DAR

DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.

NYSE · Fats & Oils · Inc. DE · CIK 0000916540
$58.98 -1.62% $9.5B
Insider Selling Cluster (2 insiders)High Impact Filing (8/10)
Vol
Market Cap$9.5B
Cap SizeMid Cap
Inst. Holders9 funds
Inst. Value$1.2B
Inst. Activity1 buys / 1 sells
Insider Activity0B / 4S
Insider Net $-$1.6M
SEC Reports3
Exchange NYSE·Sector Fats & Oils·Inc. DE·CIK 0000916540·Prev Close $59.95

Recent Activity

May 7, 2026 Insider
Aspell Robert Patrick sold 2,650 shares
Director @ $0.00 ($0.00)
May 7, 2026 Insider
Adair Charles L sold 2,650 shares
Director @ $0.00 ($0.00)
May 7, 2026 Insider
Barden Larry sold 2,650 shares
Director @ $0.00 ($0.00)
Apr 30, 2026 SEC
Darling Ingredients reported a massive earnings beat for Q1 2026, with GAAP diluted EPS of $0.83 versus consensus of $0.
8-K — Impact 8/10
Apr 30, 2026 earnings_calendar
DAR Q1 2026 Earnings After Market Close — 2026-04-30
Mar 19, 2026 SEC
Analysis based on filing metadata only — document content was unavailable
DEFA14A — Impact 3/10
Feb 25, 2026 SEC
Darling Ingredients announced the retirement of board member Gary Mize at the 2026 Annual Meeting and the immediate appo
8-K — Impact 3/10
Inst.
NORGES BANK — NEW
2,616,968 shares ($94.2M)

Price Targets

Historical data — last covering-analyst action Oct 2024. No current recommendation available.
$76.42 (Oct 2024)
Current $58.98 Low $70.00 Median $75.50 High $85.00 12 analysts
$70.00 $85.00

Analyst Ratings

Historical distribution94% buy · 18 analysts · last covering-analyst action Oct 2024
9Strong Buy
8Buy
1Hold
0Sell
0Strong Sell
Historical Analyst Actions
DateFirmActionRating
Oct 11, 2024 Piper Sandler MAINTAIN Overweight → Overweight
Oct 7, 2024 Jefferies MAINTAIN Buy → Buy
Sep 13, 2024 TD Cowen MAINTAIN Hold → Hold
Jul 26, 2024 Jefferies MAINTAIN Buy → Buy
Jul 12, 2024 Scotiabank MAINTAIN Sector Outperform → Sector Outperform

Earnings Estimates

PeriodEPS Est.RangeGrowth#
Current Q $1.33 ▲ +35.4% $1.05 — $1.69 677% YoY 9
Next Q $1.27 ▲ +23.1% $1.00 — $1.61 699% YoY 9
Current FY $4.72 ▲ +30.2% $4.08 — $5.57 389% YoY 9
Next FY $4.97 ▲ +18.5% $3.80 — $6.15 5% YoY 10

Top Institutional Holders

FundValueMove
VANGUARD GROUP INC$554.2M
FMR LLC$203.1MADD
BANK OF AMERICA CORP$136.2MADD
MORGAN STANLEY$95.4MADD
NORGES BANK$94.2MNEW

Recent Insider Trades

DateInsiderTypeValue
May 7, 2026Aspell RobertA$0.00
May 7, 2026Adair CharlesA$0.00
May 7, 2026Barden LarryA$0.00
May 7, 2026Clark CelesteA$0.00
May 7, 2026GOODSPEED LINDAA$0.00
9 institutional holders with $1.2B total value (33,834,596 shares) as of 2025-Q4. Top holders: VANGUARD, FMR, BANK.

Top Institutional Holders — 2025-Q4

#FundSharesValue% of TrackedLast Move
1VANGUARD GROUP INC15,394,342$554.2M45.5%
2FMR LLC5,642,357$203.1M16.7%ADD +27.1%
3BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/3,782,864$136.2M11.2%ADD +43.7%
4MORGAN STANLEY2,649,084$95.4M7.8%ADD +26.4%
5NORGES BANK2,616,968$94.2M7.7%NEW
6CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC1,625,854$58.5M4.8%ADD +41.4%
7YACKTMAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LP1,389,217$50.0M4.1%
8WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN428,022$15.4M1.3%
9TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP305,888$11.0M0.9%TRIM -51.8%

Recent Position Changes

FundActionPrev SharesCurr SharesChange %ValueQuarter
NORGES BANKNEW2,616,968$94.2M2025-Q4
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LPTRIM634,361305,888-51.8%$11.0M2025-Q4
UBS Group AGDOUBLED4,424,5259,183,118+107.6%$283.5M2025-Q3
MORGAN STANLEYADD2,029,9792,566,468+26.4%$79.2M2025-Q3
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INCADD1,145,9591,619,965+41.4%$50.0M2025-Q3
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LPDOUBLED89,540634,361+608.5%$19.6M2025-Q3
NORGES BANKEXIT1,951,5280-100.0%$0.002025-Q3
UBS Group AGADD3,194,6184,424,525+38.5%$167.9M2025-Q2
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ADD2,622,6283,767,998+43.7%$143.0M2025-Q2
NORGES BANKNEW1,951,528$74.0M2025-Q2
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LPTRIM295,72189,540-69.7%$3.4M2025-Q2
FMR LLCADD3,919,5424,982,004+27.1%$155.6M2025-Q1
UBS Group AGTRIM6,500,7163,194,618-50.9%$99.8M2025-Q1
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LPDOUBLED15,698295,721+1783.8%$9.2M2025-Q1
NORGES BANKEXIT1,898,3660-100.0%$0.002025-Q1
CITADEL ADVISORS LLCADD5,200,7507,914,853+52.2%$266.7M2024-Q4
UBS Group AGDOUBLED1,422,1796,500,716+357.1%$219.0M2024-Q4
MORGAN STANLEYTRIM2,429,9011,604,178-34.0%$54.0M2024-Q4
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INCNEW1,080,056$40.1M2024-Q3
19 unique insiders with 4 transactions. Net insider value: -$1.6M ($0.00 bought, $1.6M sold).

Insider Transactions

DateInsiderTitleTypeSharesPriceValue
May 7, 2026Aspell Robert PatrickDirectorA2,650$0.00$0.00
May 7, 2026Adair Charles LDirectorA2,650$0.00$0.00
May 7, 2026Barden LarryDirectorA2,650$0.00$0.00
May 7, 2026Clark Celeste A.DirectorA2,650$0.00$0.00
May 7, 2026GOODSPEED LINDADirectorA2,650$0.00$0.00
May 7, 2026Guimaraes EndersonDirectorA2,650$0.00$0.00
May 7, 2026Hill Randy LDirectorA2,650$0.00$0.00
May 7, 2026Stoffel KurtDirectorA2,650$0.00$0.00
May 7, 2026Schroder SorenDirectorA2,650$0.00$0.00
May 7, 2026Hill Randy LDirectorA2,650$0.00$0.00
May 1, 2026MANZI JOSEPHChief Accounting OfficerSELL3,000$63.89$191.7K
Mar 9, 2026STUEWE RANDALL CChairman and CEOF35,446$51.92$1.8M
Mar 9, 2026STUEWE RANDALL CChairman and CEOA90,078$0.00$0.00
Mar 9, 2026Day Robert WEVP Chief Financial OfficerF2,026$51.92$105.2K
Mar 9, 2026Day Robert WEVP Chief Financial OfficerA4,654$0.00$0.00
Mar 9, 2026McNutt PatrickEVP Chief Admin OfficerF3,486$51.92$181.0K
Mar 9, 2026McNutt PatrickEVP Chief Admin OfficerA9,245$0.00$0.00
Mar 9, 2026Kemphaus Nicholas JamesEVP Gen. Counsel & SecretaryF1,819$51.92$94.4K
Mar 9, 2026Kemphaus Nicholas JamesEVP Gen. Counsel & SecretaryA4,621$0.00$0.00
Mar 9, 2026Dudley SandraEVP Chief Strategy OfficerF4,547$51.92$236.1K
Mar 9, 2026Dudley SandraEVP Chief Strategy OfficerA11,555$0.00$0.00
Mar 9, 2026Colpaert JeroenEVP RousselotF4,580$51.92$237.8K
Mar 9, 2026Colpaert JeroenEVP RousselotA9,252$0.00$0.00
Mar 9, 2026Finnimore Mark JosephEVP Canada & N America SpecF1,113$51.92$57.8K
Mar 9, 2026Finnimore Mark JosephEVP Canada & N America SpecA2,079$0.00$0.00
Mar 9, 2026Lairmore BrandonEVP US Rendering OperationsF675$51.92$35.0K
Mar 9, 2026Lairmore BrandonEVP US Rendering OperationsA1,652$0.00$0.00
Mar 9, 2026MANZI JOSEPHChief Accounting OfficerA4,101$0.00$0.00
Mar 9, 2026MANZI JOSEPHChief Accounting OfficerF999$51.92$51.9K
Mar 9, 2026van der Velden JanEVP Int Rendering&SpecialtiesA14,803$0.00$0.00
Mar 9, 2026van der Velden JanEVP Int Rendering&SpecialtiesF7,328$51.92$380.5K
Mar 6, 2026STUEWE RANDALL CChairman and CEOM263,704$11.97$3.2M
Mar 6, 2026STUEWE RANDALL CChairman and CEOF139,754$53.20$7.4M
Mar 6, 2026STUEWE RANDALL CChairman and CEOSELL20,000$52.12$1.0M
Mar 6, 2026STUEWE RANDALL CChairman and CEOG23,250$0.00$0.00
Mar 6, 2026STUEWE RANDALL CChairman and CEOM263,704$0.00$0.00
Feb 25, 2026Aspell Robert PatrickDirectorA549$0.00$0.00
Feb 24, 2026STUEWE RANDALL CChairman and CEOM353,152$8.51$3.0M
Feb 24, 2026STUEWE RANDALL CChairman and CEOM353,152$0.00$0.00
Feb 13, 2026Kemphaus Nicholas JamesEVP Gen. Counsel & SecretaryM5,760$12.29$70.8K
Feb 13, 2026Kemphaus Nicholas JamesEVP Gen. Counsel & SecretaryF3,099$52.03$161.2K
Feb 13, 2026Kemphaus Nicholas JamesEVP Gen. Counsel & SecretarySELL2,661$52.03$138.5K
Feb 13, 2026Kemphaus Nicholas JamesEVP Gen. Counsel & SecretaryM5,760$0.00$0.00
Feb 13, 2026Dudley SandraEVP Chief Strategy OfficerM8,431$12.29$103.6K
Feb 13, 2026Dudley SandraEVP Chief Strategy OfficerF3,575$51.86$185.4K
Feb 13, 2026Dudley SandraEVP Chief Strategy OfficerSELL4,856$51.86$251.8K
Feb 13, 2026Dudley SandraEVP Chief Strategy OfficerM8,431$0.00$0.00
Jan 2, 2026Clark Celeste A.DirectorA1,594$37.64$60.0K

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Historical analyst distribution (last covering-analyst action Oct 2024): 94% buy across 18 analysts — 9 strong buy, 8 buy, 1 hold, 0 sell, 0 strong sell. No current recommendation available.

Analyst Price Targets

Historical data — last covering-analyst action Oct 2024. No current recommendation available.
$76.42 mean target (Oct 2024)
$70.00 Low $85.00 High
MetricValue
Current Price$58.98
Target Low$70.00
Target Mean$76.42
Target Median$75.50
Target High$85.00
# Analysts12
Recommendation— (no recent coverage)

Earnings Estimates & Revisions

PeriodEPS AvgEPS LowEPS HighEPS Growth30d Rev.Up/DownRev. AvgRev. GrowthAnalysts
Current Q
2026-06-30
$1.33 $1.05 $1.69 677.3% +35.4% 7↑ 1↓ $1.7B 13.6% 9
Next Q
2026-09-30
$1.27 $1.00 $1.61 698.9% +23.1% 6↑ 1↓ $1.7B 8.7% 9
Current FY
2026-12-31
$4.72 $4.08 $5.57 389.0% +30.2% 8↑ 0↓ $6.7B 9.5% 9
Next FY
2027-12-31
$4.97 $3.80 $6.15 5.1% +18.5% 6↑ 1↓ $6.9B 3.0% 10

Current Quarter EPS Revision History

TimepointEPS EstimateChange
Current$1.334
7d ago$1.294+0.039
30d ago$0.985+0.349
60d ago$0.752+0.582
90d ago$0.655+0.679
12 analyst firms have rated this stock: 1 upgrades, 1 downgrades, 1 initiations.

Historical Analyst Actions

DateAnalyst FirmActionPrevious RatingNew Rating
Oct 11, 2024 Piper Sandler MAINTAIN Overweight Overweight
Oct 7, 2024 Jefferies MAINTAIN Buy Buy
Sep 13, 2024 TD Cowen MAINTAIN Hold Hold
Jul 26, 2024 Jefferies MAINTAIN Buy Buy
Jul 12, 2024 Scotiabank MAINTAIN Sector Outperform Sector Outperform
Jun 13, 2024 TD Cowen MAINTAIN Hold Hold
Jun 12, 2024 Citigroup UPGRADE Neutral Buy
May 20, 2024 Stifel MAINTAIN Buy Buy
Apr 17, 2024 JP Morgan MAINTAIN Overweight Overweight
Apr 11, 2024 Scotiabank MAINTAIN Sector Outperform Sector Outperform
Apr 8, 2024 Stifel MAINTAIN Buy Buy
Apr 3, 2024 Citigroup MAINTAIN Neutral Neutral
Mar 6, 2024 Stifel REITERATE Buy Buy
Feb 29, 2024 Citigroup MAINTAIN Neutral Neutral
Feb 29, 2024 BMO Capital MAINTAIN Outperform Outperform
Feb 1, 2024 Citigroup INITIATE Neutral
Jan 29, 2024 Stifel MAINTAIN Buy Buy
Jan 26, 2024 BMO Capital MAINTAIN Outperform Outperform
Jan 24, 2024 Stephens & Co. MAINTAIN Equal-Weight Equal-Weight
Nov 27, 2023 Stifel MAINTAIN Buy Buy
Nov 9, 2023 BMO Capital MAINTAIN Outperform Outperform
Nov 9, 2023 Raymond James MAINTAIN Strong Buy Strong Buy
Oct 24, 2023 Raymond James MAINTAIN Strong Buy Strong Buy
Oct 19, 2023 JP Morgan MAINTAIN Overweight Overweight
Oct 10, 2023 Piper Sandler MAINTAIN Overweight Overweight
Oct 9, 2023 Jefferies MAINTAIN Buy Buy
Aug 22, 2023 Stifel MAINTAIN Buy Buy
Aug 10, 2023 JP Morgan MAINTAIN Overweight Overweight
Aug 10, 2023 Stephens & Co. REITERATE Equal-Weight Equal-Weight
Aug 9, 2023 Stephens & Co. REITERATE Equal-Weight Equal-Weight
Jul 20, 2023 JP Morgan MAINTAIN Overweight Overweight
Jul 13, 2023 Piper Sandler MAINTAIN Overweight Overweight
Jul 13, 2023 Stephens & Co. REITERATE Equal-Weight Equal-Weight
Jun 6, 2023 Piper Sandler MAINTAIN Overweight Overweight
May 15, 2023 Jefferies MAINTAIN Buy Buy
May 15, 2023 UBS MAINTAIN Buy Buy
May 11, 2023 Stephens & Co. REITERATE Equal-Weight Equal-Weight
May 11, 2023 BMO Capital MAINTAIN Outperform Outperform
Apr 24, 2023 Stifel MAINTAIN Buy
Apr 14, 2023 Stifel MAINTAIN Buy
Apr 13, 2023 Baird MAINTAIN Outperform
Apr 11, 2023 JP Morgan MAINTAIN Overweight
Mar 1, 2023 Raymond James MAINTAIN Strong Buy
Feb 28, 2023 Stephens & Co. REITERATE Equal-Weight
Feb 6, 2023 Baird MAINTAIN Outperform
Jan 30, 2023 Stifel MAINTAIN Buy
Jan 20, 2023 Stifel MAINTAIN Buy
Jan 20, 2023 Raymond James MAINTAIN Strong Buy
Jan 17, 2023 Stephens & Co. DOWNGRADE Overweight Equal-Weight
Dec 19, 2022 Piper Sandler MAINTAIN Overweight

Monthly Consensus History

PeriodStrong BuyBuyHoldSellStrong SellBuy %Distribution
May 1, 20269810094%
Apr 1, 202681010095%
Mar 1, 202681010095%
Feb 1, 202671020089%
Jan 1, 202671020089%
Strong BuyBuyHoldSellStrong Sell

No congressional trading data available for this ticker. Data is sourced from Senate and House financial disclosure filings.

No Reddit sentiment data available yet. Sentiment is analyzed from Reddit investment communities on a rolling basis.

Apr 30, 2026
earnings_calendar
DAR Q1 2026 Earnings After Market Close — 2026-04-30
Apr 27, 2026
dark_pool
Dark Pool: DAR — 4.9M shares, 78,077 trades
Week starting 2026-04-27. Total ATS volume: 4,941,777 shares across 78,077 trades.
Apr 20, 2026
dark_pool
Dark Pool: DAR — 3.6M shares, 63,166 trades
Week starting 2026-04-20. Total ATS volume: 3,644,173 shares across 63,166 trades.
Apr 13, 2026
dark_pool
Dark Pool: DAR — 5.0M shares, 77,179 trades
Week starting 2026-04-13. Total ATS volume: 4,976,108 shares across 77,179 trades.
Apr 6, 2026
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Dark Pool: DAR — 4.5M shares, 69,944 trades
Week starting 2026-04-06. Total ATS volume: 4,521,946 shares across 69,944 trades.
Apr 2, 2026
short_interest
FTD: DAR — 31,698 shares ($2.0M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260402, Price: $62.16, FTD Value: $1,970,347.68, DARLING INGREDIENTS INC COMMON
Mar 30, 2026
dark_pool
Dark Pool: DAR — 4.2M shares, 66,572 trades
Week starting 2026-03-30. Total ATS volume: 4,205,034 shares across 66,572 trades.
Mar 24, 2026
short_interest
FTD: DAR — 17,605 shares ($1.0M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260324, Price: $56.46, FTD Value: $993,978.3, DARLING INGREDIENTS INC COMMON
Mar 23, 2026
dark_pool
Dark Pool: DAR — 5.2M shares, 77,633 trades
Week starting 2026-03-23. Total ATS volume: 5,205,690 shares across 77,633 trades.
Mar 16, 2026
dark_pool
Dark Pool: DAR — 5.6M shares, 70,823 trades
Week starting 2026-03-16. Total ATS volume: 5,596,392 shares across 70,823 trades.
Mar 9, 2026
dark_pool
Dark Pool: DAR — 6.1M shares, 89,284 trades
Week starting 2026-03-09. Total ATS volume: 6,132,206 shares across 89,284 trades.
Mar 2, 2026
dark_pool
Dark Pool: DAR — 3.9M shares, 63,008 trades
Week starting 2026-03-02. Total ATS volume: 3,909,907 shares across 63,008 trades.
Feb 23, 2026
short_interest
FTD: DAR — 146,997 shares ($7.6M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260223, Price: $51.60, FTD Value: $7,585,045.2, DARLING INGREDIENTS INC COMMON
Feb 23, 2026
dark_pool
Dark Pool: DAR — 2.6M shares, 47,379 trades
Week starting 2026-02-23. Total ATS volume: 2,631,604 shares across 47,379 trades.
Feb 16, 2026
dark_pool
Dark Pool: DAR — 3.1M shares, 45,309 trades
Week starting 2026-02-16. Total ATS volume: 3,053,270 shares across 45,309 trades.