Financial Fitness Check: Examining Darling Ingredients Inc (DAR)’s Key Ratios

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In the latest session, Darling Ingredients Inc (NYSE: DAR) closed at $40.04 down -0.22% from its previous closing price of $40.13. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.22 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.93 million shares were traded. DAR stock price reached its highest trading level at $41.28 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $39.8622.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of Darling Ingredients Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 40.28 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 13.27. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.83 and its Current Ratio is at 1.41. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.98 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.94.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, TD Cowen on September 13, 2024, Reiterated its Hold rating but revised its target price to $43 from $45 previously.

On June 12, 2024, Citigroup Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Neutral but kept the price unchanged to $48.

On February 01, 2024, Citigroup started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $49.Citigroup initiated its Neutral rating on February 01, 2024, with a $49 target price.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 19 ’24 when STUEWE RANDALL C sold 24,710 shares for $41.95 per share. The transaction valued at 1,036,585 led to the insider holds 693,848 shares of the business.

STUEWE RANDALL C sold 290 shares of DAR for $12,470 on Nov 18 ’24. The Chairman and CEO now owns 718,558 shares after completing the transaction at $43.00 per share. On Nov 18 ’24, another insider, Randall C. Stuewe, who serves as the CEO of the company, bought 25,000 shares for $43.05 each.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, DAR now has a Market Capitalization of 6382616576 and an Enterprise Value of 10800695296. As of this moment, Darling’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 24.77, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 13.14. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.71. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.05 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.40. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.827 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.527.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, DAR has reached a high of $51.36, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $32.67. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 3.89%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -0.21%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, DAR has traded an average of 1.92M shares per day and 2295170 over the past ten days. A total of 159.53M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 157.21M. Insiders hold about 1.16% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 101.74% stake in the company. Shares short for DAR as of 1730332800 were 10973618 with a Short Ratio of 5.70, compared to 1727654400 on 10551177. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 10973618 and a Short% of Float of 7.920000000000001.

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