Darling Ingredients (DAR) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Darling Ingredients posted quarterly Operating Margin of 14.62% for Q2 2026, up 1257.0% year-on-year from 1.08% in Q2 2025, and up 218.84% on a QoQ basis from 4.59% in Q3 2025.
Darling Ingredients (DAR) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 14.62% in Q2 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Operating Margin rose 1257.0% year-over-year to 14.62%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 stood at 6.74% (up 41.0% YoY), and the FY2024 full-year result was 8.19%, down 580.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin for Q2 2026 stood at 14.62%, 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.
- The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 10.25% (2022), against an average of 10.36%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Margin sank 3377 bps; it then jumped 1257 bps in 2026.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 14.1% in 2022, then plunged by 30 bps to 9.84% in 2023, then retreated by 12 bps to 8.64% in 2024, then slumped by 47 bps to 4.59% in 2025, then soared by 219 bps to 14.62% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 14.62% (Q2 2026), 4.59% (Q3 2025), and 5.12% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (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 | 18.94% |
| 3 | Jbs | 19.23 Bn | 14.67 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 2.24% |
| 4 | General Mills | 18.04 Bn | 17.27 Bn | 1.37 Bn | 11.82% |
| 5 | Hormel Foods | 12.87 Bn | 11.99 Bn | 518.51 Mn | 7.30% |
| 6 | Mccormick | 12.46 Bn | 12.86 Bn | 708.90 Mn | 12.14% |
| 7 | Magnum Ice Cream | 11.56 Bn | 11.08 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | J M Smucker | 10.74 Bn | 10.69 Bn | 827.80 Mn | -23.44% |
| 9 | Smithfield Foods | 10.23 Bn | 9.16 Bn | 511.00 Mn | 8.76% |
| 10 | Darling Ingredients | 9.59 Bn | 9.63 Bn | 404.92 Mn | 14.62% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |
| Sep 26, 2020 | 14.98% |
| Jun 27, 2020 | 12.52% |
| Mar 28, 2020 | 14.40% |
| Dec 28, 2019 | 34.13% |
| Sep 28, 2019 | 7.11% |
| Jun 29, 2019 | 8.96% |
| Mar 30, 2019 | 5.81% |
| Dec 29, 2018 | 8.64% |
| Sep 29, 2018 | 1.91% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 4.34% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 14.73% |
| Dec 30, 2017 | 3.68% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 3.67% |
| Jul 1, 2017 | 4.26% |
| Apr 1, 2017 | 3.70% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 3.79% |
| Oct 1, 2016 | 3.67% |
| Jul 2, 2016 | 4.26% |
| Apr 2, 2016 | 3.70% |
| Jan 2, 2016 | 4.04% |
| Oct 3, 2015 | 4.55% |
| Jul 4, 2015 | 4.57% |
| Apr 4, 2015 | 3.64% |
| Jan 3, 2015 | 3.97% |
| Sep 27, 2014 | 5.10% |
| Jun 28, 2014 | 7.32% |
| Mar 29, 2014 | -0.06% |
| Dec 28, 2013 | 4.14% |
| Sep 28, 2013 | 9.36% |
| Jun 29, 2013 | 11.45% |
| Mar 30, 2013 | 12.58% |
| Dec 29, 2012 | 11.65% |
| Sep 29, 2012 | 14.53% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 14.65% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 13.56% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 13.69% |
| Oct 1, 2011 | 16.35% |
| Jul 2, 2011 | 19.60% |
| Apr 2, 2011 | 20.04% |
| Jan 1, 2011 | 10.87% |
| Oct 2, 2010 | 11.45% |
| Jul 3, 2010 | 11.38% |
| Apr 3, 2010 | 12.03% |
| Oct 3, 2009 | 15.88% |
| Jul 4, 2009 | 13.06% |