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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 9th. The company reported $0.05 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.10 by $0.05. The firm earned $896.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $890.91 million. Darling Ingredients had a return on equity of 3.99% and a net margin of 2.39%. Darling Ingredients's revenue was up 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.19 earnings per share. View Darling Ingredients' Earnings History.

Darling Ingredients is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November, 9th 2017. View Earnings Estimates for Darling Ingredients.

5 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Darling Ingredients' stock. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $20.00. On average, they expect Darling Ingredients' stock price to reach $18.60 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), MGP Ingredients (MGPI), Dean Foods Company (DF), SunOpta (STKL), Hilton Food Group plc (HFG), Premier Foods Plc (PFD), Amira Nature Foods Ltd (ANFI), Blue Apron Holdings (APRN), Wynnstay Group plc (WYN), Inventure Foods (SNAK), Real Good Food PLC (RGD), AdvancePierre Foods Holdings (APFH), Ingredion (CPO), Kraft Foods Group (KRFTV) and Kraft Foods Group (KRFT).

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 number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (12.21%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.27%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.45%), FMR LLC (6.81%), State Street Corp (2.59%) and Northern Trust Corp (2.10%). 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 Private Management Group Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Nordea Investment Management AB, Eagle Asset Management Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., BlackRock Inc., TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC and KBC Group NV. View Insider Buying and Selling for Darling Ingredients.

Darling Ingredients' stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, GMT Capital Corp, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Thrivent Financial For Lutherans, Vivaldi Asset Management LLC, Boston Advisors LLC and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. 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 $18.26.