Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR) is a Packaged Foods company in the Consumer Defensive sector, currently trading at $59.60. It has a SharesGrow Score of 47/100, indicating a mixed investment profile with 2 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of DAR = $914.21 (+1433.9% from the current price, the stock appears undervalued). Analyst consensus target is DAR = $61 (+1.5% upside).
Valuation: DAR trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 161.2 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 5.76.
Financials: revenue is $6.1B, -2.8%/yr average growth. Net income is $63M, growing at -44.8%/yr. Net profit margin is 1% (thin). Gross margin is 15.7% (-8.5 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $4.2B against $4.7B equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 0.88, moderate). Current ratio is 1.5 (strong liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 40.4%. Total assets: $10.3B.
Analyst outlook: 21 / 25 analysts rate DAR as buy (84%) — strong consensus.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 24/100 (Fail), Growth 15/100 (Fail), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 50/100 (Partial), Moat 31/100 (Fail), Future 76/100 (Pass), Income 30/100 (Fail).
