Darling Ingredients (DAR) FCF Payout Ratio (2015 - 2025)

Darling Ingredients (DAR) posted FCF Payout Ratio of 0.04 for Q3 2025, up 70.62% on a QoQ basis from 0.03 in Q4 2024, and up 36.86% year-over-year from 0.03 in Q3 2024.

Darling Ingredients (DAR) FCF Payout Ratio (2015 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Darling Ingredients' FCF Payout Ratio history runs 10 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.04 for Q3 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 36.86% year-over-year to 0.04 in Q3 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2025 was 0.03 (up 25.83% YoY) and the FY2024 annual result came in at 0.02, down 19.44% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.04 for Q3 2025 at Darling Ingredients, up from 0.03 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.04 in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 0.01 in Q4 2023.
  • A 4-year average of 0.03 and a median of 0.03 in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — FCF Payout Ratio plunged 49.61% — and 2024, when it surged 139.21%.
  • Darling Ingredients' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.02 in 2022, then plunged by 49.61% to 0.01 in 2023, then jumped by 139.21% to 0.03 in 2024, then surged by 70.62% to 0.04 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows DAR's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.04 in Q3 2025, 0.03 in Q4 2024, and 0.03 in Q3 2024.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Kraft Heinz 30.29 Bn 26.20 Bn 2.22 Bn 0.62
2 General Mills 19.35 Bn 18.90 Bn 1.60 Bn 3.57
3 Hormel Foods 13.90 Bn 13.04 Bn 518.51 Mn 2.98
4 Mccormick 13.45 Bn 13.12 Bn 778.20 Mn 0.41
5 Magnum Ice Cream 10.95 Bn 10.43 Bn - -
6 Smithfield Foods 10.34 Bn 8.95 Bn 511.00 Mn -
7 Darling Ingredients 9.92 Bn 9.80 Bn 404.92 Mn -
8 Oatly Group AB 8.23 Bn 8.23 Bn 76.34 Mn -
9 Conagra Brands 7.07 Bn 6.85 Bn 704.10 Mn -
10 Lamb Weston Holdings 6.87 Bn 6.81 Bn 331.60 Mn -1.42

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 27, 2025 0.04
Dec 28, 2024 0.03
Sep 28, 2024 0.03
Dec 30, 2023 0.01
Sep 30, 2023 0.03
Dec 31, 2022 0.02
Jan 1, 2022 0.01
Sep 26, 2020 -0.02
Mar 28, 2020 -0.32
Dec 28, 2019 -0.45
Dec 29, 2018 0.02
Sep 29, 2018 -2.38
Jun 30, 2018 0.05
Dec 30, 2017 0.04
Sep 30, 2017 0.14
Jul 1, 2017 0.05
Apr 1, 2017 0.01
Dec 31, 2016 0.02
Oct 1, 2016 0.02
Jan 2, 2016 0.32