profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Darling Ingredients
$55.36+2.18% today
+60.3% in 1 year
1-year low $32.131-year high $68.34
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $136.57 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Darling Ingredients sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $6.53 billion in 2022 to $6.14 billion in 2025, with $62.8 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Darling Ingredients handed back 5% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $35M
Free cash flow 2025$679M
Bought back its own shares$35M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$89M vs. $4.2B
Darling Ingredients vs. similar companies
Darling Ingredients grows the fastest of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darling Ingredients | 136.6× · Very expensive | ||
 Nestlé | 24.7× · Fair price | ||
 Danone | 24.3× · Fair price | ||
 JBS | 19.3× · Fair price | ||
 Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food | 28.8× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Darling Ingredients's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,572 | 4,741 | 6,532 | 6,788 | 5,715 | 6,136 | |
| 883 | 1,242 | 1,530 | 1,645 | 1,278 | 1,473 | |
| – | – | 698 | 600 | 282 | 414 | |
| 776 | 1,200 | 1,414 | 1,481 | 1,005 | 792 | |
| 297 | 651 | 738 | 648 | 279 | 63 | |
| 1.78 | 3.90 | 4.49 | 3.99 | 1.73 | 0.39 | |
| 24.7% | 26.2% | 23.4% | 24.2% | 22.4% | 24.0% | |
| – | – | 10.7% | 8.8% | 4.9% | 6.7% | |
| 8.3% | 13.7% | 11.3% | 9.5% | 4.9% | 1.0% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 5,613 | 6,134 | 9,202 | 11,061 | 10,070 | 10,299 |
| Cash | 82 | 69 | 127 | 127 | 76 | 89 |
| Total debt | 1,634 | 1,596 | 3,576 | 4,637 | 4,257 | 4,162 |
| Total liabilities | 2,659 | 2,786 | 5,306 | 6,367 | 5,606 | 5,489 |
| 2,892 | 3,281 | 3,809 | 4,605 | 4,378 | 4,737 | |
| 167 | 167 | 164 | 162 | 161 | 160 | |
| 7.4% | 14.3% | 10.9% | 8.4% | 4.6% | 2.5% | |
| 10.3% | 19.8% | 19.4% | 14.1% | 6.4% | 1.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 625 | 704 | 814 | 899 | 839 | 1,060 | |
| 280 | 274 | 393 | 557 | 332 | 380 | |
| 345 | 430 | 421 | 342 | 507 | 679 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 55 | 168 | 126 | 53 | 34 | 35 | |
| 23 | 22 | 25 | 33 | 21 | 22 |
Valuation
- 136.6×
- 13.1×
- –
- 1.9×
- 1.4×
- 12.6×
- 16.0×
- 7.9%
- 0.7%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 24.0%
- 6.7%
- 1.0%
- 15.5%
- 2.6%
- 6.8%
- 4.7%
- 2.1%
- 4.8%
- –
Growth
- +11.4%
- −26.2%
- +34.0%
- –
- −0.8%
Financial health
- 5.1×
- 0.88
- 40.9%
- 1.3×
- 1.50
- 1.03
- 0.59
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 8%of 670
Bottom 32%of 674
Bottom 2%of 624
Top 21%of 673
Top 30%of 668
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $65.33
- Range
- $57.00 – $75.00
- 8 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | 0.83 | 0.56 | +48.2% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | 0.64 | 0.43 | +48.8% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 0.12 | 0.13 | −7.7% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | 0.09 | 0.12 | −25.0% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | -0.16 | 0.20 | −180.0% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | 0.63 | 0.35 | +80.0% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 0.11 | 0.40 | −72.5% |
| Jul 25, 2024 | 0.49 | 0.45 | +8.9% |
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
24No pass
Benjamin Graham
43No pass
Philip Fisher
19No pass
Peter Lynch
25No pass
Joel Greenblatt
1No pass
Charlie Munger
14No pass
Terry Smith
16No pass
Questions about Darling Ingredients
Is Darling Ingredients a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, priced as if everything goes right. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Darling Ingredients AI analysis
What does Darling Ingredients do?
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. It is in Packaged Foods, based in Irving, TX, United States, with 15,000 employees.
Does Darling Ingredients pay a dividend?
No. Darling Ingredients does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $34.7 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is Darling Ingredients stock halal?
No. Darling Ingredients does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 49% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Darling Ingredients stock done over the past year?
Up 60.3% over the past twelve months, to $55.36. It traded between $32.13 and $68.34 and is 19.0% below its high.
Who are Darling Ingredients's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Nestlé, Danone, JBS and Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Darling Ingredients's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.