Darling Ingredients (DAR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Darling Ingredients Inc. develops, produces, and sells natural ingredients from edible and inedible bio-nutrients in North America, Europe, China, South America, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Feed Ingredients, Food Ingredients, and Fuel Ingredients. It offers ingredients and customized specialty solutions for customers in the pharmaceutical, food, pet food, feed, industrial, fuel, bioenergy, and fertilizer industries. The company also collects and transforms various animal by-product streams into useable and specialty ingredients, such as collagen, 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. In addition, it recovers and converts used cooking oil and animal fats, and residual bakery products into valuable feed and fuel ingredients. Further, the company provides environmental services, including grease trap collection and disposal services to food service establishments. It primarily operates under the Rendac, Sonac, FASA, Ecoson, Rousselot, Gelnex, and CTH brand names. The company was formerly known as Darling International Inc. and changed its name to Darling Ingredients Inc. in May 2014. Darling Ingredients Inc. was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $38.56 to $39.72
• 50-Day Range: $33.00 to $41.81
• 52-Week Range: $32.55 to $48.39
• Volume: 1.73 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.20 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.23 billion
• P/E Ratio: 22.65
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $53.22
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Darling Ingredients Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Darling Ingredients scored higher than 85% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 36th out of 151 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: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Darling Ingredients has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.89, and is based on 8 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Darling Ingredients has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 44.84%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Darling Ingredients are expected to grow by 44.84% in the coming year, from $2.81 to $4.07 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Darling Ingredients is 22.65, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.55.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Darling Ingredients is 22.65, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 16.31.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Darling Ingredients has a P/B Ratio of 1.33. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.03% 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 4.1.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Darling Ingredients has recently increased by 5.84%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

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.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Environmental Score: -3.70

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.03% 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 4.1.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Darling Ingredients has recently increased by 5.84%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.52

News Sentiment

Darling Ingredients has a news sentiment score of 1.52. 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 0.75 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 22 news articles for Darling Ingredients this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

5 people have searched for DAR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 67% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

5 people have added Darling Ingredients to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 150% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Darling Ingredients insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 2.62% 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.

DAR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have DAR shares performed this year?

Darling Ingredients' stock was trading at $33.69 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, DAR stock has increased by 16.3% and is now trading at $39.1810.
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How were Darling Ingredients' earnings last quarter?

Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE:DAR) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 6th. The company reported $0.63 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.48 by $0.15. Darling Ingredients had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.04% and a net margin of 4.88%.

Does Darling Ingredients have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of Darling Ingredients: Custom Blenders, Rothsay, Vion, Terra Renewal Services, RVO BioPur, Griffin Industries, Nebraska By-Products, and more.

Who are Darling Ingredients' major shareholders?

Darling Ingredients' top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.79%), Gates Capital Management Inc. (4.19%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.06%) and Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (2.76%). Insiders that own company stock include Randall C Stuewe, Brad Phillips, Der Velden Jan Van, Matthew J Jansen, John Bullock, Charles L Adair, Gary W Mize, Larry Barden, Patrick Mcnutt, Robert W Day, Kurt Stoffel, Joseph Manzi and Rick A Elrod.
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How do I buy shares of Darling Ingredients?

Shares of DAR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Darling Ingredients own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Darling Ingredients investors own include Humana (HUM), American Water Works (AWK), NVIDIA (NVDA), Waste Connections (WCN), TotalEnergies (TTE), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR) and Meta Platforms (META).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/06/2025
• Today: 2/21/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 4/24/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Fats & oils
• Sub-Industry: Agricultural Products
• Current Symbol: NYSE:DAR
• CUSIP: 23726610
• CIK: 916540
• Web: www.darlingii.com
• Phone: (972) 717-0300
• Fax: 972-717-1588
• Employees: 15,800
• Year Founded: 1882

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $53.22
• High Stock Price Target: $85.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $43.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +35.8%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.89
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $1.73
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 22.65
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.94
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $278.88 million
• Net Margins: 4.88%
• Pretax Margin: 4.46%
• Return on Equity: 6.04%
• Return on Assets: 2.60%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.89
• Current Ratio: 1.41
• Quick Ratio: 0.83

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $5.72 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.09
• Cash Flow: $7.56 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.18
• Book Value: $29.42 per share
• Price / Book: 1.33

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 159,050,000
• Free Float: 154,881,000
• Market Cap: $6.23 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.21