Darling Ingredients (DAR) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.49
- Estimate
- $1.48
- Surprise
- +68.3%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.4 → 6.3/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Darling Ingredients (DAR) beat the $1.48 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.49 — a large 68.3% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Data Issue (6.4/10) to Buy (Wait) at 6.3/10 after the report — the engine's score fell despite the beat.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates DAR Buy (Wait) at 6.4/10.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +68.3% surprise compares with a +48.3% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-10-29.
What supports the rating
- Sector modifier (Consumer Defensive): +0.8
- Strong earnings beat streak (3/4)
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Product: Feed Ingredients (65.0%)
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.6)
- Negative momentum
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $61.36
- Entry target
- $61.21
- Price target
- $70.98
- Stop
- $58.22
- Upside to target
- +15.7%
- Reward-to-risk
- 2.0:1
The stock trades at 17.0× trailing but 9.7× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-24 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
DAR at TrendMatrix's latest read
Defensive staples are judged on margin resilience: pricing power against input costs matters more here than top-line drama.
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- Market cap
- $9.73B
- P/E (fwd)
- 9.7
- P/E (ttm)
- 17.0
- 52-week range
- $29.15–$69.98
- Off 52-week high
- 12.3%
- RSI (14)
- 30
- Volume vs avg
- 1.44×
- Score today
- 6.4/10