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Darling Ingredients Inc.

DAR

Consumer Defensive · 66.91 -0.3% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 10 Sept, 14:55 GMT-4

Market read

Darling Ingredients Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 13 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 9 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

What changed
  • Revenue increased 16.4% versus the comparable filing period.
Company-0.3% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 13 activeRenewable Fuels · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 8 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • Three-month results benefited from higher fat and protein prices, improved quality and consistency, and sales into higher-margin end markets.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if DAR's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 13 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 9 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

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
  • Three-month results benefited from higher fat and protein prices, improved quality and consistency, and sales into higher-margin end markets.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 10, 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 observations326
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 1814% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
  • EV/sales is 60% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 9, 2026

67.51
6m+28.3%12m+116.4%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 1.8× · EV/sales 1.7×. 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

66.91-0.3% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 14:55 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 Follower in the organic co-movement group Renewable Fuels. 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.