Darling Ingredients (DAR) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026)
Darling Ingredients' Return on Sales [ROS] was 32.20% in Q2 2027, up 27.08 percentage points from 5.12% a year earlier and up 17.58 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Darling Ingredients (DAR) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Darling Ingredients' Return on Sales [ROS] was 14.71% through Jul 4, 2026, up 9.68 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2024, it was 8.19%, down 5.80 percentage points from FY2023.
- Return on Sales [ROS] shows a five-year change of -5.95 percentage points (FY2019 to FY2024).
- In earlier years, Return on Sales [ROS] was 13.99% in FY2023 (-1.76 pp), 15.75% in FY2022 (+13.26 pp), 2.49% in FY2021 (-1.05 pp) and 3.54% in FY2020 (-10.60 pp).
- The Q2 2027 figure marks the highest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] in data going back to Q2 2010.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Archer-Daniels-Midland | 38.64 Bn | 34.93 Bn | 1.94 Bn | 3.95% |
| 2 | Tyson Foods | 19.95 Bn | 16.31 Bn | 921.00 Mn | 2.61% |
| 3 | Bunge Global | 19.82 Bn | 17.33 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 4.47% |
| 4 | Jbs | 13.76 Bn | -19.50 Bn | 2.59 Bn | 2.50% |
| 5 | Darling Ingredients | 8.87 Bn | 8.48 Bn | 503.37 Mn | 32.20% |
| 6 | Smithfield Foods | 7.34 Bn | 2.29 Bn | 478.00 Mn | 7.84% |
| 7 | Pilgrims Pride | 6.70 Bn | 4.53 Bn | 339.75 Mn | 1.43% |
| 8 | Ingredion | 6.03 Bn | 2.21 Bn | 426.00 Mn | 10.16% |
| 9 | Seaboard | 3.73 Bn | -1.09 Bn | 221.00 Mn | 3.42% |
| 10 | Scotts Miracle-Gro | 3.45 Bn | 3.38 Bn | 365.90 Mn | 14.47% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2026 | 32.20% |
| Apr 4, 2026 | 14.62% |
| Jan 3, 2026 | 5.70% |
| 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% |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 14.28% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 14.10% |
| Oct 1, 2022 | 15.35% |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 16.88% |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 17.05% |
| Oct 2, 2021 | 17.34% |
| Jul 3, 2021 | 22.38% |
API Access
Darling Ingredients Return on Sales [ROS] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=DAR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "DAR", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=DAR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();