Darling Ingredients (DAR) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Darling Ingredients (DAR) posted Return on Capital Employed of 5.84% for Q2 2026, up 82.97% on a QoQ basis from 3.19% in Q3 2025, and up 185.0% year-over-year from 2.05% in Q2 2025.

Darling Ingredients (DAR) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Darling Ingredients' Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 5.84% for Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 185.0% year-over-year to 5.84% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 5.84% (up 185.0% YoY) and the FY2024 annual result came in at 4.92%, down 548.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 5.84% for Q2 2026 at Darling Ingredients, up from 3.19% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 22.68% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 3.13% in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 8.01% and a median of 6.09% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Capital Employed sank 1634 bps — and 2026, when it jumped 185 bps.
  • Darling Ingredients' Return on Capital Employed stood at 13.31% in 2022, then slumped by 32 bps to 9.0% in 2023, then slumped by 44 bps to 5.05% in 2024, then plunged by 37 bps to 3.19% in 2025, then surged by 83 bps to 5.84% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows DAR's Return on Capital Employed at 5.84% in Q2 2026, 3.19% in Q3 2025, and 3.13% in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Kraft Heinz 30.29 Bn 26.20 Bn 2.22 Bn -6.47%
2 General Mills 19.35 Bn 18.90 Bn 1.60 Bn 3.63%
3 Hormel Foods 13.90 Bn 13.04 Bn 518.51 Mn 6.10%
4 Mccormick 13.45 Bn 13.12 Bn 778.20 Mn 8.60%
5 Magnum Ice Cream 10.95 Bn 10.43 Bn - -
6 Smithfield Foods 10.34 Bn 8.95 Bn 511.00 Mn 13.03%
7 Darling Ingredients 9.92 Bn 9.80 Bn 404.92 Mn 5.84%
8 Oatly Group AB 8.23 Bn 8.23 Bn 76.34 Mn 34,314.10%
9 Conagra Brands 7.07 Bn 6.85 Bn 704.10 Mn -10.82%
10 Lamb Weston Holdings 6.87 Bn 6.81 Bn 331.60 Mn 10.22%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 4, 2026 5.84%
Sep 27, 2025 3.19%
Jun 28, 2025 3.13%
Mar 29, 2025 3.99%
Dec 28, 2024 5.05%
Sep 28, 2024 5.29%
Jun 29, 2024 6.34%
Mar 30, 2024 8.28%
Dec 30, 2023 9.00%
Sep 30, 2023 9.98%
Jul 1, 2023 22.68%
Dec 31, 2022 13.31%
Jan 2, 2021 8.94%
Sep 26, 2020 13.74%
Jun 27, 2020 12.27%
Mar 28, 2020 11.68%
Dec 28, 2019 10.68%
Sep 28, 2019 5.83%
Jun 29, 2019 4.76%
Mar 30, 2019 3.97%