Growth Metrics

Darling Ingredients (DAR) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Darling Ingredients posted quarterly FCF Margin of 3.75% for Q2 2026, down 972.0% year-on-year from 0.43% in Q2 2025, and down 56.29% on a QoQ basis from 8.58% in Q3 2025.

Darling Ingredients (DAR) has 17 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 3.75% in Q2 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q2 2026, FCF Margin fell 972.0% year-over-year to 3.75%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 stood at 4.47% (down 474.0% YoY), and the FY2024 full-year result was 8.87%, up 380.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q2 2026 stood at 3.75%, down from 8.58% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 14.56% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 2.33% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 5.54% (2023), against an average of 7.06%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when FCF Margin jumped 654 bps; it then sank 972 bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 2.33% in 2022, then gained by 12 bps to 2.61% in 2023, then soared by 119 bps to 5.72% in 2024, then jumped by 50 bps to 8.58% in 2025, then tumbled by 56 bps to 3.75% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 3.75% (Q2 2026), 8.58% (Q3 2025), and 5.05% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Paranovus Entertainment Technology 94,654.50 Bn 94,654.50 Bn - -
2 Kraft Heinz 28.03 Bn 23.95 Bn 2.22 Bn 12.67%
3 Jbs 19.23 Bn 14.67 Bn 2.32 Bn 0.55%
4 General Mills 18.04 Bn 17.27 Bn 1.37 Bn 6.66%
5 Hormel Foods 12.87 Bn 11.99 Bn 518.51 Mn 6.09%
6 Mccormick 12.46 Bn 12.86 Bn 708.90 Mn 0.98%
7 Magnum Ice Cream 11.56 Bn 11.08 Bn - -
8 J M Smucker 10.74 Bn 10.69 Bn 827.80 Mn 20.82%
9 Smithfield Foods 10.23 Bn 9.16 Bn 511.00 Mn -4.03%
10 Darling Ingredients 9.59 Bn 9.63 Bn 404.92 Mn 3.75%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 4, 2026 3.75%
Sep 27, 2025 8.58%
Jun 28, 2025 5.05%
Mar 29, 2025 13.47%
Dec 28, 2024 5.72%
Sep 28, 2024 14.56%
Jun 29, 2024 3.34%
Mar 30, 2024 11.98%
Dec 30, 2023 2.61%
Sep 30, 2023 8.02%
Jul 1, 2023 5.36%
Dec 31, 2022 2.33%
Sep 26, 2020 17.05%
Jun 27, 2020 19.74%
Mar 28, 2020 -3.17%
Dec 28, 2019 -1.68%
Sep 28, 2019 3.70%
Jun 29, 2019 2.67%
Mar 30, 2019 -4.27%
Dec 29, 2018 10.64%
Sep 29, 2018 -0.36%
Jun 30, 2018 2.19%
Mar 31, 2018 -3.39%
Dec 30, 2017 6.71%
Sep 30, 2017 0.28%
Jul 1, 2017 4.20%
Apr 1, 2017 3.66%
Dec 31, 2016 3.69%
Oct 1, 2016 5.72%
Jul 2, 2016 7.50%
Apr 2, 2016 -0.95%
Jan 2, 2016 20.48%
Apr 4, 2015 0.96%
Sep 27, 2014 8.97%
Jun 28, 2014 1.88%
Mar 29, 2014 -8.65%
Dec 28, 2013 28.26%
Sep 28, 2013 -10.14%
Jun 29, 2013 21.42%
Mar 30, 2013 7.11%
Dec 29, 2012 32.27%
Sep 29, 2012 -6.53%
Jun 30, 2012 25.90%
Mar 31, 2012 7.46%
Dec 31, 2011 11.74%
Oct 1, 2011 8.67%
Jul 2, 2011 4.82%
Apr 2, 2011 15.45%
Jan 1, 2011 14.05%
Apr 3, 2010 6.25%
Jan 2, 2010 -93.81%
Oct 3, 2009 8.41%