Darling Ingredients
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
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Funds holding %
of 7,419 funds
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Analysts bullish %
of 3 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
68% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $126M | Put options by funds: $75.2M
67% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q3] → 5 (+2) [Q4]
7.24% more ownership
Funds ownership: 96.87% [Q3] → 104.12% (+7.24%) [Q4]
6% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 74 | Existing positions closed: 70
1% less funds holding
Funds holding: 461 [Q3] → 457 (-4) [Q4]
3% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $5.73B [Q3] → $5.58B (-$149M) [Q4]
22% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 143 | Existing positions reduced: 183
Research analyst outlook
3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$41
35%
upside
Avg. target
$46
51%
upside
High target
$52
72%
upside
3 analyst ratings
3 positive
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0 neutral
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0 negative
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Citigroup Thomas Palmer 37% 1-year accuracy 11 / 30 met price target | 45%upside $44 | Buy Maintained | 15 Apr 2025 |
Baird Ben Kallo 29% 1-year accuracy 11 / 38 met price target | 35%upside $41 | Outperform Maintained | 15 Apr 2025 |
Stephens & Co. Pooran Sharma 0% 1-year accuracy 0 / 3 met price target | 72%upside $52 | Overweight Reinstated | 23 Jan 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 4 articles about DAR published over the past 30 days
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
6 hours ago
Exploring Analyst Estimates for Darling (DAR) Q1 Earnings, Beyond Revenue and EPS
Beyond analysts' top -and-bottom-line estimates for Darling (DAR), evaluate projections for some of its key metrics to gain a better insight into how the business might have performed for the quarter ended March 2025.
Negative
Zacks Investment Research
4 days ago
Analysts Estimate Darling Ingredients (DAR) to Report a Decline in Earnings: What to Look Out for
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.
Negative
Zacks Investment Research
1 week ago
New Strong Sell Stocks for April 9th
CSIQ, ARMP and DAR have been added to the Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) List on April 9, 2025.
Neutral
Business Wire
2 weeks ago
Darling Ingredients Issues Statement on Tariffs
IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $DAR--Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) today issued the following statement regarding tariffs. Darling Ingredients is a resilient global business, operating 260 facilities across five continents. Our scale, geographic diversity and integrated supply chain enable us to adapt quickly to changing market dynamics and continue meeting customer needs around the world. The vast majority of the ingredients we produce in the U.S. are utilized domestically, with minimal expo.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
Darling Ingredients: Benefiting From Protectionist Policies And Biofuel Incentives
Darling Ingredients is a compelling stock in the circular economy, processing animal by-products and food waste into biofuels and natural ingredients for various markets. Despite FY24 challenges, new regulations and a protectionist energy policy are expected to boost growth and competitiveness starting FY '25. Management's focus on debt reduction aligns with high-interest rates, enhancing operational flexibility and potential for future investments and shareholder returns.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
Darling Ingredients Elects Soren Schroder to Board of Directors
IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $DAR--Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) today announced that it has elected Soren Schroder to its board as an independent director, effective immediately. Schroder will serve on the board's compensation and audit committees. “We are pleased to welcome Soren to our board of directors,” said Randall C. Stuewe, Chairman and CEO. “His extensive experience in operations, strategic leadership, financial management and corporate governance will be invaluable to Darling Ing.
Neutral
Business Wire
2 months ago
SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Kaskela Law LLC Announces Investigation of Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) and Encourages Long-Term Shareholders to Contact the Firm
PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kaskela Law LLC announces that it is investigating Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) (“Darling”) on behalf of the company's shareholders. Click here for additional information: https://kaskelalaw.com/cases/darling-ingredients/ Since July 2023, shares of Darling's common stock have declined in value from a trading price of over $70.00 per share to a current trading price of below $40.00 per share, a decline of over 42% in value. The investigation seeks to determ.
Neutral
Business Wire
2 months ago
Darling Ingredients Inc. Converts Wastewater Emissions Into Renewable Natural Gas, Cutting Scope 1 Emissions
IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $DAR--Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR), the world's leading company turning food waste into sustainable products and producer of renewable energy, today announced that it has begun making renewable natural gas (RNG) derived from wastewater at the company's Dublin, Georgia, rendering facility, reducing Scope 1 emissions while creating a new revenue stream. In partnership with GreenGasUSA, the RNG is injected into the City of Dublin's natural gas distribution system.
Neutral
Business Wire
2 months ago
GreenGasUSA and Darling Ingredients celebrate first pipeline delivery from Dublin RNG facility
DUBLIN, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GreenGasUSA and Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) today announced the first renewable natural gas (RNG) deliveries from a project located at Darling Ingredients' rendering facility in Dublin, GA. The project leverages Darling Ingredients' on-site wastewater streams to upgrade biogas to pipeline-quality RNG, reducing Scope 1 emissions while creating a new revenue stream for Darling Ingredients. The Dublin facility injected RNG into the City of Dublin's natural ga.
Neutral
Business Wire
2 months ago
Darling Ingredients Inc. to Participate in Upcoming Conferences
IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $DAR--Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR), the world's leading company turning food waste into sustainable products and producer of renewable energy, today announced that the company will participate in institutional investors meetings at the following conferences: BofA Securities Global Ag and Materials Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – February 26 Renewable Fuel Panel 2:45 p.m. ET Scotia Bank Howard Weil Energy Conference, Miami, Fla. – February 27 Fireside chat.
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