Growth Metrics

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

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

Darling Ingredients (DAR) has 17 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at $58.2 million in Q2 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Free Cash Flow fell 68.71% year-over-year to $58.2 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 stood at $267.3 million (down 48.87% YoY), and the FY2024 full-year result was $506.8 million, up 47.43% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q2 2026 stood at $58.2 million, 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.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $94.3 million (2023), against an average of $110.6 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Free Cash Flow slumped 75.81%; it then soared 92.78% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $41.1 million in 2022, then climbed by 2.28% to $42.1 million in 2023, then jumped by 92.78% to $81.1 million in 2024, then surged by 65.59% to $134.2 million in 2025, then slumped by 56.66% to $58.2 million in 2026.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $58.2 million (Q2 2026), $134.2 million (Q3 2025), and $74.8 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (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 766.00 Mn
3 Jbs 19.23 Bn 14.67 Bn 2.32 Bn 117.88 Mn
4 General Mills 18.04 Bn 17.27 Bn 1.37 Bn 295.50 Mn
5 Hormel Foods 12.87 Bn 11.99 Bn 518.51 Mn 180.90 Mn
6 Mccormick 12.46 Bn 12.86 Bn 708.90 Mn 18.40 Mn
7 Magnum Ice Cream 11.56 Bn 11.08 Bn - -
8 J M Smucker 10.74 Bn 10.69 Bn 827.80 Mn 487.00 Mn
9 Smithfield Foods 10.23 Bn 9.16 Bn 511.00 Mn -153.00 Mn
10 Darling Ingredients 9.59 Bn 9.63 Bn 404.92 Mn 58.19 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
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
Jul 1, 2023 94.29 Mn
Jul 1, 2023 94.29 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 41.11 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 41.11 Mn
Jan 1, 2022 169.98 Mn
Jan 1, 2022 169.98 Mn
Sep 26, 2020 145.05 Mn
Sep 26, 2020 145.05 Mn
Jun 27, 2020 167.50 Mn
Jun 27, 2020 167.50 Mn
Mar 28, 2020 -27.05 Mn
Mar 28, 2020 -27.05 Mn
Dec 28, 2019 -14.47 Mn
Dec 28, 2019 -14.47 Mn
Sep 28, 2019 31.16 Mn
Sep 28, 2019 31.16 Mn
Jun 29, 2019 22.10 Mn
Jun 29, 2019 22.10 Mn
Mar 30, 2019 -35.67 Mn
Mar 30, 2019 -35.67 Mn
Dec 29, 2018 90.75 Mn
Dec 29, 2018 90.75 Mn
Sep 29, 2018 -2.95 Mn
Sep 29, 2018 -2.95 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 18.58 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 18.58 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 -29.66 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 -29.66 Mn
Dec 30, 2017 63.94 Mn
Dec 30, 2017 63.94 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 2.61 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 2.61 Mn
Jul 1, 2017 37.55 Mn
Jul 1, 2017 37.55 Mn
Apr 1, 2017 32.17 Mn
Apr 1, 2017 32.17 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 35.14 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 35.14 Mn
Oct 1, 2016 53.51 Mn
Oct 1, 2016 53.51 Mn
Jul 2, 2016 67.16 Mn
Jul 2, 2016 67.16 Mn
Apr 2, 2016 -8.33 Mn
Apr 2, 2016 -8.33 Mn
Jan 2, 2016 165.80 Mn
Jan 2, 2016 165.80 Mn
Apr 4, 2015 8.40 Mn
Apr 4, 2015 8.40 Mn
Sep 27, 2014 87.82 Mn
Sep 27, 2014 87.82 Mn
Jun 28, 2014 19.36 Mn
Jun 28, 2014 19.36 Mn
Mar 29, 2014 -81.86 Mn
Mar 29, 2014 -81.86 Mn
Dec 28, 2013 126.57 Mn
Dec 28, 2013 126.57 Mn
Sep 28, 2013 -45.12 Mn
Sep 28, 2013 -45.12 Mn
Jun 29, 2013 95.02 Mn
Jun 29, 2013 95.02 Mn
Mar 30, 2013 33.09 Mn
Mar 30, 2013 33.09 Mn
Dec 29, 2012 137.12 Mn
Dec 29, 2012 137.12 Mn
Sep 29, 2012 -29.54 Mn
Sep 29, 2012 -29.54 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 113.08 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 113.08 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 28.88 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 28.88 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 50.57 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 50.57 Mn
Oct 1, 2011 39.51 Mn
Oct 1, 2011 39.51 Mn
Jul 2, 2011 22.69 Mn
Jul 2, 2011 22.69 Mn
Apr 2, 2011 67.94 Mn
Apr 2, 2011 67.94 Mn
Jan 1, 2011 31.93 Mn
Jan 1, 2011 31.93 Mn
Apr 3, 2010 10.18 Mn
Apr 3, 2010 10.18 Mn
Jan 2, 2010 -229.56 Mn
Jan 2, 2010 -229.56 Mn
Oct 3, 2009 13.45 Mn
Oct 3, 2009 13.45 Mn