Darling Ingredients Inc. develops, produces, and sells natural ingredients from edible and inedible bio-nutrients in North America, Europe, China, South America, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Feed Ingredients, Food Ingredients, and Fuel Ingredients. It offers ingredients and customized specialty solutions for customers in the pharmaceutical, food, pet food, feed, industrial, fuel, bioenergy, and fertilizer industries. The company also collects and transforms various animal by-product streams into useable and specialty ingredients, such as collagen, edible fats, feed-grade fats, animal proteins and meals, plasma, pet food ingredients, organic fertilizers, yellow grease, fuel feedstock, green energy, natural casings, and hides. In addition, it recovers and converts used cooking oil and animal fats, and residual bakery products into valuable feed and fuel ingredients. Further, the company provides environmental services, including grease trap collection and disposal services to food service establishments. It primarily operates under the Rendac, Sonac, FASA, Ecoson, Rousselot, Gelnex, and CTH brand names. The company was formerly known as Darling International Inc. and changed its name to Darling Ingredients Inc. in May 2014. Darling Ingredients Inc. was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.
Sustainable Pionee | Darling Ingredients leads in converting food waste to valuable products, positioned for growth in renewable fuels and sustainable aviation fuel markets |
Financial Resilience | Despite challenges, Darling maintains 2024 EBITDA guidance of $1.3-$1.4 billion, with analysts projecting accelerated growth beyond 2025 |
Policy-Driven Catalysts | Upcoming regulatory changes, including tax credits and fuel standards, are expected to boost demand for Darling's low carbon feedstocks and products |
Future Flight | Darling's entry into SAF production, with premium pricing secured, promises significant profitability enhancement and market positioning advantages |
Metrics to compare | DAR | Sector Sector - Average of metrics from a broad group of related Consumer Non-Cyclicals sector companies | Relationship RelationshipDARPeersSector | |
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P/E Ratio | 22.0x | −0.1x | 11.5x | |
PEG Ratio | −0.35 | 0.00 | 0.03 | |
Price/Book | 1.3x | 0.7x | 1.5x | |
Price / LTM Sales | 1.1x | 0.9x | 0.9x | |
Upside (Analyst Target) | 41.5% | 146.9% | 23.4% | |
Fair Value Upside | Unlock | 17.9% | 10.1% | Unlock |