---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916540-26-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAR"
cik: "0000916540"
company_name: "DARLING INGREDIENTS INC."
filed_at: "2026-10-22T10:51:24+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-22T10:55:11.496678+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.72
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.72
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darling guides FY2026 Combined Adjusted EBITDA to $2.2-2.3B; DGD Q3 operating income $348M vs year-ago loss

## Summary
- DGD Q3 2026 operating income $347.8M vs $(70.0)M year-ago loss; net income $340.9M; Adjusted EBITDA $418.1M, of which Darling's 50% share is $204.2M.
- DGD Q3 revenue $2.39B vs $1.20B a year ago; sold 314.9M gallons at $1.30 Adjusted EBITDA/gallon.
- Nine-month DGD operating income $1.29B vs $(95.6)M loss; Adjusted EBITDA $1.51B (Darling share $744.6M); volume 936.1M gallons at $1.59/gallon.
- FY2026 Combined Adjusted EBITDA guidance $2.2-$2.3B; CEO Randall Stuewe expects renewable diesel sales timing to benefit Q4 and momentum into 2027.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916540-26-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAR
- cik: 0000916540
- company_name: DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.
- filed_at: 2026-10-22T10:51:24+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.72
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.72
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654026000025/0000916540-26-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654026000025/dar-20261022.htm

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