Darling Ingredients (DAR) Change in Inventory (2009 - 2026)

Darling Ingredients (DAR) posted Change in Inventory of $55.4 million for Q2 2026, up 136.12% on a QoQ basis from $23.4 million in Q3 2025, and up 414.88% year-over-year from $10.8 million in Q2 2025.

Darling Ingredients (DAR) Change in Inventory (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Darling Ingredients' Change in Inventory history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $55.4 million for Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Change in Inventory rose 414.88% year-over-year to $55.4 million in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was $63.9 million (up 176.87% YoY) and the FY2024 annual result came in at -$163.8 million, down 230.33% from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory was $55.4 million for Q2 2026 at Darling Ingredients, up from $23.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Change in Inventory topped out at $55.4 million in Q2 2026 and bottomed at -$72.3 million in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of -$16.2 million and a median of -$11.9 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Change in Inventory.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Change in Inventory plunged 7367.94% — and 2026, when it surged 414.88%.
  • Darling Ingredients' Change in Inventory stood at -$10.8 million in 2022, then plunged by 569.16% to -$72.3 million in 2023, then surged by 83.47% to -$11.9 million in 2024, then soared by 296.22% to $23.4 million in 2025, then surged by 136.12% to $55.4 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows DAR's Change in Inventory at $55.4 million in Q2 2026, $23.4 million in Q3 2025, and -$25.6 million in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Inventory (Qtr)
1 Kraft Heinz 30.05 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.22 Bn 195.00 Mn
2 General Mills 19.11 Bn 18.67 Bn 1.60 Bn 222.80 Mn
3 Hormel Foods 13.78 Bn 12.93 Bn 518.51 Mn 114.40 Mn
4 Mccormick 13.51 Bn 13.76 Bn 778.20 Mn 41.40 Mn
5 Magnum Ice Cream 10.87 Bn 10.35 Bn - -57.04 Mn
6 Smithfield Foods 10.26 Bn 8.88 Bn 511.00 Mn -
7 Darling Ingredients 10.06 Bn 10.02 Bn 404.92 Mn 55.36 Mn
8 Conagra Brands 6.88 Bn 6.66 Bn 704.10 Mn -
9 Lamb Weston Holdings 6.84 Bn 6.78 Bn 361.40 Mn -123.00 Mn
10 Pilgrims Pride 6.64 Bn 6.11 Bn 345.49 Mn 16.03 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 4, 2026 55.36 Mn
Apr 4, 2026 55.36 Mn
Sep 27, 2025 23.45 Mn
Sep 27, 2025 23.45 Mn
Jun 28, 2025 -25.65 Mn
Jun 28, 2025 -25.65 Mn
Mar 29, 2025 10.75 Mn
Mar 29, 2025 10.75 Mn
Dec 28, 2024 -11.95 Mn
Dec 28, 2024 -11.95 Mn
Sep 28, 2024 -28.56 Mn
Sep 28, 2024 -28.56 Mn
Jun 29, 2024 -53.39 Mn
Jun 29, 2024 -53.39 Mn
Mar 30, 2024 -69.89 Mn
Mar 30, 2024 -69.89 Mn
Dec 30, 2023 -72.28 Mn
Dec 30, 2023 -72.28 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 393,000.00
Sep 30, 2023 393,000.00