Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods
Darling Ingredients Inc. DAR
$62.94 +2.11% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $10.00B
Strong growthStrong trend
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.72, up 464.2% year over year.
- Operating margin widened to 15.9% from 5.5% a year earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned +100.8%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 85.7 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 15%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 1%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 14%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 22%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 15%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 39%
- Gross marginBottom 32%
- Operating marginTop 19%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 31%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 42%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 37%
- Interest coverTop 2%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 29%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 29%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 26%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 27%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 47%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 1%
- 6-month returnTop 45%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 1%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 9%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 24%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 24%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 12%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 36%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 49%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 44%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 50%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 37%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 11.3% | 15.1% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 29.8% | 464.2% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 18.5% | 25.0% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 5.5% | 15.9% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 9.6% | 13.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 15.1% | 11.3% | ↑ | Top 15% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 464.2% | 29.8% | ↑ | Top 1% |
| Gross margin | 25.0% | 18.5% | ↑ | Bottom 32% |
| Operating margin | 15.9% | 5.5% | ↑ | Top 19% |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 1.8% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 13.4% | 9.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 8.5% | — | Top 39% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -2.0% | — | Bottom 22% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.26×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -6.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.70×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 372.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.36%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.36%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +24.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $74.50
- Target vs current price
- +18.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 25
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 84%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +72.1% | +4.1% | -1.4% | +6.6% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +48.2% | +2.3% | +0.5% | -5.1% | -3.6% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | -16.3% | +1.9% | +6.1% | +14.1% | +27.9% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | -7.7% | +11.4% | +7.6% | +9.5% | +29.9% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | -25.0% | -4.5% | -10.6% | -16.4% | -14.0% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | -180.0% | +0.4% | +6.2% | +3.9% | +18.5% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | +80.0% | +6.8% | +11.3% | -9.1% | -9.7% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | -72.5% | -1.3% | +4.2% | +9.2% | -8.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $2.41 | $1.40 | +72.1% | $1.72B |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $0.83 | $0.56 | +48.2% | $1.55B |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $0.36 | $0.43 | -16.3% | $1.71B |
| Oct 23, 2025 | $0.12 | $0.13 | -7.7% | $1.56B |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $0.09 | $0.12 | -25.0% | $1.48B |
| Apr 24, 2025 | -$0.16 | $0.20 | -180.0% | $1.38B |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $0.63 | $0.35 | +80.0% | $1.25B |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $0.11 | $0.40 | -72.5% | $1.42B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 16.9× | 18.2× | 38th | Top 29% |
| P/E (forward) | 9.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.4× | — | — | Top 26% |
| EV / Sales | 2.14× | — | — | Bottom 27% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 8.81% | — | — | Top 29% |
| Earnings yield | 5.91% | — | — | Top 29% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 9.9× – 133.7× since Jul 3, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +100.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +464.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -64.7%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 216
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -0.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +12.0%
- RSI (14)
- 49.0
- Relative volume
- 0.96×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 36.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 36th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.40
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.16
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -7.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -47.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2022 | Apr 8, 2025 | -68.3% | 711 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 1, 2021 | Jan 27, 2022 | -29.0% | 60 days | 57 days (Apr 20, 2022) |
| Mar 15, 2021 | Jun 18, 2021 | -21.4% | 67 days | 89 days (Oct 25, 2021) |
| Apr 20, 2022 | May 12, 2022 | -16.5% | 16 days | 17 days (Jun 7, 2022) |
| Feb 8, 2021 | Feb 25, 2021 | -13.4% | 12 days | 6 days (Mar 5, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $10.00B
- P/E (TTM)
- 16.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.72
- Revenue (TTM)
- $6.56B
- 52-week range
- $29.15 – $69.98
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.74B | $6.53B | $6.79B | $5.72B | $6.14B |
| Gross profit | $1.24B | $1.53B | $1.65B | $1.28B | $969.5M |
| Operating income | $884.5M | $1.03B | $949.7M | $468.2M | $395.8M |
| Net income | $650.9M | $737.7M | $647.7M | $278.9M | $62.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.90 | $4.49 | $3.99 | $1.73 | $0.39 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.42B | $1.42B | $1.38B | $1.48B | $1.56B | $1.72B | $1.55B | $1.72B |
| Net income | $16.9M | $101.9M | -$26.2M | $12.7M | $19.4M | $56.9M | $134.3M | $387.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.11 | $0.63 | -$0.16 | $0.08 | $0.12 | $0.36 | $0.83 | $2.41 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $704.4M | $813.7M | $899.3M | $839.3M | $1.06B |
| Capital expenditure | -$274.4M | -$392.8M | -$557.0M | -$332.5M | -$380.5M |
| Free cash flow | $430.0M | $420.9M | $342.3M | $506.8M | $679.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$167.7M | -$125.5M | -$52.9M | -$33.8M | -$34.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $160.7M
- Total assets
- $10.98B
- Total liabilities
- $5.68B
- Total debt
- $4.17B
- Net debt
- $4.01B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $5.25B
As of Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,749,143
- Days to cover
- 3.23
- Change vs previous report
- -7.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Nov 10, 1997
- 3-for-1