US · DAR
Darling Ingredients Inc.
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods
- Headquarters
- Irving, TX 75038
- Website
- darlingii.com
Price · as of 2026-01-03
$63.77
Market cap 8.41B
Valuation summary
Four models, one snapshot. Upside is target ÷ current − 1.
| Valuation method | Value, $ | Upside, % |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence(AI) | — | — |
| Intrinsic Value(DCF) | $132.25 | +107.39% |
| Graham-Dodd Method(GD) | $32.38 | -49.23% |
| Graham Formula(GF) | $6.08 | -90.46% |
Valuation history
Annual price (USD per share) overlaid with each model's fair value. Y-axis is log scale.
| Year | Price | AI | DCF | Graham-Dodd | Graham Formula |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | $11.35 | $3.30 | |||
| 2013 | $15.60 | $12.64 | |||
| 2014 | $5.79 | $47.80 | |||
| 2015 | $6.24 | $0.00 | |||
| 2016 | $7.63 | $5.16 | |||
| 2017 | $9.63 | $12.16 | |||
| 2018 | $9.48 | $0.65 | |||
| 2019 | $17.65 | $13.98 | |||
| 2020 | |||||
| 2021 | |||||
| 2022 | $34.33 | $450.10 | |||
| 2023 | |||||
| 2024 | $21.59 | $0.00 | |||
| 2025 | |||||
| 2026 | $54.20 | $184.28 | $32.38 | $6.08 |
AI valuation
Our deep-learning model estimates Darling Ingredients Inc.'s (DAR) per-share fair value from quarterly fundamentals, sector trend, and historical valuation patterns.
- AI fair value
- —
- Current price
- $63.77
- AI upside
- —
Methodology and confidence bands appear in the dedicated valuation theory section. The AI score is an estimate, not a recommendation.
Intrinsic value (DCF)
Open DCF calculatorThree textbook valuation models, recomputed daily from the latest financial statements. The DCF uses our Chepakovich model. Graham-Dodd and Graham Formula are conservative reference points.
DCF
$132.25
+107.39% upside
Graham-Dodd
$32.38
-49.23% upside
Graham Formula
$6.08
-90.46% upside
Peer comparison
Same-industry comparables, ranked by market cap.
| Basic Info | Model Valuation | Core Valuation | Profitability | Leverage & Liquidity | Growth | Cash Flow | Dividends | Enterprise Value | Risk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ticker | Company Name | Price | Market Cap | AI Upside | DCF Upside | GD Upside | GF Upside | P/E | P/B | P/S | EV/EBITDA | PEG | P/TBV | Gross Margin | Operating Margin | Net Margin | ROE | ROIC | ROA | Debt/Equity | Interest Coverage | Current Ratio | Quick Ratio | Net Debt/EBITDA | EPS Growth | Sales Growth | FCF Growth | FCF Yield | Op Cash Flow Ratio | Cash ROIC | Dividend Yield | Dividend Payout | Shareholder Yield | EV/EBIT | EV/FCF | EV/Sales | Altman Z-Score |
| DAR | Darling Ingredients Inc. | $63.77 | 8.41B | — | +107% | -49% | -90% | 135.50 | 1.78 | 1.39 | 13.40 | — | 1.78 | 15.73% | 6.74% | 1.02% | — | — | — | 0.83 | 1.86 | — | — | 4.17 | — | — | — | 0.00% | — | — | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 29.87 | — | 2.01 | — |
| BRBR | BellRing Brands, Inc. | $18.39 | 2.18B | +189% | +4% | -76% | +117% | 18.30 | -8.71 | 1.71 | 13.25 | — | -6.13 | 33.26% | 15.43% | 9.33% | -65.54% | 47.18% | 24.32% | -2.45 | 5.23 | 2.35 | 1.11 | 2.73 | -968.00% | 1605.00% | 2937.00% | 6.47% | 0.92 | 45.16% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 12.01% | 13.93 | 19.46 | 2.15 | 6.31 |
| CPB | Campbell Soup Company | $26.95 | 8.03B | +34% | -48% | — | +7% | 14.82 | 2.29 | 0.87 | 10.16 | 233.42 | -1.64 | 30.42% | 13.20% | 5.87% | 15.64% | 9.21% | 4.00% | 1.85 | 3.92 | 0.77 | 0.25 | 4.50 | 635.00% | 640.00% | 554.00% | 7.90% | 0.39 | 6.35% | 5.14% | 76.20% | 9.81% | 11.83 | 22.70 | 1.56 | 1.86 |
| GIS | General Mills, Inc. | $45.23 | 24.13B | +52% | -48% | — | -41% | 11.40 | 2.87 | 1.36 | 10.54 | — | -1.96 | 34.55% | 16.96% | 11.78% | 24.94% | 11.41% | 7.19% | 1.66 | 6.02 | 0.67 | 0.29 | 3.81 | -487.00% | -187.00% | -932.00% | 8.68% | 0.37 | 9.88% | 5.07% | 57.70% | 9.62% | 12.52 | 18.04 | 2.12 | 2.42 |
| HAIN | The Hain Celestial Group,… | $0.80 | 72.74M | +1,871% | -9% | — | +1,098% | -0.31 | 0.35 | 0.11 | -2.13 | -0.05 | -0.69 | 21.42% | -29.59% | -34.03% | -74.88% | -31.57% | -28.53% | 1.64 | -7.96 | 1.91 | 0.75 | -1.73 | 60119.00% | -1017.00% | -10382.00% | -1.93% | 0.08 | -0.22% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 35.33% | -1.93 | -280.50 | 0.57 | 0.34 |
| HRL | Hormel Foods Corporation | $25.60 | 14.08B | +6% | -64% | — | -67% | 26.57 | 1.61 | 1.05 | 14.78 | — | 9.55 | 15.63% | 5.94% | 3.95% | 6.02% | 5.14% | 3.56% | 0.36 | 9.21 | 2.47 | 1.15 | 2.18 | -4082.00% | 155.00% | -4711.00% | 4.21% | 0.61 | 5.31% | 4.98% | 132.40% | 4.98% | 20.68 | 27.81 | 1.23 | 3.44 |
| INGR | Ingredion Incorporated | $117.46 | 7.46B | -5% | -60% | -36% | -47% | 10.30 | 1.73 | 1.04 | 6.70 | 68.04 | 2.45 | 25.32% | 14.03% | 10.10% | 17.78% | 15.33% | 9.50% | 0.41 | 27.38 | 2.66 | 1.69 | 0.62 | 1514.00% | -284.00% | -5498.00% | 6.80% | 0.72 | 10.23% | 2.81% | 28.90% | 9.49% | 8.16 | 16.18 | 1.15 | 3.94 |
| JBSS | John B. Sanfilippo & Son,… | $82.61 | 967.14M | +19% | -69% | -71% | -28% | 12.54 | 2.05 | 0.67 | 7.45 | — | 2.15 | 18.38% | 7.65% | 5.32% | 17.25% | 15.31% | 10.59% | 0.28 | 23.85 | 2.22 | 0.50 | 0.90 | -233.00% | 379.00% | -12749.00% | -2.73% | 0.20 | -4.82% | 3.30% | 41.40% | 3.37% | 9.92 | -41.69 | 0.76 | 5.09 |
| JJSF | J&J Snack Foods Corp. | $87.06 | 1.66B | -18% | -59% | -88% | -66% | 26.77 | 1.82 | 1.11 | 11.25 | — | 2.88 | 29.68% | 5.33% | 4.14% | 6.82% | 6.19% | 4.78% | 0.17 | 56.48 | 2.72 | 1.65 | 0.36 | -2449.00% | 54.00% | -1733.00% | 4.68% | 0.94 | 7.95% | 3.46% | 92.60% | 5.59% | 21.51 | 22.05 | 1.15 | 5.00 |
| K | Kellanova | $83.44 | 29.03B | -21% | -55% | — | -74% | 20.42 | 7.33 | 2.17 | 14.04 | 50.32 | -9.27 | 36.78% | 15.86% | 10.53% | 39.02% | 17.52% | 8.68% | 1.68 | 5.71 | 0.81 | 0.48 | 2.38 | 4058.00% | -284.00% | 1694.00% | 4.09% | 0.38 | 12.01% | 2.80% | 57.20% | 4.98% | 16.49 | 29.45 | 2.61 | 3.43 |
| NOMD | Nomad Foods Limited | $10.97 | 1.61B | +153% | -30% | — | -42% | 10.04 | 0.55 | 0.45 | 13.11 | — | -0.66 | 27.14% | 10.73% | 4.51% | 5.30% | 6.88% | 2.14% | 0.92 | — | 1.07 | 0.63 | 7.72 | -3500.00% | -217.00% | -2898.00% | 18.38% | 0.31 | 5.67% | 6.65% | 66.80% | 21.41% | 10.26 | 13.24 | 1.10 | 1.16 |
| POST | Post Holdings, Inc. | $106.30 | 5.54B | -29% | -64% | -90% | -38% | 16.04 | 1.43 | 0.66 | 9.71 | — | -1.31 | 26.37% | 10.44% | 4.11% | 8.56% | 5.95% | 2.54% | 2.05 | 2.36 | 1.67 | 0.75 | 5.66 | -230.00% | 297.00% | -281.00% | 9.06% | 0.82 | 4.51% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 13.16% | 15.15 | 26.45 | 1.58 | 1.43 |
| PPC | Pilgrim's Pride Corporati… | $43.16 | 10.25B | +40% | -61% | — | +20% | 9.28 | 2.73 | 0.54 | 6.02 | — | 6.66 | 12.75% | 8.72% | 5.85% | 27.36% | 19.32% | 10.32% | 0.91 | 10.00 | 1.47 | 0.67 | 1.28 | -66.00% | 346.00% | -5637.00% | 6.57% | 0.47 | 10.97% | 19.83% | 184.10% | 19.83% | 7.91 | 19.33 | 0.69 | 3.67 |
| SJM | The J. M. Smucker Company | $115.95 | 12.37B | -21% | -65% | — | — | -8.79 | 1.78 | 1.24 | -118.96 | — | -1.81 | 38.79% | -7.72% | -14.10% | -17.87% | -4.50% | -6.51% | 1.28 | -1.88 | 0.81 | 0.26 | -49.43 | -26227.00% | 669.00% | 2702.00% | 7.55% | 0.46 | 5.45% | 4.21% | -37.00% | 11.58% | -27.47 | 22.67 | 2.12 | 0.94 |
| THS | TreeHouse Foods, Inc. | $24.43 | 1.23B | +19% | -48% | — | -87% | 61.34 | 1.07 | 0.49 | 12.02 | — | -3.41 | 16.35% | 3.07% | 0.80% | 1.67% | 2.90% | 0.67% | 1.01 | 1.63 | 1.36 | 0.59 | 5.25 | -4574.00% | -226.00% | 66424.00% | 7.64% | 0.36 | 4.37% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 9.23% | 28.41 | 23.23 | 0.87 | 1.34 |
About Darling Ingredients Inc.
Darling Ingredients Inc. develops, produces, and sells natural ingredients from edible and inedible bio-nutrients. 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 Sonac, Dar Pro, Rothsay, Rousselot, Nature Safe, CleanStar, Peptan, Cookie Meal, Bakery Feeds, Ecoson, and Rendac brand names in North America, Europe, China, South America, Australia, and internationally. 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.
- CEO
- Randall C. Stuewe Randy
- Employees
- 15.5K
- Beta
- 1.28
Disclaimer: Information on this page is provided for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Upside computed as ($132.25 ÷ $63.77) − 1 = +107.39% (DCF, example).