Darling Ingredients Inc. (DAR)

Darling Ingredients Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 8 analysts that cover Darling Ingredients stock have a consensus rating of "Strong Buy" and an average price target of $50.13, which forecasts a -9.09% decrease in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $36 and the highest is $65.

Price Target: $50.13 (-9.09%)

Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$36	$50.13	$50	$65
Change	-34.71%	-9.09%	-9.32%	+17.88%

* Price targets were last updated on Feb 13, 2026.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Darling Ingredients stock is "Strong Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform very well in the near future and significantly outperform the market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26
Strong Buy	3	3	4	4	4	4
Buy	4	4	3	3	3	3
Hold	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	8	8	8	8	8	8

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Jason Gabelman TD Cowen	TD Cowen	Strong Buy Maintains $45 → $58	Strong Buy	Maintains	$45 → $58	+5.19%	Feb 13, 2026
Ryan Todd Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Buy Maintains $49 → $65	Buy	Maintains	$49 → $65	+17.88%	Feb 13, 2026
Andrew Strelzik BMO Capital	BMO Capital	Buy Maintains $45 → $57	Buy	Maintains	$45 → $57	+3.37%	Feb 13, 2026
Thomas Palmer JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Buy Maintains $44 → $46	Buy	Maintains	$44 → $46	-16.58%	Jan 21, 2026
Dushyant Ailani Jefferies	Jefferies	Strong Buy Maintains $44 → $50	Strong Buy	Maintains	$44 → $50	-9.32%	Jan 12, 2026

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

6.57B

Increased by 7.09%

from 6.14B

Revenue Next Year

6.76B

Increased by 2.83%

from 6.57B

EPS This Year

2.99

Increased by 667.53%

from 0.39

EPS Next Year

3.86

Increased by 28.93%

from 2.99

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Jan 1, 2022	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 30, 2023	Dec 28, 2024	Jan 3, 2026	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	4.74B	6.53B	6.79B	5.72B	6.14B	6.57B	6.76B
Revenue Growth	32.74%	37.77%	3.92%	-15.81%	7.36%	7.09%	2.83%
EPS	3.90	4.49	3.99	1.73	0.39	2.99	3.86
EPS Growth	119.10%	15.13%	-11.14%	-56.64%	-77.46%	667.53%	28.93%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	18.42	14.29
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	15	13

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027	2028
High	7.5B	7.7B
Avg	6.6B	6.8B
Low	6.1B	6.1B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027	2028
High	21.7%	16.6%
Avg	7.1%	2.8%
Low	-1.2%	-7.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	3.89	4.73
Avg	2.99	3.86
Low	2.25	3.13

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	896.2%	57.8%
Avg	667.5%	28.9%
Low	477.9%	4.4%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.