Each stock in this article is trading near its 52-week high.
These elevated prices usually indicate some degree of investor confidence, business improvements, or favorable market conditions.
Darling Ingredients has had an impressive run over the past six months as its shares have beaten the S&P 500 by 29.3%. The stock now trades at $45.81, marking a 39% gain. This was partly thanks to its solid quarterly results, and the performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
Small-cap stocks can be incredibly lucrative investments because their lack of analyst coverage leads to frequent mispricings.
However, these businesses (and their stock prices) often stay small because their subscale operations make it harder to expand their competitive moats.
While strong cash flow is a key indicator of stability, it doesn’t always translate to superior returns.
Some cash-heavy businesses struggle with inefficient spending, slowing demand, or weak competitive positioning.
As of mid-January 2026, the once-booming American soybean oil market has hit a wall of policy-induced paralysis. Despite a decade of aggressive investment in renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) capacity, soybean oil prices remain stubbornly rangebound between 48.00 and 52.00 cents per pound. The culprit is
As the Q3 earnings season comes to a close, it’s time to take stock of this quarter’s best and worst performers in the ingredients, flavors & fragrances industry, including International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE:IFF) and its peers.
Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q3 behind us, let’s have a look at Darling Ingredients (NYSE:DAR) and its peers.
The dawn of 2026 has brought a starkly divided landscape to the American livestock sector. According to the latest market tracking from DTN Progressive Farmer, the cattle complex has entered the year in an "aggressive rally," with prices for fed and feeder cattle pushing toward levels unseen in decades. This
As the craze of earnings season draws to a close, here’s a look back at some of the most exciting (and some less so) results from Q3. Today, we are looking at ingredients, flavors & fragrances stocks, starting with Darling Ingredients (NYSE:DAR).
Let’s dig into the relative performance of Bunge Global (NYSE:BG) and its peers as we unravel the now-completed Q3 ingredients, flavors & fragrances earnings season.
The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how ingredients, flavors & fragrances stocks fared in Q3, starting with Ingredion (NYSE:INGR).
As the 2026 calendar year begins, the United States agricultural sector finds itself at a critical policy crossroads. On one hand, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has just finalized the enrollment for its $12 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) program, a massive infusion of ad-hoc cash designed to
Sustainable ingredients producer Darling Ingredients (NYSE:DAR) reported Q3 CY2025 results exceeding the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 10% year on year to $1.56 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.16 per share was 28.7% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
As 2025 draws to a close, the global trade of animal-derived feedstocks—once a niche corner of the agricultural world—has become a central battleground in a burgeoning "Green Trade War." The transition to a new era of US energy policy, punctuated by the implementation of the Section 45Z Clean
As 2025 draws to a close, the global agricultural markets are witnessing a fundamental restructuring of the relationship between the world’s two most important vegetable oils. For decades, the price spread between soybean oil and palm oil was dictated by harvest cycles and kitchen demand. However, as of December
Global food systems are currently navigating a perfect storm of economic pressures, with high commodity prices, persistent energy inflation, and escalating tariffs driving operational costs to unprecedented levels. As of late 2025, food manufacturers and retailers are in a fierce battle to maintain profitability and affordability, turning increasingly to technological
Bank of America (BofA) has unveiled a nuanced outlook for major agricultural commodities in 2026, presenting a stark contrast between an optimistic forecast for soybean oil and bearish predictions for both wheat and soymeal. This mixed sentiment reflects a complex interplay of global supply dynamics, evolving demand patterns, and critical
London's financial district is increasingly turning its gaze towards an unconventional yet immensely promising commodity: waste-based biofeedstocks. These discarded materials, ranging from used cooking oil to municipal solid waste, are rapidly emerging as a new frontier in the global pursuit of renewable fuel production. Driven by stringent environmental mandates, the
