Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR)Consumer Defensive | Packaged Foods | Irving, United States | NYSE
64.32 USD
+2.93
(4.773%)
⇧
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 64.10 -0.22 (-0.220%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:35 a.m. EDT
Darling Ingredients presents a compelling dichotomy between a fundamentally resilient business and a stock trapped by recent momentum. The company has delivered exceptional operational results, with revenue growing 16.4% and earnings surging nearly 30%, while management successfully reduced net debt by $223 million. These fundamentals justify a premium valuation, yet the market has punished the stock heavily, leaving it trading at a discount to its forward earnings potential. However, the price action tells a cautionary tale: despite the profit rebound, the stock has endured three consecutive years of annual declines, capping the long-term rating at a solid 3-star hold rather than a top-tier buy. The recent price action shows a tentative recovery, bouncing off key moving averages, but the statistical forecast models remain silent, offering no clear directional edge for the immediate future. Options activity confirms this uncertainty, with traders betting on a volatile 'gap' event rather than a linear uptrend. For investors, the thesis is clear: the business quality is excellent, but the path to the $79 analyst target will likely be choppy, requiring patience to navigate the lingering multi-year downtrend. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.145534 |
| AutoETS | 0.145534 |
| MSTL | 0.149835 |
| AutoTheta | 0.190393 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 46% |
| H-stat | 3.12 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.379 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.30 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 78.609 |
| Revenue per Share | 41.297 |
| Market Cap | 10,149,882,880 |
| Trailing P/E | 16.49 |
| Forward P/E | 11.21 |
| Beta | 1.02 |
| Profit Margins | 9.13% |
| Website | https://www.darlingii.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:35 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a volatile rebound rather than a steady grind higher. Call volume is heavily skewed toward out-of-the-money strikes (67.5 and 72.5) with significant new flow, suggesting bets on a sharp breakout above current levels. Conversely, put writers are establishing massive walls deep in the money (strikes around 15-25 for long-dated contracts), indicating a hedge against a severe crash or a belief that the floor is far below current prices. The implied volatility surface shows elevated premiums for deep OTM calls relative to deep ITM puts, reflecting asymmetric fear of a gap-up event versus a slow bleed.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.8631259 |
| Address1 | 5,601 N MacArthur Boulevard |
| All Time High | 87.59 |
| All Time Low | 0.25 |
| Ask | 64.28 |
| Ask Size | 200 |
| Audit Risk | 6 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.3 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 2,930,550 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 2,381,298 |
| Average Volume | 2,381,298 |
| Average Volume10Days | 2,930,550 |
| Beta | 1.019 |
| Bid | 62.5 |
| Bid Size | 500 |
| Board Risk | 4 |
| Book Value | 33.242 |
| City | Irving |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 1 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 64.32 |
| Current Ratio | 1.565 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 64.49 |
| Day Low | 62.4 |
| Debt To Equity | 78.609 |
| Display Name | Darling Ingredients |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,416,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,416,400 |
| Earnings Growth | 29.14 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 29.591 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,414,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,277,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,277,000 |
| Ebitda | 1,126,889,984 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.17208 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 12.617 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.171 |
| Enterprise Value | 14,217,863,168 |
| Eps Current Year | 6.41998 |
| Eps Forward | 5.73577 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 3.9 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 60.423 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 3.8969994 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.064495295 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 86.31259 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 69.98 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -5.6600037 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.0808803 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 29.15 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 35.17 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.2065179 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 29.15 - 69.98 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 779,117,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 155,637,860 |
| Forward Eps | 5.73577 |
| Forward P E | 11.213839 |
| Free Cashflow | 219,643,008 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 15,000 |
| Fullday Change | 2.93 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 4.77276 |
| Fullday Price | 64.1 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.26333 |
| Gross Profits | 1,724,483,968 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.012 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.08363 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 157,802,916 |
| Industry | Packaged Foods |
| Industry Disp | Packaged Foods |
| Industry Key | packaged-foods |
| Ir Website | http://ir.darlingii.com/ |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,398,400 |
| Last Split Date | 879,120,000 |
| Last Split Factor | 3:1 |
| Long Business Summary | Darling Ingredients Inc. develops, produces, and sells sustainable natural ingredients from edible and inedible bio-nutrients in North America, Europe, China, South America, and internationally. The Feed Ingredients segment collects and processes animal by-products into non-food grade oils and protein meals; bakery residuals into cookie meal used in poultry and swine rations; used cooking oil into non-food grade fats; and porcine and bovine blood into blood plasma powder and hemoglobin. This segment is also involved in the processing of selected portions of slaughtered animals into pet food, as well as of cattle hides and hog skins; production of organic fertilizers; rearing and processing of black soldier fly larvae into specialty proteins and fats for use in animal feed and pet food; and grease trap collection services to food service establishments. Its Food Ingredients segment engages in the purchase and processing of beef and pork bone chips, beef hides, and pig and fish skins into collagen; collection and processing of porcine and bovine intestines into natural casings; extraction and processing of porcine mucosa into crude heparin; collection and refining of animal fat into food grade fat; and processing of bones to bone chips and bone ash. The Fuel Ingredients segment is involved in the conversion of organic sludge and food waste into biogas; collection and conversion of fallen stock and certain animal by-products into low-grade energy sources; and processing of manure into natural bio-phosphate. It also provides environmental services, including disposal services; and yellow grease, fuel feedstock, and agriculture-based biofuels. The company sells its products under the Rendac, Sonac, FASA, Ecoson, Rousselot, Gelnex, and CTH brands. 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. |
| Long Name | Darling Ingredients Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 10,149,882,880 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_341990 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,783,123,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 597,928,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,934,400 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 9,687,521,013 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 12 |
| Open | 62.12 |
| Operating Cashflow | 1,351,406,976 |
| Operating Margins | 0.12892 |
| Overall Risk | 1 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 4.31 |
| Phone | 972 717 0300 |
| Post Market Change | -0.22000122 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.3420417 |
| Post Market Price | 64.1 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,805 |
| Previous Close | 61.39 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 10.018723 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.9349016 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.5499166 |
| Profit Margins | 0.091309994 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.771 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.25 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 2.93 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 4.77276 |
| Regular Market Day High | 64.49 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 62.4 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 62.4 - 64.49 |
| Regular Market Open | 62.12 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 61.39 |
| Regular Market Price | 64.32 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,202 |
| Regular Market Volume | 2,965,462 |
| Return On Assets | 0.03541 |
| Return On Equity | 0.12126 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.164 |
| Revenue Per Share | 41.297 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Key | consumer-defensive |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 1 |
| Shares Outstanding | 157,802,916 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0392 |
| Shares Short | 6,180,166 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 8,135,737 |
| Short Name | Darling Ingredients Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0396 |
| Short Ratio | 2.88 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TX |
| Symbol | DAR |
| Target High Price | 90.0 |
| Target Low Price | 65.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 78.58333 |
| Target Median Price | 79.0 |
| Total Cash | 163,742,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.038 |
| Total Debt | 4,171,198,976 |
| Total Revenue | 6,548,663,808 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 3.9 |
| Trailing P E | 16.492308 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 52.57795 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 11.74205 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.22332652 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 2,965,462 |
| Website | https://www.darlingii.com |
| Zip | 75,038 |