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Darling Ingredients Inc.

Consumer StaplesFood Products
Ticker DARIRVING, TXFiscal year ends JanuaryBook value per share $32.62Diluted shares 160.8M

Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) develops and produces ingredients from edible and inedible biological materials, collecting and processing animal by-products, used cooking oil and bakery residuals for customers in food, pharmaceutical, pet food, animal feed, industrial, fuel, bioenergy and fertilizer markets. Its… From the company’s description.

In fiscal 2026, Darling Ingredients Inc. reported revenue of $6.14B, up 7.4% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $70.39M. Its operating margin was 4.5%, and operations generated $1.06B in cash. Over the twelve months to Jul 4, 2026, revenue was $6.55B.

Fiscal year 2026 · ends 01-02Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-07-04
Sales & profitability
$6.14BFY2026
+7.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $6.55B
4.46%FY2026
−3.7 percentage points
Last 12 mo 14.52%
$70.39MFY2026
−75.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $606.26M
2.74%FY2026
−3.8 percentage points
Last 12 mo 11.40%
Cash & financing
$1.06BFY2026
+26.3% year over year
Last 12 mo $1.35B
$679.24MFY2026
+34.0% year over year
Last 12 mo $881.25M
0.83FY2026
Was 0.92× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.75
160.2MFY2026
−0.8% year over year
Last 12 mo 160.8M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Darling Ingredients Inc. does

In the company’s own words

Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) develops and produces ingredients from edible and inedible biological materials, collecting and processing animal by-products, used cooking oil and bakery residuals for customers in food, pharmaceutical, pet food, animal feed, industrial, fuel, bioenergy and fertilizer markets. Its products include fats, proteins, collagen, blood products, natural casings, hides, organic fertilizers and renewable fuel feedstocks, as well as environmental services such as grease-trap collection. The company operates three reportable segments: Feed Ingredients, which generated 65.0% of fiscal 2025 net sales; Food Ingredients, 25.2%; and Fuel Ingredients, 9.8%. Feed products serve animal-feed and pet-food producers, among others, while food ingredients go to pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and food customers. Fuel activities include its investment in the Diamond Green Diesel joint venture and European bioenergy operations. Major brands include Rousselot and Gelnex for collagen, Sonac and FASA for specialty ingredients, CTH for natural casings, Nature Safe for organic fertilizers, and Diamond Green Diesel for renewable fuels. In fiscal 2025, revenue was $6.1 billion and the company employed approximately 15,000 people worldwide. Its website is www.darlingii.com.

Company details
Sector
Consumer Staples
Industry (SIC)
Food Products
Headquarters
IRVING, TX
Fiscal year end
January
CIK
916540
SIC
2070

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2011–2026 · USD
$-678.81M$1.36B$3.39B$5.43B$7.47B2011201220132015201620172018201920212022202320242026Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Darling Ingredients Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

470
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$3.38B
held by funds, at market
36.9%
of shares held by funds
4
bond issues held by funds

Largest fund holders · Darling Ingredients Inc.’s weight in each

iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF
IJH · iShares Trust
0.24%of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.01%of fund net assets
VANGUARD SMALL-CAP INDEX FUND
VB · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.11%of fund net assets
U.S. SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO
DFSVX · DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC
—of fund net assets
VANGUARD SMALL-CAP GROWTH INDEX FUND
VBK · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.24%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Darling Ingredients Inc.’s bonds, as funds hold them

Funds report holding 4 issues of Darling Ingredients Inc.’s debt, $472.31M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 5.74%, maturing 2027 to 2032.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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