DAR — Darling Ingredients Inc

Stock analysis, trade plans, and proprietary indicators by Trend Edge.

Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates DAR Bullish with a Setup Score of 40, net conviction 26, actionability 62. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score40
Directional BiasBullish
Net Conviction26
Actionability62 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

About Darling Ingredients Inc

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. The Feed Ingredients segment collects and processes animal by-products into non-food grade oils and protein meals; bakery residuals into cookie meal used in poultry and swine rations; used cooking oil into non-food grade fats; and porcine and bovine blood… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$62.58
Market Cap$10.71B
Float155.6M
Shares Outstanding157.8M
P/E (Forward)15.67
P/E (TTM)17.99
Price/Sales (TTM)1.63
vs. Analyst Target+25.6% to analyst PT
Profit Margin9.13%
Operating Margin (TTM)12.89%
Revenue (TTM)$6.55B
Earnings Growth (YoY)2914.00%
Dividend RateNone
Analyst Target Price$78.58 (13 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $3.57B $297M $883M $776M
2021 $4.74B $651M $1.24B $1.20B
2022 $6.53B $738M $1.53B $1.41B
2023 $6.79B $648M $1.65B $1.48B
2024 $5.72B $279M $1.28B $1.01B
2025 $6.14B $62.8M $969M $793M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $1.56B $19.4M
Dec 2025 $1.72B $56.9M
Mar 2026 $1.55B $134M
Jun 2026 $1.72B $387M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership1.2%
Institutional Ownership108.3%
Short Float4.3%
% of All Funds Holding6.92%
Number of Funds Holding609

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$61.09Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$53.57Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$43.35Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$47.21Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$53.45Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$43.49Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$45.04Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$54.00 support 1.41x 4 months ago
$47.00 support 1.01x 5 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (112 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.15% 0.14% 50.89% 17.94% -20.75%
1 Day 0.50% 0.00% 45.54% 25.93% -30.47%
1 Week 0.56% 0.00% 47.32% 66.67% -32.10%
2 Weeks 1.48% 0.42% 50.00% 100.00% -47.10%
1 Month 2.18% 0.95% 51.35% 164.00% -38.19%

Next earnings: October 18, 2026 (52 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan4.8%50.0%32
Feb0.3%50.0%32
Mar3.7%53.1%32
Apr1.5%53.1%32
May1.0%50.0%32
Jun2.9%62.5%32
Jul5.1%68.8%32
Aug-2.5%35.5%31
Sep-3.1%45.2%31
Oct-1.9%53.1%32
Nov5.6%56.3%32
Dec4.2%53.1%32

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday 0.08% 42.6% 1513
Tuesday 0.13% 42.8% 1651
Wednesday -0.11% 41.0% 1650
Thursday 0.21% 45.1% 1617
Friday 0.29% 44.0% 1610

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 108.3%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 1.2%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings11
Net Value-$11.4M
Net Shares Change78,901
% of Float0.1%
C-Suite Filings10
Clusters Detected2

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
STUEWE RANDALL C Chairman and CEO -$7.8M 2 2 sell
van der Velden Jan EVP Int Rendering&Specialties -$1.2M 1 1 sell
Dudley Sandra EVP Chief Strategy Officer -$553,891.716 1 1 sell
McNutt Patrick EVP Chief Admin Officer -$536,720 1 1 sell
Kemphaus Nicholas James EVP Gen. Counsel & Secretary -$494,718.332 2 2 sell
MANZI JOSEPH Chief Accounting Officer -$258,940 2 2 sell
Adair Charles L +$60,970 1 1 buy

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2026-02-17 – 2026-02-19 3 3 -$2.1M 3 C-suite
2026-08-03 – 2026-08-14 4 4 -$1.2M 3 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-08-03 Adair Charles L +$60,970 Transaction at $60.97, now +2.6%
2026-08-14 McNutt Patrick EVP Chief Admin Officer -$536,720 Transaction at $67.09, now -6.7%
2026-08-18 Dudley Sandra EVP Chief Strategy Officer -$553,891.716 Transaction at $51.52, now +21.5%
2026-08-10 Kemphaus Nicholas James EVP Gen. Counsel & Secretary -$100,312.55 Transaction at $63.05, now -0.7%
2026-08-18 MANZI JOSEPH Chief Accounting Officer -$67,270 Transaction at $67.27, now -7.0%
2026-08-14 STUEWE RANDALL C Chairman and CEO -$640,250 Transaction at $64.03, now -2.3%

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AI Consult Analysis

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