DARLING INGREDIENTS INC DAR
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 237266101 · ISIN US2372661015
Darling Ingredients serves the agri-food industry and reduce food waste by collecting and repurposing animal-based co-products and other natural materials that would otherwise be discarded.
- SectorConsumer staples
- IndustryFats & Oils
- HeadquartersIrving, TX
- Websitedarlingii.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($32.9m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 158.6m as of 2026-02-26, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $61.74. Options: 24 managers hold calls ($286.1m notional), 22 hold puts ($146.0m).
Trends to Q1 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 519 |
| Q4 2022 | 567 |
| Q1 2023 | 538 |
| Q2 2023 | 548 |
| Q3 2023 | 556 |
| Q4 2023 | 545 |
| Q1 2024 | 520 |
| Q2 2024 | 489 |
| Q3 2024 | 473 |
| Q4 2024 | 468 |
| Q1 2025 | 475 |
| Q2 2025 | 496 |
| Q3 2025 | 471 |
| Q4 2025 | 481 |
| Q1 2026 | 613 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 225 | 286 |
| Q3 2024 | 241 | 221 |
| Q4 2024 | 192 | 259 |
| Q1 2025 | 222 | 227 |
| Q2 2025 | 244 | 228 |
| Q3 2025 | 205 | 261 |
| Q4 2025 | 201 | 249 |
| Q1 2026 | 371 | 203 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | $205.1m | $89.6m | 0.44 |
| Q3 2025 | $192.2m | $47.3m | 0.25 |
| Q4 2025 | $153.2m | $52.4m | 0.34 |
| Q1 2026 | $286.1m | $146.0m | 0.51 |
Biggest buyers
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +2.9m |
| Merewether Investment Management, LP | Added | +2.4m |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +1.4m |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Added | +882.2k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | +737.5k |
| Ninety One UK Ltd | Added | +663.6k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +605.9k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +602.0k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +577.7k |
| NATIXIS | New | +574.0k |
Biggest sellers
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -3.3m |
| Davis Selected Advisers | Reduced | -2.7m |
| Gates Capital Management, Inc. | Reduced | -2.4m |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -2.2m |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -1.4m |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Reduced | -1.3m |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Reduced | -1.3m |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -1.3m |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | Reduced | -1.0m |
| Rubric Capital Management LP | Sold out | -680.8k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $76.1m1.2m shares |
| Thomist Capital Management, LP | New | $27.8m450.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $22.6m364.9k shares |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | $20.7m335.1k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $19.1m309.3k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $18.7m303.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $15.2m245.0k shares |
| Calamos Advisors LLC | New | $14.0m388.0k shares |
| LMR Partners LLP | Added | $12.8m206.4k shares |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | New | $12.1m195.4k shares |
Biggest puts
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Added | $37.9m612.5k shares |
| Walnut Level Capital LLC | Added | $23.2m375.0k shares |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | New | $13.0m210.1k shares |
| BARCLAYS PLC | New | $12.4m200.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $11.1m180.1k shares |
| Jain Global LLC | New | $9.3m150.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $7.5m122.0k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | New | $6.6m106.1k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $4.9m78.6k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $4.5m73.3k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-07-31 | 5.3% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.2% |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 13G · institution new · filed 2026-01-21 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.5m | — |
| Q3 2024 | 2 | $151.5k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.0m | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.4m | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 2 | $3.3m | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 4 | $3.0m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | STUEWE RANDALL C Chairman and CEO, director | Sold | $1.0m20.0k shares |
| 2026-02-18 | van der Velden Jan EVP Int Rendering&Specialties | Sold | $153.9k3.0k shares |
| 2026-02-17 | van der Velden Jan EVP Int Rendering&Specialties | Sold | $1.0m20.0k shares |
| 2026-02-13 | Dudley Sandra EVP Chief Strategy Officer | Sold | $448.0k8.7k shares |
| 2026-02-13 | Kemphaus Nicholas James EVP Gen. Counsel & Secretary | Sold | $304.0k5.8k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 15.1m $937.0m | Added +577.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 8.1m $498.9m | Added +47.6k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 7.3m $454.0m | First filing |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.1m $440.5m | First filing |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.5m $337.5m | Added +99.5k |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.4m $271.3m | Reduced -1.3m |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 1.07% of their portfolio | 4.2m $259.5m | Reduced -153.0k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 3.7m $229.7m | Added +2.9m |
| Merewether Investment Management, LP 3.98% of their portfolio | 3.3m $205.6m | Added +2.4m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 3.0m $182.7m | Added +605.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.9m $181.5m | Added +93.6k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.06% of their portfolio | 2.9m $179.7m | Reduced -59.6k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 2.9m $178.4m | Reduced -3.3m |
| UBS Group AG 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.8m $176.2m | Reduced -2.2m |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.43% of their portfolio | 2.7m $167.4m | Reduced -1.0m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.7m $167.2m | Added +54.8k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 1.56% of their portfolio | 2.5m $151.9m | Reduced -264.7k |
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC 0.48% of their portfolio | 2.4m $148.0m | Reduced -15.8k |
| Gates Capital Management, Inc. 5.04% of their portfolio | 2.4m $146.0m | Reduced -2.4m |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.3m $145.0m | Reduced -1.4m |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.3m $143.9m | Added +1.4m |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.21% of their portfolio | 2.1m $129.4m | Added +882.2k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.7m $103.4m | Added +46.7k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $98.3m | Added +240.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.6m $97.3m | Reduced -671.7k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.6m $97.0m | Added +737.5k |
| YACKTMAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 1.16% of their portfolio | 1.4m $86.8m | Added +14.5k |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC 0.72% of their portfolio | 1.4m $86.7m | Reduced -1.1k |
| No Street GP LP 5.78% of their portfolio | 1.4m $86.6m | Reduced -500.0k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $79.1m | Added +234.6k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.3m $78.9m | Reduced -5.5k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.2m $76.4m | Reduced -75.4k |
| Ninety One UK Ltd 0.17% of their portfolio | 1.2m $73.1m | Added +663.6k |
| BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO 0.39% of their portfolio | 1.2m $72.9m | Reduced -216.1k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.1m $68.9m | Added +336.6k |
| Amundi 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.0m $62.5m | Added +146.2k |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB 0.21% of their portfolio | 1.0m $62.0m | Added +4.2k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 984.8k $60.9m | First filing |
| Triodos Investment Management BV 4.37% of their portfolio | 933.9k $57.8m | Added +1.0k |
| Man Group plc 0.12% of their portfolio | 918.1k $56.8m | Added +180.5k |
| Palo Duro Investment Partners, LP 10.56% of their portfolio | 878.3k $54.3m | Added +246.3k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 868.8k $53.7m | Added +562.9k |
| PRIVATE MANAGEMENT GROUP INC 1.55% of their portfolio | 868.7k $53.7m | Reduced -146.9k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.15% of their portfolio | 855.4k $52.9m | Reduced -52.6k |
| Erste Asset Management GmbH 0.46% of their portfolio | 822.7k $49.5m | Added +81.7k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.63% of their portfolio | 817.0k $50.5m | Added +325.9k |
| SOUTHERNSUN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 6.99% of their portfolio | 780.1k $48.2m | Reduced -354.7k |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc 0.33% of their portfolio | 770.3k $47.6m | Reduced -377.1k |
| Aristotle Atlantic Partners, LLC 2.13% of their portfolio | 735.5k $45.5m | Reduced -14.6k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.05% of their portfolio | 700.3k $43.3m | Added +24.5k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 682.4k $42.2m | Reduced -302.5k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 678.2k $41.9m | Added +153.3k |
| FIL Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 670.1k $41.4m | Added +28.8k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 650.8k $40.3m | Added +602.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 625.6k $38.7m | Added +88.8k |
| DNB Asset Management AS 0.14% of their portfolio | 619.3k $38.3m | Reduced -625.9k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 607.5k $37.6m | Added +568.0k |
| NATIXIS 0.14% of their portfolio | 574.0k $35.5m | New |
| ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. 0.41% of their portfolio | 563.1k $34.8m | Added +7.1k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 532.3k $32.9m | Added +68.1k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.05% of their portfolio | 524.1k $32.4m | Added +900 |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.06% of their portfolio | 523.5k $32.4m | Reduced -1.3m |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 518.9k $32.1m | Reduced -551.2k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 507.5k $31.4m | Added +58.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 480.0k $29.0m | Added +74.6k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 459.5k $28.4m | Added +41.7k |
| NFC Investments, LLC 7.74% of their portfolio | 449.7k $27.8m | Reduced -12.7k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 443.0k $27.4m | Reduced -625.6k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.15% of their portfolio | 439.4k $27.2m | Added +175.9k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.01% of their portfolio | 432.6k $26.8m | Added +4.6k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 425.1k $26.3m | Added +7.3k |
| Harspring Capital Management, LLC 13.83% of their portfolio | 425.0k $26.3m | Reduced -490.0k |
| Mudita Advisors LLP 5.36% of their portfolio | 424.8k $26.3m | Added +203.8k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 421.3k $26.1m | Reduced -78.2k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 414.9k $25.7m | Added +12.3k |
| Rokos Capital Management LLP 0.45% of their portfolio | 408.0k $25.2m | Reduced -551.4k |
| Encompass Capital Advisors LLC 1.01% of their portfolio | 400.0k $24.7m | New |
| Goodlander Investment Management, LLC 8.56% of their portfolio | 400.0k $24.7m | New |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 385.8k $23.9m | Added +22.0k |
| Raiffeisen Bank International AG 0.33% of their portfolio | 381.5k $23.0m | Reduced -161.5k |
| FIDEURAM - INTESA SANPAOLO PRIVATE BANKING S.P.A. 0.80% of their portfolio | 369.4k $22.8m | Reduced -123.0k |
| Fulcrum Asset Management LLP 3.34% of their portfolio | 365.7k $22.1m | New |
| Arnhold LLC 1.63% of their portfolio | 359.9k $22.3m | Unchanged |
| Bragg Financial Advisors, Inc 0.70% of their portfolio | 356.3k $22.0m | Added +102 |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 347.0k $21.5m | Added +336.6k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 340.8k $21.1m | Added +183.3k |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 338.8k $21.0m | Reduced -126.5k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 330.8k $20.5m | Reduced -39.5k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 325.1k $20.1m | Added +200.6k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 319.1k $19.7m | Added +35.2k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.11% of their portfolio | 318.4k $19.7m | Unchanged |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 313.0k $19.4m | Added +1.1k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 309.2k $19.1m | Reduced -1.9k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 299.5k $18.5m | New |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 298.8k $18.5m | Reduced -260.0k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 296.2k $18.3m | New |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 291.8k $18.0m | Added +104.2k |
| STRS OHIO 0.07% of their portfolio | 286.7k $17.7m | Added +283.0k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.01% of their portfolio | 282.2k $17.0m | Reduced -596.9k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 274.4k $17.0m | Added +182.1k |