Darling Ingredients

DAR

Market cap $5.28B

Overview Fund Activity

33.40 USD

-0.47

1.39%

At close Updated Sep 17, 3:16 PM EDT

1 day

-1.39%

5 days

6.61%

1 month

7.64%

3 months

-13.56%

6 months

12.8%

Year to date

-2.65%

1 year

-5.81%

5 years

-4.95%

10 years

181.14%

About: Darling Ingredients Inc develops and manufactures sustainable ingredients for customers in the pharmaceutical, food, pet food, fuel, and fertilizer industries. It collects and transforms all aspects of animal by-product streams into ingredients, including gelatin, fats, proteins, pet food ingredients, fertilizers. Also, the company recovers and converts used cooking oil and bakery remnants into feed and fuel ingredients. Darling has three primary business segments which are feed ingredients contributing the majority of revenue, food ingredients, and fuel ingredients. It provides grease trap services for food businesses and sells various equipment for collecting and delivering cooking oil. The company derives the majority of its revenue from customers in North America.

Employees: 15,500

Consumer Staples Packaged Foods

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Funds holding %

of 7,463 funds

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Analysts bullish %

of 4 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

130% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $205M | Put options by funds: $89.3M

54% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 83 | Existing positions closed: 54

26% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $5.04B [Q1] → $6.33B (+$1.29B) [Q2]

25% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 8 [Q1] → 10 (+2) [Q2]

5% more funds holding

Funds holding: 462 [Q1] → 484 (+22) [Q2]

3.66% more ownership

Funds ownership: 102.0% [Q1] → 105.65% (+3.66%) [Q2]

1% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 169 | Existing positions reduced: 168

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Research analyst outlook

4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target

$36

8% upside

Avg. target

$44

31% upside

High target

$50

50% upside

4 analyst ratings

3 positive

75%

1 neutral

25%

0 negative

0%

JP Morgan Thomas Palmer	$43	Overweight Assumed	20 Aug 2025
Piper Sandler Ryan Todd	$50	Overweight Maintained	28 Jul 2025
Baird Ben Kallo	$36	Neutral Downgraded	25 Jul 2025
Jefferies Lloyd Byrne	$46	Buy Maintained	7 Jul 2025

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Financial journalist opinion

Darling Ingredients And The Capacity Trap: When Scale Outpaces Market Absorption

Darling Ingredients continues to struggle despite long-term tailwinds, as short-term economics remain deeply unfavorable. Q2'25 earnings reveal weak net income driven by collapsing margins at the Diamond Green Diesel joint venture. The renewable diesel market is plagued by overcapacity and a collapse in RIN credit prices, squeezing profitability.

Darling Ingredients And The Capacity Trap: When Scale Outpaces Market Absorption

Darling Ingredients: A Sustainable Ingredients Leader Facing Cyclical Pressure But Offering Long-Term Value

Darling Ingredients is at multi-year lows, but its unique positioning in sustainable food and renewable fuels offers significant long-term upside for patient investors. Recent earnings have been weak due to depressed renewable diesel margins and volatile feedstock prices, but core feed and food segments remain stable and growing. Strategic catalysts include the Port Arthur sustainable aviation fuel plant, the Nextida collagen joint venture, and potential margin recovery in renewable fuels.

Darling Ingredients: A Sustainable Ingredients Leader Facing Cyclical Pressure But Offering Long-Term Value

The Motley Fool

Darling Ingredients Misses Fiscal Q2 EPS

Darling Ingredients (DAR -2.47%), a global ingredients processor specializing in upcycling animal by-products and food waste, reported its second quarter fiscal 2025 results on July 24, 2025. The company reported GAAP EPS of $0.08, far below the consensus estimate of $0.24, largely due to weak profitability in its Diamond Green Diesel renewable fuels joint venture.

Darling Ingredients Misses Fiscal Q2 EPS

The Motley Fool

Darling Ingredients Posts Q2 Profit Drop

Darling Ingredients Posts Q2 Profit Drop

Darling Ingredients Posts Q2 Profit Drop

Zacks Investment Research

Here's What Key Metrics Tell Us About Darling (DAR) Q2 Earnings

Although the revenue and EPS for Darling (DAR) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended June 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

Here's What Key Metrics Tell Us About Darling (DAR) Q2 Earnings

Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE:DAR ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call July 24, 2025 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Matthew J. Jansen - Chief Operating Officer of North America Randall C.

Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Zacks Investment Research

Darling Ingredients (DAR) Misses Q2 Earnings Estimates

Darling Ingredients (DAR) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.09 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.12 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.49 per share a year ago.

Darling Ingredients (DAR) Misses Q2 Earnings Estimates

Darling Ingredients Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2025 Results

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $DAR--Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) today reported a net income of $12.7 million, or $0.08 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2025, compared to net income of $78.9 million, or $0.49 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2024, driven by lower earnings at Diamond Green Diesel (DGD). The company also reported total net sales of $1.5 billion for the second quarter of 2025, compared with total net sales of $1.5 billion for the same period a year ago.

Darling Ingredients Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2025 Results

Zacks Investment Research

Countdown to Darling (DAR) Q2 Earnings: A Look at Estimates Beyond Revenue and EPS

Looking beyond Wall Street's top-and-bottom-line estimate forecasts for Darling (DAR), delve into some of its key metrics to gain a deeper insight into the company's potential performance for the quarter ended June 2025.

Countdown to Darling (DAR) Q2 Earnings: A Look at Estimates Beyond Revenue and EPS

Zacks Investment Research

Earnings Preview: Darling Ingredients (DAR) Q2 Earnings Expected to Decline

Darling (DAR) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

Earnings Preview: Darling Ingredients (DAR) Q2 Earnings Expected to Decline

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