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Darling Ingredients Inc

DAR
35.230USD
+1.520+4.51%
Close 11/25, 16:00ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
5.57BMarket Cap
51.71P/E TTM

Darling Ingredients Inc

35.230
+1.520+4.51%
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Darling Ingredients Inc

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-25

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. The company is performing well in the stock market, with strong fundamentals and technicals supporting the current trend. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Darling Ingredients Inc's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
7 / 96
Overall Ranking
78 / 4589
Industry
Food & Tobacco

Support & Resistance

Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 15 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
47.703
Target Price
+41.51%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Darling Ingredients Inc Highlights

StrengthsRisks
Darling Ingredients Inc. develops and produces sustainable natural ingredients from edible and inedible bio-nutrients, creating a range of ingredients and customized specialty solutions for customers in the pharmaceutical, food, pet food, animal feed, industrial, fuel, bioenergy and fertilizer industries. Its segments include Feed Ingredients, Food Ingredients and Fuel Ingredients. Feed Ingredients operating segment includes its global activities related to the collection and processing of beef, poultry and pork animal by-products in North America, Europe and South America into non-food grade oils and protein meals, and others. Food Ingredients operating segment includes its global activities related to the purchase and processing of beef and pork bone chips, beef hides, pig skins, and fish skins into collagen, and others. Fuel Ingredients operating segment includes its global activities related to the conversion of organic sludge and food waste into biogas in Europe, and others.
Overvalued
The company’s latest PE is 52.07, at a high 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 172.75M shares, decreasing 4.85% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by Donald Yacktman
Star Investor Donald Yacktman holds 1.49M shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-25

The company's current financial score is 7.32, which is higher than the Food & Tobacco industry's average of 7.08. Its financial status is stable, and its operating efficiency is average. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 1.56B, representing a year-over-year increase of 9.99%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 14.24%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.32
Change
0

Financials

7.29

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Total liabilities
Free cash flow
Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

Quality of Earnings

7.51

Operational Efficiency

7.25

Growth Potential

7.28

Shareholder Returns

7.26

Darling Ingredients Inc's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-25

The company’s current valuation score is 7.59, which is higher than the Food & Tobacco industry's average of 7.47. Its current P/E ratio is 52.07, which is 14.47% below the recent high of 59.61 and 100.00% above the recent low of 0.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.59
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E
P/B
P/S
P/CF
Industry Ranking 7/96
Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-25

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 8.53, which is higher than the Food & Tobacco industry's average of 7.37. The average price target for Darling Ingredients Inc is 45.00, with a high of 70.00 and a low of 34.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.53
Change
0

Support & Resistance

Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

Analyst Rating

Based on 15 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
47.703
Target Price
+41.51%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

54
Total
7
Median
8
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Darling Ingredients Inc
DAR
15
Mondelez International Inc
MDLZ
28
Hershey Co
HSY
24
Kraft Heinz Co
KHC
22
General Mills Inc
GIS
22
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc
IFF
21
1
2
3
...
11

Financial Forecasting

EPS
Revenue
Net Profit
EBIT
Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-25

The company’s current price momentum score is 8.81, which is higher than the Food & Tobacco industry's average of 7.32. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 36.51 and the support level at 32.72, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.95
Change
1.86

Support & Resistance

Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

Indicators

The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(1)
Neutral(2)
Buy(3)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
0.032
Buy
RSI(14)
59.849
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
73.954
Buy
ATR(14)
1.493
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
81.054
Neutral
Williams %R
1.096
Overbought
TRIX(12,20)
0.241
Sell
StochRSI(14)
100.000
Buy
Moving Average
Sell(0)
Neutral(0)
Buy(6)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
33.708
Buy
MA10
34.194
Buy
MA20
33.431
Buy
MA50
32.442
Buy
MA100
32.887
Buy
MA200
33.209
Buy

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-25

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 10.00, which is higher than the Food & Tobacco industry's average of 5.57. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 109.20%, representing a quarter-over-quarter increase of 2.45%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 14.82M shares, representing 9.37% of shares outstanding, with 3.96% decrease in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
10.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
14.84M
-4.75%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
12.82M
-3.32%
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
4.36M
+36.66%
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.
7.75M
+3.66%
Gates Capital Management, Inc.
6.95M
-12.15%
State Street Investment Management (US)
5.42M
-2.35%
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC
5.26M
+25.28%
Barrow Hanley Global Investors
Star Investors
4.83M
+14.57%
Citadel Advisors LLC
6.40M
+10.51%
EARNEST Partners, LLC
4.68M
+14.68%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-25

The company’s current risk assessment score is 6.70, which is higher than the Food & Tobacco industry's average of 5.41. The company's beta value is 1.26. This indicates that the stock tends to outperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences larger declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.70
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
1.26
VaR
+4.35%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+33.98%
240-Day Volatility
+48.84%

Return

Best Daily Return
60 days
+11.41%
120 days
+11.41%
5 years
+14.92%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-5.75%
120 days
-5.87%
5 years
-13.02%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
+0.55
120 days
+0.86
5 years
-0.14

Risk Assessment

Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+33.98%
3 years
+100.00%
5 years
+100.00%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
-0.14
3 years
-0.16
5 years
-0.10
Skewness
240 days
+0.57
3 years
+0.61
5 years
+0.20

Volatility

Realised Volatility
240 days
+48.84%
5 years
--
Standardised True Range
240 days
+4.02%
5 years
+6.07%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
+167.57%
240 days
+167.57%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+38.05%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+27.40%

Liquidity

Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+1.64%
120 days
+1.54%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
-2.14%
60 days
+15.58%
120 days
+8.13%

Peer Comparison

Food & Tobacco
Darling Ingredients Inc
Darling Ingredients Inc
DAR
8.11 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc
IFF
8.32 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Post Holdings Inc
Post Holdings Inc
POST
8.27 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Andersons Inc
Andersons Inc
ANDE
8.24 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Tyson Foods Inc
Tyson Foods Inc
TSN
8.17 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Central Garden & Pet Co
Central Garden & Pet Co
CENT
8.16 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
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FAQs

How does TradingKey generate the Stock Score of Darling Ingredients Inc?

The TradingKey Stock Score provides a comprehensive assessment of Darling Ingredients Inc based on 34 indicators derived from over 100 underlying data points.
These indicators are categorised into six key dimensions: financial health, company profile, earnings forecasts, price momentum, institutional confidence, and risk assessment, collectively providing investors with a thorough analysis of Darling Ingredients Inc’s performance and outlook.

How do we generate the financial health score of Darling Ingredients Inc?

To generate the financial health score of Darling Ingredients Inc, we analyse various key financial indicators across several core dimensions, including financial fundamentals, earnings quality, operational efficiency, growth potential, and shareholder returns.
By integrating these comprehensive data, the financial health score not only reflects Darling Ingredients Inc's overall stability, operational efficiency, and growth potential but also captures the investment returns delivered to shareholders. This score aims to support rational decision-making for investors and other stakeholders. A higher score indicates a better financial health of Darling Ingredients Inc.

How do we generate the company valuation score of Darling Ingredients Inc?

To generate the company valuation score of Darling Ingredients Inc, we use several key financial ratios, including P/E, P/B, P/S, and P/CF. These metrics compare Darling Ingredients Inc’s market value to its earnings, assets, sales, and cash flow, serving as core indicators for assessing company value.
By analysing these ratios in an all-round manner, the valuation score reflects not only the market’s current perception of Darling Ingredients Inc’s value but also its future profitability and growth potential, thereby supporting more informed investment decisions. A higher score indicates a fairer valuation of Darling Ingredients Inc.

How do we generate the earnings forecast score of Darling Ingredients Inc?

To calculate the earnings forecast score of Darling Ingredients Inc, we consider various key indicators such as analyst ratings, financial forecasts, support and resistance levels, and peer comparisons:
Current ratings and price targets directly reflect analysts’ expectations, while the upside space indicates their views on the stock’s growth potential.
Financial metrics like earnings per share (EPS), revenue, net income, and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) are core measures for assessing profitability.
By analysing the high, median, and low ranges of the target price, we can identify price trends and determine key support and resistance levels.
Comparing these indicators against peers provides context for the stock’s performance and helps anchor more realistic expectations.
These factors together form a comprehensive earnings forecast score that accurately reflects the stock’s expected financial performance and growth potential. A higher score suggests that analysts have a more optimistic outlook on Darling Ingredients Inc’s future.

How do we generate the price momentum score of Darling Ingredients Inc?

When generating the price momentum score for Darling Ingredients Inc, we examine momentum indicators including support and resistance levels as well as volume metrics.
Support levels represent price points where buying interest is strong enough to prevent further declines, while resistance levels indicate prices where selling pressure may hinder upward movement. By analysing typical price volume alongside total volume, we assess overall market activity and liquidity. These indicators help identify price trends and potential shifts, enabling more accurate predictions of future earnings.
This comprehensive approach can reflect market sentiment and enable rational forecasts of Darling Ingredients Inc’s prices. A higher score indicates a more stable short-term price trend for Darling Ingredients Inc.

How do we generate the institutional confidence score of Darling Ingredients Inc?

To generate the institutional confidence score of Darling Ingredients Inc, we analyse both the proportion of shares held by institutions and the number of shares they own. A higher institutional ownership percentage indicates strong confidence of professional investors, which is generally a positive signal about Darling Ingredients Inc’s potential. By examining the number of shares held, we gain deeper insight into institutions’ commitment and attitude toward the stock, as institutional investors typically conduct thorough analysis before making investment decisions. Understanding institutional confidence helps us refine earnings forecasts and provides a more reliable perspective on the company’s future performance and market stability. A higher score indicates greater institutional endorsement of Darling Ingredients Inc.

How do we generate the risk management score of Darling Ingredients Inc?

To assess the risk management score of Darling Ingredients Inc, we examine multiple key indicators related to returns, risk, volatility, and liquidity.
The highest and lowest daily returns reflect the potential size of gains and losses, while the Sharpe ratio measures risk-adjusted return performance. On the risk side, we analyse maximum drawdown and the return-to-drawdown ratio to identify extreme loss scenarios. Skewness helps assess the distribution of returns and whether performance may be biased. Volatility indicators—such as realised volatility and standardised true range—reveal price fluctuations. Downside risk-adjusted returns provide insight into potential losses and gains. Lastly, liquidity metrics like average turnover rate and turnover deviation indicate how actively the stock is traded.
These indicators together provide a multi-dimensional understanding of Darling Ingredients Inc’s risk-return profile, serving as core factors of the risk management score. A higher score indicates lower risk on the side of Darling Ingredients Inc.
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