Darling Ingredients Company Profile (NYSE:DAR)

Darling Ingredients trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DAR."

Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE:DAR) released its earnings results on Thursday, May, 11th. The company reported $0.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.03. The business earned $880.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $842.52 million. Darling Ingredients had a net margin of 3.06% and a return on equity of 5.15%. Darling Ingredients's revenue for the quarter was up 12.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.01 EPS. View Darling Ingredients' Earnings History.

5 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Darling Ingredients' shares. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $19.00. On average, they expect Darling Ingredients' share price to reach $18.00 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Darling Ingredients.

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Darling Ingredients stock:

• 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Darling Ingredients Inc. is a provider of rendering, cooking oil and bakery waste recycling and recovery solutions. It collects and transforms all aspects of animal by-product streams into broadly used and specialty ingredients, such as gelatin, edible fats, feed-grade fats, animal proteins and meals, plasma, pet food ingredients, organic fertilizers, yellow grease, fuel feedstock, green energy, natural casings and hides. The Company also provides grease trap services to food service establishments, environmental services to food processors and sells restaurant cooking oil delivery and collection equipment. Darling Ingredients Inc., formerly known as Darling International Inc., is headquartered in Irving, Texas. " (7/18/2017)
• 2. BMO Capital Markets analysts commented, "Bottom Line: DAR's FY4Q16 $0.25 EPS exceeded our above-consensus estimate largely reflecting strong performance in DGD and a lower tax expense. DAR provided an optimistic view on both the legislative outlook (i.e., expect $1 biodiesel tax credit to be implemented retroactively, LCFS) and underlying fundamentals, particularly for DGD ($50-130 million EBITDA ex. the $1/gallon biodiesel tax credit). In addition, DAR continues to deploy capital to expand its global capacity across product lines." (3/2/2017)

Some companies that are related to Darling Ingredients include B&G Foods (BGS), Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT), Cranswick plc (CWK), Greencore Group plc (GNC), Dean Foods Company (DF), MGP Ingredients (MGPI), SunOpta (STKL), Hilton Food Group plc (HFG), Premier Foods Plc (PFD), Amira Nature Foods Ltd (ANFI), Wynnstay Group plc (WYN), Inventure Foods (SNAK), Real Good Food PLC (RGD), AdvancePierre Foods Holdings (APFH), Ingredion (CPO), Kraft Foods Group (KRFTV), Kraft Foods Group (KRFT) and Mondelez International (KFT).

Darling Ingredients' management team includes the folowing people:

• Randall C. Stuewe, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
• Patrick C. Lynch, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
• Dirk Kloosterboer, Director
• John F. Sterling, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
• John Bullock, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer
• Rick A. Elrod, Executive Vice President - Dar Pro U.S.A.
• Jan van der Velden, Executive Vice President - Ecoson Rendac Sonac (ERS)
• Charles S. Macaluso, Lead Independent Director
• D. Eugene Ewing, Independent Director
• Mary R. Korby, Independent Director

Darling Ingredients' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include SOUTHERNSUN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC (9.74%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.38%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.41%), BB&T Corp (0.36%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.21%) and Advisors Capital Management LLC (0.11%). Company insiders that own Darling Ingredients stock include John Bullock, Justinus Sanders and Patrick C Lynch. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Darling Ingredients.

Darling Ingredients' stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Independent Portfolio Consultants Inc., Adams Diversified Equity Fund Inc., BB&T Corp, Fulton Bank N.A., Capstone Asset Management Co. and CENTRAL TRUST Co. View Insider Buying and Selling for Darling Ingredients.

Darling Ingredients' stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fisher Asset Management LLC, Aperio Group LLC, Fox Run Management L.L.C., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Malaga Cove Capital LLC, Delta Capital Management LLC and Advisors Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Darling Ingredients stock in the last two years include Justinus Sanders and Patrick C Lynch. View Insider Buying and Selling for Darling Ingredients.

Shares of Darling Ingredients can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of Darling Ingredients stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.83.