For the quarter ended September 2025, Darling Ingredients (DAR) reported revenue of $1.56 billion, up 10% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.12, compared to $0.11 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.54 billion, representing a surprise of +1.83%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -7.69%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.13.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Darling performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Feed Ingredients: $1.03 billion compared to the $985.84 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +11% year over year.
- Net Sales- Fuel Ingredients: $154.28 million compared to the $153.97 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +12.5% year over year.
- Net Sales- Food Ingredients: $380.57 million compared to the $382.97 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +6.5% year over year.
- Segment Adjusted EBITDA- Food Ingredients: $71.64 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $71.3 million.
- Segment Adjusted EBITDA- Feed Ingredients: $174 million compared to the $161.48 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Segment Adjusted EBITDA- Fuel Ingredients: $24.49 million compared to the $21.26 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Segment Adjusted EBITDA- Corporate: $-22.33 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $-15.2 million.
- Combined Adjusted EBITDA- Fuel Ingredients: $21.6 million versus $28.23 million estimated by two analysts on average.
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Shares of Darling have returned +0.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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