Darling Ingredients Inc.

DAR stock score: 58/100

$59.09 · -0.22% · Scored Oct 21, 2026

Technical
58
Fundamental
59
News
53

The reading

Darling Ingredients (DAR) scores 58 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 65% of Consumer Defensive stocks and 69% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 58, fundamentals 59.

Among the fundamentals, Price Target at 100 and Institutional Ownership at 100 score highest, while Earnings Growth (Annual) at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 36 and contrarian oscillators 69 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 53; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 58 to 75, and it is down 17 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward DAR’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

59

Pulling it up

  • Price Target100

    Price target score compares the current stock price to analyst consensus targets.

  • Institutional Ownership100

    Institutional ownership measures the percentage held by professional investors.

  • Revenue Quality (Quarterly)100

    Revenue Quality (Quarterly) evaluates recent revenue performance using trailing 12-month data from quarterly reports.

Holding it back

  • Earnings Growth (Annual)0

    Annual earnings growth tracks year-over-year profit expansion.

  • Earnings Growth (5-Year)0

    5-year earnings growth evaluates long-term profit trajectory and consistency.

  • Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)9

    Return on Invested Capital measures the operating profit a company earns on all the capital invested in it, debt and equity alike.

40 weighted scorers; 1 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

42

Pulling it up

  • 52-Week Change100

    The price change over the last 52 weeks.

  • S&P 500 52W Comparison98

    S&P 500 52-week comparison evaluates the stock's annual performance relative to the broader market.

  • Bollinger Bands (20)94

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

Holding it back

  • Ichimoku Cloud0

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)0

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • SMA 50 Cross Up5

    SMA 50 Cross Up detects when faster averages cross above the 50-period SMA.

61 weighted scorers; 4 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
53

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly441
Daily423
Weekly592
Monthly732
Quarterly712

Composite score, last 90 days

05010058Jul 25, 2026Oct 21, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 75Jul 26, 2026: 75Jul 27, 2026: 71Jul 28, 2026: 70Jul 29, 2026: 70Jul 30, 2026: 72Jul 31, 2026: 74Aug 2, 2026: 60Aug 3, 2026: 60Aug 5, 2026: 59Aug 6, 2026: 59Aug 7, 2026: 61Aug 8, 2026: 61Aug 9, 2026: 61Aug 10, 2026: 65Aug 11, 2026: 65Aug 12, 2026: 65Aug 13, 2026: 65Aug 14, 2026: 65Aug 15, 2026: 65Aug 16, 2026: 65Aug 17, 2026: 65Aug 18, 2026: 64Aug 19, 2026: 65Aug 20, 2026: 64Aug 22, 2026: 63Aug 23, 2026: 64Aug 24, 2026: 62Aug 25, 2026: 62Aug 26, 2026: 62Aug 27, 2026: 62Aug 28, 2026: 64Aug 29, 2026: 64Aug 30, 2026: 63Aug 31, 2026: 65Sep 1, 2026: 65Sep 2, 2026: 65Sep 3, 2026: 67Sep 4, 2026: 63Sep 5, 2026: 63Sep 6, 2026: 63Sep 7, 2026: 63Sep 8, 2026: 65Sep 9, 2026: 65Sep 10, 2026: 63Sep 11, 2026: 62Sep 12, 2026: 62Sep 13, 2026: 62Sep 14, 2026: 62Sep 15, 2026: 63Sep 16, 2026: 63Sep 17, 2026: 63Sep 18, 2026: 63Sep 19, 2026: 63Sep 20, 2026: 62Sep 21, 2026: 61Sep 22, 2026: 61Sep 23, 2026: 62Sep 24, 2026: 62Sep 25, 2026: 60Sep 26, 2026: 59Sep 27, 2026: 59Sep 28, 2026: 60Sep 29, 2026: 59Sep 30, 2026: 60Oct 1, 2026: 60Oct 2, 2026: 61Oct 3, 2026: 62Oct 4, 2026: 62Oct 5, 2026: 61Oct 6, 2026: 60Oct 7, 2026: 58Oct 8, 2026: 61Oct 9, 2026: 59Oct 10, 2026: 59Oct 11, 2026: 59Oct 12, 2026: 60Oct 13, 2026: 63Oct 14, 2026: 62Oct 15, 2026: 60Oct 16, 2026: 59Oct 17, 2026: 59Oct 18, 2026: 59Oct 19, 2026: 58Oct 20, 2026: 58Oct 21, 2026: 58
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Key facts

Market cap
$9.3B
Sector
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Packaged Foods
Beta
1.05
Risk grade (1–10)
1
Next earnings
Oct 29, 2026

Packaged Foods peers

CompanyMarket capScore
MKC McCormick & Company$12.8B49
HRL Hormel Foods$11.3B42
LW Lamb Weston$7.4B56
SFD Smithfield Foods$7.3B50
CAG Conagra Brands$6.9B38
PPC Pilgrim's Pride$6.7B53

Questions

What is DAR's stock score today?

DAR scores 58/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 58, fundamental 59, and news sentiment 53, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is DAR a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 58 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the DAR score calculated?

101 weighted scorers feed it today: 40 fundamental, scored against Consumer Defensive ranges, and 61 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.