Darling Ingredients (DAR) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)
Darling Ingredients' (DAR) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $1.4 billion in Q2 2026, up 8.3% YoY from $1.3 billion in Q2 2025, and down 1.04% on a QoQ basis from $1.4 billion in Q3 2025.
Darling Ingredients (DAR) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Darling Ingredients (DAR) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $1.4 billion in Q2 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 8.3% year-over-year to $1.4 billion in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was $4.3 billion (down 19.92% YoY) and the FY2024 annual result came in at $5.4 billion, down 13.03% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses eased to $1.4 billion in Q2 2026, from $1.4 billion in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $3.4 billion in Q1 2022 to a low of $834.1 million in Q1 2022.
- A 5-year average of $1.5 billion and a median of $1.4 billion in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
- The widest YoY moves for Operating Expenses: up 330.67% in 2022, down 51.25% in 2022.
- Tracing DAR's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $1.6 billion in 2022, then fell by 11.1% to $1.5 billion in 2023, then slipped by 9.63% to $1.3 billion in 2024, then climbed by 9.63% to $1.4 billion in 2025, then declined by 1.04% to $1.4 billion in 2026.
- The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $1.4 billion (Q2 2026), $1.4 billion (Q3 2025), and $1.4 billion (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| 1 | Kraft Heinz | 30.51 Bn | 27.83 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 8.46 Bn |
| 2 | General Mills | 21.49 Bn | 21.04 Bn | 1.60 Bn | 3.70 Bn |
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| 4 | Jbs | 14.70 Bn | 11.23 Bn | 4.91 Bn | 3.83 Bn |
| 5 | J M Smucker | 13.27 Bn | 13.22 Bn | 862.10 Mn | 362.30 Mn |
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| 8 | Darling Ingredients | 10.65 Bn | 10.49 Bn | 503.37 Mn | 1.52 Bn |
| 9 | Smithfield Foods | 8.74 Bn | 7.39 Bn | 478.00 Mn | 191.00 Mn |
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.52 Bn |
| Apr 4, 2026 | 1.43 Bn |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 1.45 Bn |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 1.41 Bn |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.32 Bn |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 1.32 Bn |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 1.36 Bn |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 1.35 Bn |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 1.36 Bn |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 1.46 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.50 Bn |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 1.61 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.48 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.64 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.26 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.31 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 834.06 Mn |
| Jan 1, 2022 | 3.37 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 292.84 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 319.85 Mn |