---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916540-23-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAR"
cik: "0000916540"
company_name: "DARLING INGREDIENTS INC."
filed_at: "2023-11-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T18:40:10.192443+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darling Q3 net income falls 34% to $125M; combined adj. EBITDA $334.3M

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.77 vs $1.17 a year ago; net sales $1.6B, down 7% YoY.
- Combined adjusted EBITDA $334.3M, down from $394.7M in Q3 2022.
- DGD renewable diesel sales 266.8M gallons at $0.65/gal EBITDA; received $62.2M dividends.
- Feed ingredients net sales fell 18% to $1.05B; food ingredients rose 31% to $455.7M.
- FY 2023 combined adjusted EBITDA guidance reaffirmed at $1.6-1.7B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916540-23-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAR
- cik: 0000916540
- company_name: DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.
- filed_at: 2023-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654023000035/0000916540-23-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654023000035/dar-20231107.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916540-23-000035
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916540-23-000035.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916540-23-000035.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. reported third quarter ended September 30, 2023 results: revenue $1.6 billion, net income $125.0 million, EPS $0.77 per diluted share.
  - Period: third quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $1.6 billion
  - Net income: $125.0 million
  - EPS: $0.77 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net income of $125.0 million, or $0.77 per GAAP diluted share • Net sales of $1.6 billion
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654023000035/0000916540-23-000035-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.