secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. (DAR)
CIK:        0000916540
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-30T10:40:31+00:00
Accession:  0000916540-26-000019
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Darling Q2 net income $387M ($2.41/sh) vs $12.7M; Combined EBITDA $742M
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- Net income $387.3M ($2.41 diluted EPS) vs $12.7M ($0.08) in Q2 2025; net sales $1.7B up from $1.5B.
- Combined Adjusted EBITDA $741.7M vs $249.5M; DGD sold 348.8M gallons at $2.23/gal EBITDA.
- Received $280M cash distributions from DGD; reduced net debt by $223M; repurchased $73M stock.
- Acquired three rendering facilities from Patense Group in Brazil for ~$122M; sold non-core grease trap business for ~$90M.
- Q3 2026 core ingredients Adj. EBITDA guidance $325-340M; expects year-end net debt ≤$3B, leverage <2x.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654026000019/0000916540-26-000019-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654026000019/dar-20260730.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916540-26-000019

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