Darling Ingredients (DAR) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Darling Ingredients (DAR) posted Operating Expenses of $1.4 billion for Q2 2026, down 1.04% on a QoQ basis from $1.4 billion in Q3 2025, and up 8.3% year-over-year from $1.3 billion in Q2 2025.

Darling Ingredients (DAR) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Darling Ingredients' Operating Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.4 billion for 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 was $1.4 billion for Q2 2026 at Darling Ingredients, down from $1.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $3.4 billion in Q1 2022 and bottomed at $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.
  • Peak annual rise in Operating Expenses reached 330.67% in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 51.25% in 2022.
  • Darling Ingredients' Operating Expenses stood at $1.6 billion in 2022, then decreased by 11.1% to $1.5 billion in 2023, then declined by 9.63% to $1.3 billion in 2024, then increased by 9.63% to $1.4 billion in 2025, then retreated by 1.04% to $1.4 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows DAR's Operating Expenses at $1.4 billion in Q2 2026, $1.4 billion in Q3 2025, and $1.4 billion in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Kraft Heinz 30.29 Bn 26.20 Bn 2.22 Bn 1.07 Bn
2 General Mills 19.35 Bn 18.90 Bn 1.60 Bn 3.70 Bn
3 Hormel Foods 13.90 Bn 13.04 Bn 518.51 Mn 318.62 Mn
4 Mccormick 13.45 Bn 13.12 Bn 778.20 Mn 441.80 Mn
5 Magnum Ice Cream 10.95 Bn 10.43 Bn - -
6 Smithfield Foods 10.34 Bn 8.95 Bn 511.00 Mn 180.00 Mn
7 Darling Ingredients 9.92 Bn 9.80 Bn 404.92 Mn 1.43 Bn
8 Oatly Group AB 8.23 Bn 8.23 Bn 76.34 Mn -88.35 Mn
9 Conagra Brands 7.07 Bn 6.85 Bn 704.10 Mn 401.10 Mn
10 Lamb Weston Holdings 6.87 Bn 6.81 Bn 331.60 Mn 205.00 Mn

Historic Data

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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
Mar 31, 2021 226.92 Mn