Growth Metrics

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

Darling Ingredients' Return on Invested Capital history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.04% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Invested Capital fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.04%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.04%, down 3.0%, while the annual FY2026 figure was 0.04%, 2.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.04% in Q1 2026 per DAR's latest filing, down from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.13% in Q3 2023 to a low of 0.04% in Q1 2026.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.08%, with a median of 0.07% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: fell -6bps in 2024, then dropped -1bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.12% in 2022, then dropped by -20bps to 0.09% in 2023, then plummeted by -34bps to 0.06% in 2024, then plummeted by -31bps to 0.04% in 2025, then fell by -17bps to 0.04% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DAR's Return on Invested Capital are 0.04% (Q1 2026), 0.04% (Q3 2025), and 0.05% (Q2 2025).