Growth Metrics

Darling Ingredients (DAR) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Darling Ingredients' Gross Margin history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 25.1% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Gross Margin rose 156.0% year-over-year to 25.1%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 24.01%, up 166.0%, while the annual FY2026 figure was 24.01%, 166.0% up from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin reached 25.1% in Q1 2026 per DAR's latest filing, up from 24.75% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 27.04% in Q4 2023 to a low of 12.45% in Q2 2022.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 21.41%, with a median of 22.51% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: tumbled -3372bps in 2022, then skyrocketed 1019bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 21.99% in 2022, then rose by 23bps to 27.04% in 2023, then fell by -13bps to 23.54% in 2024, then grew by 5bps to 24.75% in 2025, then grew by 1bps to 25.1% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DAR's Gross Margin are 25.1% (Q1 2026), 24.75% (Q3 2025), and 23.35% (Q2 2025).