Darling Ingredients (NYSE:DAR) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results

Darling Ingredients (NYSE:DAR) announced its earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported $1.67 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.70 by ($0.03), FiscalAI reports. Darling Ingredients had a return on equity of 17.76% and a net margin of 12.48%. The company had revenue of $1.79 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.79 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.12 EPS.

Darling Ingredients Stock Down 1.0%

Darling Ingredients stock opened at $54.92 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.44 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a current ratio of 1.56, a quick ratio of 1.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73. Darling Ingredients has a twelve month low of $31.48 and a twelve month high of $69.98. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $62.35 and its 200-day simple moving average is $58.12.

Key Darling Ingredients News

Here are the key news stories impacting Darling Ingredients this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Darling reported third-quarter net income of $267 million, or $1.67 per diluted share, compared with $19.4 million, or $0.12 per share, a year earlier. Revenue increased to approximately $1.8 billion from $1.6 billion. Darling Ingredients Third Quarter 2026 Results
• Positive Sentiment: Quarterly earnings exceeded the Zacks consensus estimate of $1.64 per share, supported by solid Feed Ingredients performance and improved renewable-fuel margins, which drove sharp EBITDA growth. Darling Ingredients Earnings and Revenues
• Positive Sentiment: Management reaffirmed its 2026 adjusted EBITDA target of $2.2 billion to $2.3 billion and said it is targeting net debt of $3 billion or less by year-end, supporting confidence in cash generation and balance-sheet improvement. Darling Ingredients Reaffirms EBITDA and Debt Targets
• Neutral Sentiment: Unusually heavy options activity included purchases of 23,197 call contracts, roughly 10 times average volume. This may indicate bullish speculative interest, but it does not change the company’s underlying financial outlook.
• Negative Sentiment: Although earnings beat the Zacks estimate, $1.67 per share was slightly below the broader consensus estimate of $1.70. Revenue of approximately $1.8 billion also came in below some analyst expectations, creating pressure on the stock despite the substantial year-over-year improvement. Darling Ingredients Q3 Earnings

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have recently commented on DAR. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Darling Ingredients from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 15th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Darling Ingredients from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Monday, October 12th. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded shares of Darling Ingredients to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 29th. UBS Group boosted their target price on Darling Ingredients from $78.00 to $88.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 22nd. Finally, TD Cowen upped their price target on Darling Ingredients from $70.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 27th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $73.80.

Insider Activity at Darling Ingredients

In related news, CAO Joseph Manzi sold 1,000 shares of Darling Ingredients stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $67.27, for a total value of $67,270.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 18,969 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,276,044.63. This trade represents a 5.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Patrick McNutt sold 8,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $67.09, for a total value of $536,720.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 35,777 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,400,278.93. The trade was a 18.27% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last three months, insiders sold 10,591 shares of company stock worth $704,303. Company insiders own 1.90% of the company’s stock.

Darling Ingredients Company Profile

Darling Ingredients Inc (NYSE: DAR) is a global developer and producer of sustainable ingredients and renewable energy solutions. The company collects and transforms animal by-products, used cooking oil, food waste and other organic materials into value-added products, helping divert waste from landfills and recover materials for reuse.

Its products include fats, proteins, meals, collagen, gelatin and specialty ingredients used in animal feed, pet food, food, pharmaceuticals and industrial applications.