---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916540-25-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAR"
cik: "0000916540"
company_name: "DARLING INGREDIENTS INC."
filed_at: "2025-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T07:46:43.180649+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darling Ingredients Q1 net loss $26.2M; DGD drags Combined Adj EBITDA to $195.8M

## Summary
- Net loss of $26.2M ($0.16 diluted EPS) vs net income $81.2M ($0.50) YoY on lower DGD earnings.
- Total net sales $1.38B, down from $1.42B; core business stable but biofuel headwinds persist.
- Combined Adj EBITDA $195.8M (vs $280.1M); DGD Darling's share only $6.0M (vs $115.1M).
- DGD sold 219.1M gallons at $0.06/gallon EBITDA; Darling received $129.5M in cash dividends.
- FY2025 Combined Adj EBITDA guidance reaffirmed at $1.25-$1.30B; repurchased $35M shares.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916540-25-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAR
- cik: 0000916540
- company_name: DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.
- filed_at: 2025-04-24T23:59:59+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/916540/000091654025000012/0000916540-25-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654025000012/dar-20250424.htm

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