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

Darling Ingredients (DAR) posted Operating Margin of 14.62% for Q2 2026, up 218.84% on a QoQ basis from 4.59% in Q3 2025, and up 1257.0% year-over-year from 1.08% in Q2 2025.

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

Darling Ingredients' Operating Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 14.62% for Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin rose 1257.0% year-over-year to 14.62% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 6.74% (up 41.0% YoY) and the FY2024 annual result came in at 8.19%, down 580.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 14.62% for Q2 2026 at Darling Ingredients, up from 4.59% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 20.29% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 2.06% in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 10.36% and a median of 10.25% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin slumped 3377 bps — and 2026, when it jumped 1257 bps.
  • Darling Ingredients' Operating Margin stood at 14.1% in 2022, then tumbled by 30 bps to 9.84% in 2023, then decreased by 12 bps to 8.64% in 2024, then sank by 47 bps to 4.59% in 2025, then jumped by 219 bps to 14.62% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows DAR's Operating Margin at 14.62% in Q2 2026, 4.59% in Q3 2025, and 5.12% in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Kraft Heinz 30.29 Bn 26.20 Bn 2.22 Bn 18.94%
2 General Mills 19.35 Bn 18.90 Bn 1.60 Bn -45.40%
3 Hormel Foods 13.90 Bn 13.04 Bn 518.51 Mn 7.30%
4 Mccormick 13.45 Bn 13.12 Bn 778.20 Mn 14.27%
5 Magnum Ice Cream 10.95 Bn 10.43 Bn - -
6 Smithfield Foods 10.34 Bn 8.95 Bn 511.00 Mn 8.76%
7 Darling Ingredients 9.92 Bn 9.80 Bn 404.92 Mn 14.62%
8 Oatly Group AB 8.23 Bn 8.23 Bn 76.34 Mn -4.97%
9 Conagra Brands 7.07 Bn 6.85 Bn 704.10 Mn -57.54%
10 Lamb Weston Holdings 6.87 Bn 6.81 Bn 331.60 Mn 8.09%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 4, 2026 14.62%
Sep 27, 2025 4.59%
Jun 28, 2025 5.12%
Mar 29, 2025 2.06%
Dec 28, 2024 8.64%
Sep 28, 2024 4.23%
Jun 29, 2024 10.20%
Mar 30, 2024 9.66%
Dec 30, 2023 9.84%
Sep 30, 2023 10.98%
Jul 1, 2023 20.29%
Mar 31, 2023 11.91%
Dec 31, 2022 14.10%
Sep 30, 2022 14.21%
Jun 30, 2022 10.30%
Mar 31, 2022 14.95%
Sep 30, 2021 27.14%
Jun 30, 2021 44.07%
Mar 31, 2021 47.43%
Jan 2, 2021 7.29%