Darling Ingredients (DAR) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Darling Ingredients (DAR) posted Free Cash Flow of $58.2 million for Q2 2026, down 56.66% on a QoQ basis from $134.2 million in Q3 2025, and down 68.71% year-over-year from $186.0 million in Q2 2025.

Darling Ingredients (DAR) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Darling Ingredients' Free Cash Flow history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $58.2 million for Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 68.71% year-over-year to $58.2 million in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was $267.3 million (down 48.87% YoY) and the FY2024 annual result came in at $506.8 million, up 47.43% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was $58.2 million for Q2 2026 at Darling Ingredients, down from $134.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $207.1 million in Q3 2024 and bottomed at $41.1 million in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $110.6 million and a median of $94.3 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Free Cash Flow tumbled 75.81% — and 2024, when it soared 92.78%.
  • 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 sank by 56.66% to $58.2 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows DAR's Free Cash Flow at $58.2 million in Q2 2026, $134.2 million in Q3 2025, and $74.8 million in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Kraft Heinz 30.29 Bn 26.20 Bn 2.22 Bn 766.00 Mn
2 General Mills 19.35 Bn 18.90 Bn 1.60 Bn 367.60 Mn
3 Hormel Foods 13.90 Bn 13.04 Bn 518.51 Mn 53.98 Mn
4 Mccormick 13.45 Bn 13.12 Bn 778.20 Mn 337.10 Mn
5 Magnum Ice Cream 10.95 Bn 10.43 Bn - 1.17 Bn
6 Smithfield Foods 10.34 Bn 8.95 Bn 511.00 Mn -153.00 Mn
7 Darling Ingredients 9.92 Bn 9.80 Bn 404.92 Mn 58.19 Mn
8 Oatly Group AB 8.23 Bn 8.23 Bn 76.34 Mn 445,000.00
9 Conagra Brands 7.07 Bn 6.85 Bn 704.10 Mn 506.50 Mn
10 Lamb Weston Holdings 6.87 Bn 6.81 Bn 331.60 Mn -36.30 Mn

Historic Data

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Apr 4, 2026 58.19 Mn
Apr 4, 2026 58.19 Mn
Sep 27, 2025 134.24 Mn
Sep 27, 2025 134.24 Mn
Jun 28, 2025 74.84 Mn
Jun 28, 2025 74.84 Mn
Mar 29, 2025 185.98 Mn
Mar 29, 2025 185.98 Mn
Dec 28, 2024 81.07 Mn
Dec 28, 2024 81.07 Mn
Sep 28, 2024 207.06 Mn
Sep 28, 2024 207.06 Mn
Jun 29, 2024 48.57 Mn
Jun 29, 2024 48.57 Mn
Mar 30, 2024 170.13 Mn
Mar 30, 2024 170.13 Mn
Dec 30, 2023 42.05 Mn
Dec 30, 2023 42.05 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 130.34 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 130.34 Mn