Darling Ingredients (DAR) Expected to Announce Earnings on Tuesday

Darling Ingredients (NYSE:DAR) is projected to release its earnings data before the market opens on Tuesday, February 25th. Analysts expect Darling Ingredients to post earnings of $0.64 per share and revenue of $1.46 billion for the quarter. Persons that are interested in participating in the company’s earnings conference call can do so using this link.

Darling Ingredients (NYSE:DAR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $0.63 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.15. Darling Ingredients had a net margin of 4.88% and a return on equity of 6.04%. On average, analysts expect Darling Ingredients to post $3 EPS for the current fiscal year and $4 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Darling Ingredients Stock Up 1.0 %

Darling Ingredients stock opened at $40.90 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a current ratio of 1.41. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $35.93 and a 200 day moving average price of $37.54. Darling Ingredients has a fifty-two week low of $32.55 and a fifty-two week high of $48.39. The company has a market capitalization of $6.50 billion, a PE ratio of 23.64 and a beta of 1.21.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently commented on DAR. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on Darling Ingredients from $58.00 to $59.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Citigroup lowered their price target on shares of Darling Ingredients from $46.00 to $44.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price objective on shares of Darling Ingredients from $44.00 to $46.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 25th. Finally, Stephens reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $52.00 target price on shares of Darling Ingredients in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $53.22.

About Darling Ingredients

Darling Ingredients Inc develops, produces, and sells natural ingredients from edible and inedible bio-nutrients in North America, Europe, China, South America, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Feed Ingredients, Food Ingredients, and Fuel Ingredients. It offers ingredients and customized specialty solutions for customers in the pharmaceutical, food, pet food, feed, industrial, fuel, bioenergy, and fertilizer industries.