secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. (DAR)
CIK:        0000916540
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-22T10:51:24+00:00
Accession:  0000916540-26-000025
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.72
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654026000025/0000916540-26-000025-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654026000025/dar-20261022.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916540-26-000025

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