Darling Ingredients (DAR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Darling Ingredients Inc. collects and transforms animal by-products and other organic materials into ingredients and products used in food, animal feed, fuel and other markets. Its operations help convert materials from meat processing, food production and used cooking oils into usable fats, proteins, oils and other ingredients.

The company’s businesses span feed ingredients, food ingredients and fuel ingredients. Products include animal nutrition ingredients, gelatin and collagen, and fats and oils used in food and industrial applications. Through its Diamond Green Diesel joint venture with Valero Energy, Darling also produces renewable diesel and other low-carbon fuels.

Founded in 1882, Darling has grown from an animal-by-product rendering business into an international company serving customers across North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Its operations include collection, processing and manufacturing facilities in multiple regions.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $50.58 to $52.26
• 50-Day Range: $50.22 to $67.66
• 52-Week Range: $31.81 to $69.98
• Volume: 1.87 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.59 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $8.13 billion
• P/E Ratio: 9.79
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $73.80
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Darling Ingredients Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Darling Ingredients scored higher than 89% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 23rd out of 163 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Darling Ingredients has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.92, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 9 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Darling Ingredients has a consensus price target of $73.80, representing about 43.3% upside from its current price of $51.51.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Darling Ingredients has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -0.88%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Darling Ingredients are expected to decrease by -0.88% in the coming year, from $6.85 to $6.79 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Darling Ingredients is 9.78, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.50.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Darling Ingredients is 9.78, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 25.63.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Darling Ingredients has a P/B Ratio of 1.69. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.67% of the float of Darling Ingredients has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Darling Ingredients has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.67, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Darling Ingredients has recently increased by 4.44%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Darling Ingredients does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Darling Ingredients does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.56

News Sentiment

Darling Ingredients has a news sentiment score of 1.56. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.47 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Darling Ingredients this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

4 people have searched for DAR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 33% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

9 people have added Darling Ingredients to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 29% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Darling Ingredients insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $704,303.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.90% of the stock of Darling Ingredients is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

94.44% of the stock of Darling Ingredients is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 10/28/2026
• Today: 11/10/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Food Products
• Sub-Industry: Agricultural Products & Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:DAR
• CIK: 916540
• Web: www.darlingii.com
• Phone: (972) 717-0300
• Fax: 972-717-1588
• Employees: 15,000
• Year Founded: 1882

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Darling Ingredients: $73.80
• High Price Target: $88.00
• Low Price Target: $57.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +43.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.92
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $5.26
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 9.78
• Forward P/E Ratio: 7.59
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $62.80 million
• Net Margins: 12.48%
• Pretax Margin: 15.77%
• Return on Equity: 17.76%
• Return on Assets: 8.38%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.73
• Current Ratio: 1.56
• Quick Ratio: 1.03

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $6.14 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.32
• Cash Flow: $3.88 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.29
• Book Value: $30.40 per share
• Price / Book: 1.69

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 157,800,000
• Free Float: 154,805,000
• Market Cap: $8.13 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.00