Growth Metrics

Darling Ingredients (DAR) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Darling Ingredients' Return on Capital Employed history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.03% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 2.0% year-over-year to 0.03%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.03%, down 2.0%, while the annual FY2026 figure was 0.03%, 2.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.03% in Q1 2026 per DAR's latest filing, down from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.14% in Q3 2023 to a low of 0.03% in Q1 2026.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.07%, with a median of 0.06% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: dropped -8bps in 2024, then dropped -2bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.13% in 2022, then crashed by -32bps to 0.09% in 2023, then tumbled by -44bps to 0.05% in 2024, then plummeted by -37bps to 0.03% in 2025, then dropped by -8bps to 0.03% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DAR's Return on Capital Employed are 0.03% (Q1 2026), 0.03% (Q3 2025), and 0.03% (Q2 2025).