---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916540-24-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAR"
cik: "0000916540"
company_name: "DARLING INGREDIENTS INC."
filed_at: "2024-10-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T10:51:36.838474+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darling Q3 net income $16.9M vs $125M YoY; revenue falls to $1.42B; EBITDA guidance reaffirmed

## Summary
- Net income $16.9M ($0.11 diluted EPS) vs $125.0M ($0.77) in Q3 2023, driven by lower fat prices and weaker DGD earnings.
- Total net sales $1.42B, down 12.5% YoY, with declines in Feed ($927.5M) and Food ($357.3M) segments.
- Combined adjusted EBITDA $236.7M vs $334.3M; DGD sold 316.6M gallons at $0.25/gallon EBITDA.
- FY2024 combined adjusted EBITDA guidance set at $1.15B-$1.175B; debt reduced ~$192M in Q3 to $4.25B.
- Received $111.2M cash dividends from DGD; SAF plant commissioning underway; mgmt sees improved 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916540-24-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAR
- cik: 0000916540
- company_name: DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.
- filed_at: 2024-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654024000028/0000916540-24-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654024000028/dar-20241024.htm

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