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In this article, we go over a few key elements for understanding Darling Ingredients Inc.’s stock price such as:

• Darling Ingredients Inc.’s current stock price and volume
• Why Darling Ingredients Inc.’s stock price changed recently
• Upgrades and downgrades for DAR from analysts
• DAR’s stock price momentum as measured by its relative strength

About Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR)

Before we jump into Darling Ingredients Inc.’s stock price, history, target price and what caused it to recently rise, let’s take a look at some background.

Darling Ingredients Inc. develops, produces, and sells natural ingredients from edible and inedible bio-nutrients in North America, Europe, China, South America, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Feed Ingredients, Food Ingredients, and Fuel Ingredients. It offers ingredients and customized specialty solutions for customers in the pharmaceutical, food, pet food, feed, industrial, fuel, bioenergy, and fertilizer industries. The company also collects and transforms various animal by-product streams into useable and specialty ingredients, such as collagen, edible fats, feed-grade fats, animal proteins and meals, plasma, pet food ingredients, organic fertilizers, yellow grease, fuel feedstock, green energy, natural casings, and hides. In addition, it recovers and converts used cooking oil and animal fats, and residual bakery products into valuable feed ingredients. Further, the company provides environmental services, including grease trap collection and disposal services to food service establishments. It primarily operates under the Rendac, Sonac, FASA, Ecoson, Rousselot, Gelnex, and CTH brands. The company was formerly known as Darling International Inc. and changed its name to Darling Ingredients Inc. in May 2014. Darling Ingredients Inc. was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

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Darling Ingredients Inc.’s Stock Price as of Market Close

As of May 12, 2025, 1:01 PM, CST, Darling Ingredients Inc.’s stock price was $35.690.

Darling Ingredients Inc. is up 4.88% from its previous closing price of $34.030.

During the last market session, Darling Ingredients Inc.’s stock traded between $35.095 and $36.500. Currently, there are approximately 158.68 million shares outstanding for Darling Ingredients Inc..

Darling Ingredients Inc.’s price-earnings (P/E) ratio is currently at 31.6, which is high compared to the Food Products industry median of 19.8. The price-earnings ratio gauges market expectation of future performance by relating a stock’s current share price to its earnings per share.

Darling Ingredients Inc. Stock Price History

Darling Ingredients Inc.’s (DAR) price is currently up 10.87% so far this month.

During the month of May, Darling Ingredients Inc.’s stock price has reached a high of $36.500 and a low of $31.860.

Over the last year, Darling Ingredients Inc. has hit prices as high as $47.280 and as low as $26.000. Year to date, Darling Ingredients Inc.’s stock is up 5.94%.

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What Caused Darling Ingredients Inc. Stock’s Price to Rise?

Stock prices are primarily based on seller supply and buyer demand. But have you ever wondered about what other factors affect a stock's price?

When an analyst changes their opinion of a stock by upgrading or downgrading their rating, it often leads to a sudden stock price adjustment. As of May 09, 2025, there were 6 analysts who downgraded Darling Ingredients Inc.’s stock and 1 analyst who upgraded over the last month.

Additionally, you'll want to evaluate Darling Ingredients Inc.’s financial health and valuation. Investors can use AAII's Value Grade, which combines six key valuation metrics like P/E and P/S ratios for a comprehensive analysis to conduct analysis on Darling Ingredients Inc.’s valuation and financial health. This approach mitigates the limitations of single-metric evaluations.

Darling Ingredients Inc.’s current valuation based on AAII’s Value Grade is a C, which means it is considered to be Average.

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Lastly, news and media coverage as well as recent press reports about the company or its industry may cause stock prices to fluctuate. You can check out the most recent news articles about Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR) by visiting AAII Stock Evaluator.

Relative Price Strength of Darling Ingredients Inc.

Relative price strength measures a stock's performance against the market, helping investors identify stocks that are outperforming benchmarks.

For AAII’s Momentum Grade, a weighted relative price strength is calculated. Follow this link to learn more about the Momentum Grade.

As of May 09, 2025, Darling Ingredients Inc. has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of -8.05%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 30 and is considered to be Weak.

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Darling Ingredients Inc. Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of May 12, 2025, Darling Ingredients Inc.’s stock price is $35.690, which is up 4.88% from its previous closing price.

AAII advises against making stock decisions based solely on price or past returns. Instead, consider a variety of metrics, fundamentals, and analytics to evaluate a stock like Darling Ingredients Inc. stock prices are influenced by market supply and demand and offer just a snapshot of a company's overall health.

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