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May 2008 Stock Pick
Stock Name SYM Exch. Sector Industry Date Picked Pick Price
(per share)
ASG
Darling International Inc.    DAR     AMEX     Consumer/Non-Cyclical   Food Processing   05/09/08 $16.18   45.90 (Good)  

   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

Management's Effectiveness (Trailing 12 Mo.) . . . Return on Equity:       25.85%
Profitability (Trailing 12 Mo.) . . . Profit Margin:         7.06%
Stock's Growth Record (Trailing 12 Mo.) . . . Revenue:       58.56%
. . . EPS:     719.32%
. . . Price:     101.96%
. . . Dividend:         NA
PE & EPS (Trailing 12 Mo.) . . . Price/Earnings:       29.10
. . . Earnings/Share:         0.56
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).

. . .    
Price / Share (13-day EMA) . . . 05/09/2008:      $15.51
Price / Share (50-day EMA) . . . 05/09/2008:      $14.22
Price / Share (13-day EMA) . . .         Current:
Price / Share (50-day EMA) . . .         Current:
Price / Share (Current) . . . Current Price       Quote
Price / Share (Historical) . . . Historical Price       Quote

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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