secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. (DAR)
CIK:        0000916540
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-11T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000916540-26-000004
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Darling Q4 net income $56.9M ($0.35 EPS) down 44% YoY; sales $1.7B; guides Q1 core EBITDA $240-250M
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- Net income $56.9M ($0.35 diluted EPS) vs $101.9M ($0.63) in Q4 2024; total net sales $1.7B vs $1.42B.
- Combined Adjusted EBITDA $336.1M in Q4 vs $289.5M; FY Combined EBITDA $1.03B vs $1.08B.
- Q4 restructuring/impairment charges of $58.0M related to Enviroflight and CTH natural casing businesses.
- DGD sold 285.3M gallons in Q4 at $0.41/gal EBITDA; FY sold 1.003B gallons at $0.21/gal EBITDA.
- Core ingredients Q1 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance $240-250M; leverage ratio 2.90x; $255M of PTC sales monetized.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654026000004/0000916540-26-000004-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654026000004/dar-20260211.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916540-26-000004

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