Growth Metrics

Darling Ingredients (DAR) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Darling Ingredients filings provide 17 years of Free Cash Flow readings, the most recent being $284.2 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow rose 250.56% to $284.2 million in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was $679.2 million, a 34.02% increase, with the full-year FY2026 number at $679.2 million, up 34.02% from a year prior.
  • Free Cash Flow hit $284.2 million in Q1 2026 for Darling Ingredients, up from $134.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $284.2 million in Q1 2026 to a low of $41.1 million in Q4 2022.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 5 years was $130.3 million (2023), compared with a mean of $128.0 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: tumbled 75.81% in 2022 and later surged 250.56% in 2026.
  • Darling Ingredients' Free Cash Flow stood at $41.1 million in 2022, then grew by 2.28% to $42.1 million in 2023, then surged by 92.78% to $81.1 million in 2024, then soared by 65.59% to $134.2 million in 2025, then soared by 111.7% to $284.2 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Free Cash Flow were $284.2 million (Q1 2026), $134.2 million (Q3 2025), and $74.8 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.