---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916540-23-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAR"
cik: "0000916540"
company_name: "DARLING INGREDIENTS INC."
filed_at: "2023-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T00:19:49.249712+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darling Ingredients reports record FY2022 combined adjusted EBITDA of $1.541B; guides FY2023 to $1.80-1.85B

## Summary
- FY2022 net income $737.7M ($4.49 diluted EPS) vs $650.9M ($3.90) in 2021; revenue $6.5B vs $4.7B.
- Record combined adjusted EBITDA $1.541B; Q4 combined adjusted EBITDA $413M vs $306.8M a year ago.
- DGD sold record 754M gallons renewable diesel at $1.18 EBITDA/gal; Port Arthur plant started, total capacity 1.2B gal/yr.
- FY2023 combined adjusted EBITDA guidance $1.80-1.85B, up from FY2022's $1.541B.
- Repurchased $125.5M of stock in 2022; completed acquisitions of Valley Proteins, FASA, Op de Beeck, and announced Gelnex and Miropasz.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916540-23-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAR
- cik: 0000916540
- company_name: DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.
- filed_at: 2023-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654023000006/0000916540-23-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654023000006/dar-20230227.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. reported fiscal year 2022 results: revenue $6.5 billion, net income $737.7 million, EPS $4.49 per diluted share. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: fiscal year 2022
  - Revenue: $6.5 billion
  - Net income: $737.7 million
  - EPS: $4.49 per diluted share
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: For the 2022 fiscal year, Darling Ingredients reported net income of $737.7 million, or $4.49 per diluted share, as compared to $650.9 million, or $3.90 per diluted share for 2021. Net sales for fiscal year 2022 were $6.5 billion, as compared with net sales of $4.7 billion in 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654023000006/0000916540-23-000006-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. reported fourth quarter 2022 results: revenue $1.8 billion, net income $156.6 million, EPS $0.96 per diluted share. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: fourth quarter 2022
  - Revenue: $1.8 billion
  - Net income: $156.6 million
  - EPS: $0.96 per diluted share
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Darling Ingredients Inc .(NYSE: DAR) today reported net income of $156.6 million, or $0.96 per diluted share for fourth quarter 2022, compared to net income of $155.8 million, or $0.94 per diluted share, for fourth quarter 2021. The company also reported net sales of $1.8 billion for the fourth quarter of 2022, as compared with net sales of $1.3 billion for the same period a year ago.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654023000006/0000916540-23-000006-index.htm

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