Darling Ingredients Inc (NYSE: DAR) is -8.27% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $38.97 and a high of $71.60 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The DAR stock was last observed hovering at around $44.26 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.46%.
Currently trading at $45.72, the stock is 5.62% and 5.25% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.05 million and changing 3.30% at the moment leaves the stock -12.17% off its SMA200. DAR registered -16.03% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -18.46%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $1.74 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $7.97.
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The stock witnessed a 8.39% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -5.38%, and is 0.84% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.69% over the week and 3.16% over the month.
Darling Ingredients Inc (DAR) has around 15800 employees, a market worth around $7.30B and $6.75B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 11.47 and Fwd P/E is 10.16. Profit margin for the company is 9.60%. Distance from 52-week low is 17.34% and -36.15% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.10%).
Darling Ingredients Inc quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at $0.73 with sales reaching $1.53B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -12.93% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -7.20% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -14.50% in year-over-year returns.
855 institutions hold shares in Darling Ingredients Inc (DAR), with institutional investors hold 104.34% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 159.53M, and float is at 157.29M with Short Float at 4.64%. Institutions hold 103.08% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is Blackrock Inc. with over 18.86 million shares valued at $862.19 million. The investor’s holdings represent 11.82% of the DAR Shares outstanding. As of Dec 30, 2023, the second largest holder is Vanguard Group Inc with 15.38 million shares valued at $703.09 million to account for 9.63% of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are State Street Corporation which holds 5.85 million shares representing 3.67% and valued at over $267.46 million, while Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC holds 3.24% of the shares totaling 5.17 million with a market value of $236.16 million.
Darling Ingredients Inc (DAR) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by JANSEN MATTHEW J, the company’s COO North America. SEC filings show that JANSEN MATTHEW J bought 6,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 04 ’24 at a price of $42.76 per share for a total of $0.26 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 74065.0 shares.
Darling Ingredients Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 29 ’24 that Stoffel Kurt (Director) bought a total of 8,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 29 ’24 and was made at $41.62 per share for $0.33 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 10571.0 shares of the DAR stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 20 ’23, MANZI JOSEPH (Chief Accounting Officer) acquired 1,025 shares at an average price of $43.38 for $44464.0. The insider now directly holds 6,978 shares of Darling Ingredients Inc (DAR).
