Seasonality
DAR seasonality — Darling Ingredients
Over the last 11 years, DAR's strongest month on average has been October (+5.3%) and its weakest September (-4.7%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +3.27% | +4.09% | 60% | +26.8% | -13.1% | 10 |
| Feb | +2.58% | -0.11% | 50% | +16.4% | -5.3% | 10 |
| Mar | +1.26% | +4.21% | 50% | +16.7% | -25.4% | 10 |
| Apr | -0.29% | +1.37% | 60% | +7.4% | -8.9% | 10 |
| May | +1.13% | +1.07% | 50% | +13.2% | -13.3% | 10 |
| Jun | -0.38% | +0.55% | 60% | +21.8% | -25.3% | 10 |
| Jul | +5.13% | +5.74% | 90% | +15.8% | -14.7% | 10 |
| Aug | +3.74% | +5.99% | 70% | +14.5% | -10.8% | 10 |
| Sep | -4.65% | -5.94% | 30% | +12.7% | -15.5% | 10 |
| Oct | +5.32% | +4.71% | 80% | +19.3% | -15.2% | 10 |
| Nov | +3.13% | +3.63% | 56% | +23.3% | -20.1% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.68% | -0.33% | 50% | +19.5% | -16.9% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — DAR
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26.8 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 3.9 | -8.0 | -7.6 | 11.0 | 9.3 | -8.4 | -8.2 | -9.9 | +39.4% | |
| 2025 | 11.2 | -3.7 | -13.4 | 3.0 | -3.2 | 21.8 | -14.7 | 4.9 | -9.1 | 3.8 | 14.2 | -1.7 | +6.9% |
| 2024 | -13.1 | -2.3 | 9.9 | -8.9 | -4.7 | -9.0 | 8.1 | 5.0 | -10.9 | 5.2 | 3.6 | -16.9 | -32.4% |
| 2023 | 5.9 | -4.6 | -7.7 | 2.0 | 6.4 | 0.7 | 8.6 | -10.8 | -15.5 | -15.2 | -0.9 | 13.6 | -20.4% |
| 2022 | -8.0 | 13.7 | 10.9 | -8.7 | 9.1 | -25.3 | 15.8 | 9.8 | -13.0 | 18.6 | -8.5 | -12.9 | -9.7% |
| 2021 | 7.5 | 1.7 | 16.7 | -5.6 | -1.4 | -1.4 | 2.3 | 7.9 | -3.5 | 17.6 | -20.1 | 2.6 | +20.1% |
| 2020 | -3.4 | -5.3 | -25.4 | 7.4 | 13.2 | 5.6 | 13.4 | 14.5 | 12.7 | 19.3 | 12.3 | 19.5 | +105.4% |
| 2019 | 10.6 | 3.3 | -1.5 | 0.7 | -13.3 | 5.2 | 2.2 | -8.5 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 23.3 | 18.0 | +46.0% |
| 2018 | 2.3 | -1.9 | -4.9 | -0.9 | 9.6 | 5.8 | 1.1 | -1.5 | -2.3 | 6.9 | 5.9 | -12.1 | +6.1% |
| 2017 | -7.0 | 8.4 | 11.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 4.2 | -1.6 | 1.0 | +40.4% |
| 2016 | -4.4 |