Growth Metrics

Darling Ingredients (DAR) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

Darling Ingredients' FCF Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 16.62% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 1090.0% year-over-year to 16.62%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 11.07%, up 220.0%, while the annual FY2026 figure was 11.07%, 220.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin reached 16.62% in Q1 2026 per DAR's latest filing, up from 8.58% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 16.62% in Q1 2026 to a low of 2.33% in Q4 2022.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 8.14%, with a median of 6.87% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Margin: crashed -598bps in 2025, then soared 1090bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 2.33% in 2022, then increased by 12bps to 2.61% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 119bps to 5.72% in 2024, then surged by 50bps to 8.58% in 2025, then surged by 94bps to 16.62% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DAR's FCF Margin are 16.62% (Q1 2026), 8.58% (Q3 2025), and 5.05% (Q2 2025).