DAR Stock — Darling Ingredients Inc.

Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR)

Updated October 16, 2026.

DAR is a Stock. Total return is 1653.1% over the past 32.1 years, 1106.5 points behind SPY at 2759.6%.

Darling Ingredients develops, produces, and sells sustainable natural ingredients derived from animal by-products and organic waste across North America, Europe, China, and South America. Operating through three segments, the company processes animal materials into feed ingredients, food-grade collagen and casings, and renewable fuels and energy sources, serving customers in animal nutrition, food production, and energy markets. The company does not currently have an established distribution schedule.

DAR performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 1653.1% over the past 32.1 years, 1106.5 points behind SPY at 2759.6%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 93.6%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 19.0%.

DAR key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

09/09/1994

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$61.36 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$9,682,786,926

Average volume

2695700.0

Beta

1.047

Payout ratio

0.0%

P/E ratio

16.54

Forward P/E

11.6686

EPS

$3.71

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

DAR risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 19.0%.

Who may consider DAR — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (DAR does not currently distribute); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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