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

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

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

Darling Ingredients has reported Operating Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure 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.
  • The five-year high for Operating Margin was 20.29% in Q3 2023, with the low at 2.06% in Q1 2025.
  • Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 10.36% across 5 years, with a median of 10.25% in 2022.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin tumbled 3377 bps — and 2026, when it jumped 1257 bps.
  • Darling Ingredients' Operating Margin stood at 14.1% in 2022, then sank by 30 bps to 9.84% in 2023, then fell by 12 bps to 8.64% in 2024, then tumbled by 47 bps to 4.59% in 2025, then surged 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 12,507.92 Bn 12,507.92 Bn - -
2 Kraft Heinz 27.05 Bn 22.98 Bn 2.22 Bn 18.94%
3 General Mills 17.93 Bn 17.16 Bn 1.37 Bn 11.82%
4 Jbs 13.56 Bn 8.99 Bn 2.32 Bn -
5 Hormel Foods 13.29 Bn 12.44 Bn 518.51 Mn 7.30%
6 Mccormick 12.45 Bn 12.85 Bn 708.90 Mn 12.14%
7 Magnum Ice Cream 11.94 Bn 11.47 Bn - -
8 J M Smucker 11.83 Bn 11.77 Bn 862.10 Mn 19.60%
9 Smithfield Foods 9.80 Bn 8.73 Bn 511.00 Mn 8.76%
10 Darling Ingredients 8.51 Bn 8.55 Bn 404.92 Mn 14.62%

Historic Data

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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%