Darling Ingredients: Reports Q2-2021 Financial Results

Irving / TX. (di) Darling Ingredients Inc., a global developer and producer of sustainable natural ingredients from edible and inedible bio-nutrients, creating a wide range of ingredients and customized specialty solutions for customers in the pharmaceutical, food, pet food, feed, industrial, fuel, bioenergy, and fertilizer industries, announced financial results for the three-month (Q2-2021) ended June 27, 2021.

Q2-2021 Financial Results

  • Net income of USD 196.6 million, or USD 1.17 per GAAP diluted share
  • Net Sales of USD 1.2 billion
  • Combined adjusted Ebitda of USD 353.7 million
  • Global Ingredients business reported a record Q2 Ebitda of USD 221.7 million
  • Renewable diesel JV, DGD generated a record quarter, contributing USD 132.0 million of Ebitda to Darling
  • Darling repurchased approximately USD 76 million of common stock in the second quarter
  • Darling trailing twelve-month combined adjusted Ebitda surpasses USD 1 billion, first time in company history
  • DGD Norco, LA 400 million gallon renewable diesel project on track to be fully operational in middle of Q4 2021
  • DGD Port Arthur, TX 470 million gallon renewable diesel project expected completion now in first half of 2023

Darling reported net sales of USD 1.2 billion for the second quarter of 2021, as compared with net sales of USD 848.7 million for the same period a year ago. Net income attributable to Darling for the three months ended July 3, 2021 was USD 196.6 million, or USD 1.17 per diluted share, compared to net income of USD 65.4 million, or USD 0.39 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2020.

«Our global ingredients business continues to perform at the highest levels producing a record adjusted Ebitda of approximately USD 222 million for the second quarter,» said Randall C. Stuewe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Darling Ingredients Inc. «We continue to see positive signs of strength in a recovering economy both here in North America and around the world which should provide for sustained demand for food, feed and fuel, empowering Darling to take advantage of our leadership position in the industry.»

«Darling’s 2021 first half financial performance was strong, as we generated a combined adjusted Ebitda of USD 638.5 million and with the continued strength of commodity pricing for our global ingredients business expected through the rest of 2021, and the 400 million gallon renewable diesel expansion of DGD Norco, LA starting up in the near term, we are once again increasing our combined adjusted Ebitda guidance for 2021 to approximately USD 1.275 billion,» commented Stuewe.

Under Darling’s current share repurchase authorization, the Company repurchased 1.14 million shares of common stock during the second quarter for a total of USD 75.7 million. Darling has approximately USD 124.3 million remaining under its current authorization.

For the six months ended July 3, 2021, Darling reported net sales of USD 2.25 billion, as compared with net sales of USD 1.7 billion for the same period of 2020. Net Income attributable to Darling for the first six months of 2021 was USD 348.3 million, or USD 2.08 per diluted share, as compared to a net income of USD 150.9 million, or USD 0.90 per diluted share, for the first six months of 2020.

As of July 3, 2021, Darling had USD 77.9 million in cash and cash equivalents, and USD 902.1 million available under its committed revolving credit agreement. Total debt outstanding as of July 3, 2021 was USD 1.4 billion. Capital expenditures (exclusive of DGD investments) of USD 126.1 million were made during the first six months of fiscal 2021, compared to USD 123.2 million in the first six months of fiscal 2020.

Combined adjusted Ebitda was USD 353.7 million for the second quarter of 2021, compared to USD 195.2 million for the same period in 2020. On a year-to-date basis, combined adjusted Ebitda totaled USD 638.5 million for 2021, compared to USD 408.5 million on a year-to-date basis for 2020.

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