at 14:45 ET. PBA, GLNG, E followed.

What changed
  • Revenue increased 16.4% versus the comparable filing period.
EVIDENCE COVERAGE

7 of 11 members in Oil & Gas are active. 0 of 8 disclosed connections are confirming.

What would change this read
  • At least 8 of 11 durable members become active together.
  • Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
  • A filing-linked outsider such as WKC begins moving with the group.

Invalidation: The live read weakens if participation falls to 3 of 11 members or fewer.

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Research brief

The story so far

Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods

DAR accounts for 11.0% of the group's measured movement across 7.0 effective names. raw member direction is mixed; 7 of 11 SPY-adjusted paths align to the upside. Capital-flow agreement is 1%, so confirmation is not yet clean. No verified headline preceded the measured group move.

Evidence that supports
  • Revenue increased 16.4% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin improved 27.1 percentage points.
  • Net income increased 2959.1% versus the comparable filing period.
Evidence that challenges

No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.

What would clarify the read
  • At least 8 of 11 durable members become active together.
  • Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
  • A filing-linked outsider such as WKC begins moving with the group.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Oct 2, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations342
Usable filing statements119
Verified relationships8
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +7.4% year over year.
  • Operating cash flow covered net income at 16.87x in the latest annual period.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Operating margin changed -3.7 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Net margin changed -3.9 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
  • Restructuring and cost reductions has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
Questions before a position
  • P/E is 2200% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
  • EV/sales is 51% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Oct 1, 2026

61.61
6m-0.9%12m+99.6%24m—
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2022-01-01$4.7B+32.7%$3.90-0.1%
2022-12-31$6.5B+37.8%$4.49-1.8%
2023-12-30$6.8B+3.9%$3.99-1.1%
2024-12-28$5.7B-15.8%$1.73-0.6%
2026-01-03$6.1B+7.4%$0.39-0.8%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Credit and interest ratesnegative · 5 filings
“Adjusted EBITDA is calculated below and represents for any relevant period, net income/(loss) plus depreciation and amortization, restructuring and asset impairment charges, acquisition and integration costs, change in fair value of contingent consideration,…”
10-Q · Aug 7, 2026 ↗
Energy and commodity pricespositive · 5 filings
“Total net sales increased in the Fuel Ingredients segment primarily due to higher energy prices.”
10-Q · Aug 7, 2026 ↗
Input and raw-material costsmixed · 5 filings
“These new or increasingly stringent legal or regulatory requirements could result in significantly increased costs of compliance and additional investments in facilities and equipment, and reduced raw material supplies in areas where these requirements limit…”
10-Q · Aug 7, 2026 ↗
Legal and regulatory exposuremixed · 4 filings
“These new or increasingly stringent legal or regulatory requirements could result in significantly increased costs 32 of compliance and additional investments in facilities and equipment, and reduced raw material supplies in areas where these requirements lim…”
10-Q · May 8, 2026 ↗

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 1.6× · EV/sales 1.6×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

61.61+1.4% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 1 Oct, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for DAR. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Latest filing assessment

Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing

10-Q filed 2026-08-07 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-06.

constructive
OperationsconstructiveEvidence score +4
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationmixed

Capital and cash conversion

Reported investment and cash context

Stock compensation / revenue
+1.0%
Inventory intensity change
-5.7 pts

Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.

What improved

  • Revenue increased 16.4% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin improved 27.1 percentage points.
  • Net income increased 2959.1% versus the comparable filing period.

What weakened

No thresholded deterioration was identified.

Filing receipts

“The increase was primarily due to increases in fat and protein prices, improved quality and consistency, and increased sales into higher-margin end markets.”

“The increase in operating income was primarily due to the recognition of approximately $18.5 million of net tariff recoveries recorded and an increase in sales volumes due to increased market demand during the three months ended July 4, 2026 that more than offset an increase in selling, general and administrative expenses as compared to the same period of fiscal 2025.”

“The increase in operating income was primarily due to an increase in sales volumes due to increased market demand and the recognition of approximately $18.5 million of net tariff recoveries recorded in the second quarter of fiscal 2026 that more than offset an increase in selling, general and administrative expenses as compared to the same period of fiscal 2025.”

Point-in-time filing assessment published from the live pipeline.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind DAR

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

AJGArthur J. Gallagher & Co.partnerMay 8, 2026 ▾

“Additionally, in November 2022 the DGD Joint Venture completed the construction of the DGD Port Arthur Plant, with a capacity to produce 470 million gallons per year of renewable diesel and 20 million gallons per year of renewable naphtha and having similar l…”

VLOValero Energy CorporationpartnerMay 8, 2026 ▾

“The Fuel Ingredients operating segment includes the Company’s global activities related to (i) the Company’s share of the results of its equity investment in Diamond Green Diesel Holdings LLC, (“DGD” or the “DGD Joint Venture”), a joint venture with Valero En…”

Depended on by

VLOValero Energy CorporationpartnerFeb 25, 2026 ▾

“DGD Loan Agreement DGD has an unsecured revolving loan agreement (the DGD Loan Agreement) with its members (Darling Ingredients Inc.”

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

DAR is currently a Participant in the organic co-movement group Oil & Gas. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.