Darling International, Inc. (DAR)

Dar will outperform because it is in the recycling business of waste products a relatively new industry. With the current push for green tech it has a good chance. The co. is managed well and has a good mote

Upthumb. Good cash flow. Very good sales growth. Lots of cash-on-hand. Low debt ratio. Excellent balance sheet.

Largest in the buisness, contract with McDonalds, contract with Burger King, contract with Costco, pending deal for biodeisel with Valero, and good financials. What more can you ask for? Gotta be a hidden gem.

Solid bread and butter (so to speak) company. Will be needed no matter what else is happening and should do well if commodity and energy prices increase.

Don't see this stock going anywhere soon but lower

From what I understand, they're the biggest in what they do. They're already disposing of grease at about 10% of McDonalds locations (correct me if I'm wrong), and they also help out Waffle House and Costco. Maybe they can strengthen those relationships and reach out to more locations in the future...

With oil prices rising and continued cuts by refiners (done intentionally only to keep prices above $75.00 per barrell) in my opinion. Alternatives will thrive. DAR has their own corner in this area and new technologies along with the continued high prices makes this one attractive. Not to mention that the grease they collect, is not being collected by anyone else of any signifigance so there is more room for them to grow the collection and cleaning grease traps business!!! Oh forgot to mention that this is a green business, which makes a lot of folks happy!

This account tracks the fast-growing shakers and movers and some of the riskier stocks on my watch list.

A great business that no one else really wants to do. The green energy segment holds promise.

They take something bad and turn it into something not so bad.

Bio diesel fuels. Need I say more? Possible Government incentives with its City of San Francisco partnership, couple that with Federal Government promises of curing our addition to foreign oils. There's more to meat than the eye can see.

I felt that I needed to diversify into meat carcass recycling. Just to gross out my mom...

Actually though, their price/book ratio is pretty high. I am assuming it's because they are making money in a recession, which is uncommon especially for their industry.

I am a commodity bull of course, so I think they will benefit from the rising tide.

I didn't realize this company has been around for over 100 years. I think it can weather a storm.

I like the niche they have in a necessary business , like WASTE MANAGEMENT has in the trash removal
business .

Animal waste is an overlooked resource.

Down atleast 15% since recent high, 4-5 star cap, atleast 6 wall street outperforms, maximum of 1 wall street underperform, daily volume of atleast 100K

reuses animal fat and cooking oil for profit. Performance correlated to oil prices.

I would like to think DAR will attract people jumping on the green bandwagon, especially with fuel prices on the rise and this businesses ability to use oils and fats as fuel sources (they are even capable of running their plants on this stuff, which also counts as a credit from the IRS).

However, they are running into some problems with the project in San Francisco but management thinks it will be resolved by the end of the year and be running in 2010. They also have several threats, including Mad Cow scares and Bird Flu scares but it shouldn't effect operations too much. One major concern that management keeps going back to is the fact that diesel and natural gas prices could return to levels that we saw in summer of 2008. This could greatly hinder the bottom line and business operations.

Business is a bit slow in Q1 2009 but is expected to get better after this summer, so if you're a buyer, you should have a strong stomach because I can see this stock price being quite volatile.

DAR is growing, especially in the grease trap industry with the acquisition of Boca in February 2009 and management has experience in the business with some tenured professionals. I'm looking to buy in the low $6 dollar range and sell in the $14 to $16 dollar range with a margin of safety a bit about 50%

Good business model, takes all the trash that no one wants, will clean and collect it, then turn it into something useable. Great in terms of the emphasis on green industry that will be going on throughout the new administration. We all know fast food and restaurants will never go out of style. Only 2% insider and huge 95% instutitional ownership has me a little concerned, as I'm a huge fan of insider ownership and don't like the price flux that institutions cause as a result of their fund rules/guidelines. Lots of insider selling last year, but lots of acquisition so far in 2009, however, non open market. Revenue and NI growing well, and SG&A being kept under control, hopefully they can keep that trend going. 1st 2 quarters of 09 have trended way down, as to be expected as restaurants slow and try to cut costs, they don't need to be cleaned as often and will try and strech an extra month or 2 out of their equipment. Decent cash on hand compared to debt load, but they burned a lot last quarter and need to get a handle on it. I think overall their prospects are good, need to focus on getting cleaning contracts from national chains to help with a steady flow of income.