Growth Metrics

Darling Ingredients (DAR) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Darling Ingredients (DAR) has disclosed Return on Sales for 18 consecutive years, with 0.03% as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Sales fell 4.0% year-over-year to 0.03%, compared with a TTM value of 0.01% through Jan 2026, down 4.0%, and an annual FY2026 reading of 0.01%, down 4.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.03% for Q1 2026 at Darling Ingredients, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.15% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.02% in Q1 2025.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.07%, with a median of 0.07% recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales plummeted -59bps in 2022, then increased 2bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.09% in 2022, then tumbled by -40bps to 0.05% in 2023, then surged by 35bps to 0.07% in 2024, then tumbled by -82bps to 0.01% in 2025, then skyrocketed by 156bps to 0.03% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for DAR at 0.03% in Q1 2026, 0.01% in Q3 2025, and 0.01% in Q2 2025.