Darling International Inc. (AMEX: DAR)
is
a leading provider of rendering, recycling and recovery solutions to the
nation’s food industry. The Company collects and recycles animal
by-products and used cooking oil from food service establishments and provides
grease trap cleaning services to many of the same establishments. The Company
processes raw materials at 39 facilities located throughout the United States
into finished products such as protein (primarily meat and bone meal), tallow
(primarily bleachable fancy tallow), yellow grease and
hides. The
Company sells these products nationally and internationally, primarily to
producers of oleo-chemicals, bio-fuels, soaps, pet foods, leather goods and
livestock feed for use as ingredients in their products or for further
processing.
Commencing in 1998, the
Company's operations were organized into two
segments; Rendering segment, the core business of turning inedible food
by-products from meat and poultry processors into high quality feed ingredients
and fats for other industrial applications; and Restaurant Services segment, a
group focused on growing the grease collection business and grease collection
equipment sales while expanding the line of services, which includes grease trap
servicing, and the National Service Center (“NSC”), offered to food service
establishments and food processors. The NSC schedules services such as fat and
bone and used cooking oil collection as well as trap cleaning for contracted
customers using the Company's resources or third party providers.
The
stock's price gained 32.8% over the past 3 months (vs. the Industry's -4.4%);
62.3% over the past 6 months (vs. the Industry's -2.1%); and 95.9% over
the past 12 months (vs. the Industry's 21.6%). The
Company
is classified as a mid-cap growth company (with a market cap of $1.32B)
that is rated to outperform the market over the next six months with a Risk
Level of 3 (Average). The Company was incorporated in Delaware in 1962 under the
name “Darling-Delaware Company, Inc.”. The
Company's
principal executive offices are located at Irving, Texas.
The
Company
has
1880 employees.
Sector:
Consumer/Non-Cyclical;
Industry:
Food Processing;
Ticker: DAR;
Exch:
AMEX;
05/09/08
Closing Price:
$16.18
STOCK GRADE (ASG): 45.90 (GOOD)
BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SUMMARY;
KEY STATS
(Yahoo)
EXPANDED BUSINESS DESCRIPTION
(Reuters)
STOCK INFO/RESEARCH
(MSN)
COMPETITORS
(CNN Money)
OWNERSHIP
(MSN)
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
(MSN),
RECENT NEWS
(MSN) &
HEADLINES (Yahoo)
HISTORICAL PRICES (Yahoo)
&
PRICE CHART
(IQChart)
RISK LEVEL: 3
(Average)
(MSN)
COMPANY'S WEB SITE
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Management's Effectiveness (Trailing
12 Mo.) |
. . . |
Return on Equity: |
25.85% |
|
Profitability (Trailing
12 Mo.) |
. . . |
Profit Margin: |
7.06% |
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Stock's Growth Record
(Trailing
12 Mo.) |
. . . |
Revenue: |
58.56% |
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. . . |
EPS: |
719.32% |
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. . . |
Price: |
101.96% |
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. . . |
Dividend: |
NA |
| PE & EPS (Trailing 12 Mo.) |
. . . |
Price/Earnings: |
29.10 |
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. . . |
Earnings/Share: |
0.56 |
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Price / Share (Pick Date, Closing Price) |
. . . |
Pick Date 05/09/2008: |
$16.18 |
COMMENT: The stock's pick price (of $16.18) is over 13- and over the 50-day EMA price range; i.e.,
higher than
the 13-day EMA price
(of $15.51)
and higher than the 50-day EMA (of $14.22) by 15.52% and 14.22% respectively. This suggests that the pick price
is presently
NOT timely NOR advantageous buy
price for the stock. (Note: A stock's EMA price changes with
time).
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| Price
/ Share (13-day EMA) |
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05/09/2008: |
$15.51 |
| Price
/ Share (50-day EMA) |
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05/09/2008: |
$14.22 |
| Price
/ Share (13-day EMA) |
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Current:
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| Price
/ Share (50-day EMA) |
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Current: |
| Price
/ Share (Current) |
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Current Price |
Quote |
| Price
/ Share (Historical) |
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Historical Price |
Quote
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SPECIAL NOTE:
1.
Darling International Inc. have record results in Fiscal Year 2007.
(Smartbrief;
February 27, 2008)
2.
Technical trading alert: Darling International Inc.
(StockProfit.com;
February 4, 2008)
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