secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. (DAR)
CIK:        0000916540
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000916540-26-000011
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Darling Q1 net income $134.3M; Combined Adj. EBITDA $406.8M; core Q2 guidance $260-275M
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- Net income $134.3M ($0.83 diluted EPS) vs net loss $(26.2M) ($(0.16)) in Q1 2025.
- Total net sales $1.55B, up 12% YoY; Combined Adjusted EBITDA $406.8M, more than double $195.8M.
- Diamond Green Diesel sold 272.4M gallons at $1.11/gallon EBITDA; Darling's share of DGD EBITDA $151.2M vs $6.0M.
- Monetized $45M in Production Tax Credits; preliminary leverage ratio 3.17x; capex guidance $400M for FY2026.
- Q2 2026 core ingredients Adjusted EBITDA guided $260-275M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654026000011/0000916540-26-000011-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654026000011/dar-20260430.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916540-26-000011

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