darden restaurants inc. - DRI

DRI

Close Chg Chg %
202.05 2.10 1.04%

Closed Market

204.15

+2.10 (1.04%)

Volume: 1.51M

Last Updated:

Jul 2, 2026, 3:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: darden restaurants inc. - DRI

DRI Key Data

Open

$202.48

Day Range

199.75 - 205.62

52 Week Range

169.07 - 220.85

Market Cap

$23.40B

Shares Outstanding

114.54M

Public Float

114.20M

Beta

0.59

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

19.68

EPS

$10.47

Yield

293.66%

Dividend

$1.62

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Jul 10, 2026

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

1.53M

 

DRI Performance

1 Week
 
-4.40%
 
1 Month
 
3.13%
 
3 Months
 
4.07%
 
1 Year
 
-7.24%
 
5 Years
 
37.93%
 

DRI Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 29
Full Ratings ➔

About darden restaurants inc. - DRI

Darden Restaurants, Inc. is a full-service restaurant company, which engages in the provision of restaurant services. It operates through the following segments: Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Fine Dining, and Other Business. The Olive Garden segment is the largest full-service dining Italian restaurant operator. The LongHorn Steakhouse segment includes the results of the company-owned LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants. The Fine Dining segment consists of the premium brands that operate within the fine-dining sub-segment of full-service dining and includes the results of its company-owned The Capital Grille and Eddie V's restaurants. The Other Business segment aggregates the remaining brands and includes the results of its company-owned Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, Yard House, Seasons 52 and Bahama Breeze restaurants, and from franchises and consumer-packaged goods sales. The company was founded by William B. Darden in 1938 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

DRI At a Glance

Darden Restaurants, Inc.
1000 Darden Center Drive
Orlando, Florida 32837-4032
Phone 1-407-245-4000 Revenue 13.21B
Industry Restaurants Net Income 1.21B
Sector Consumer Services 2026 Sales Growth 9.392%
Fiscal Year-end 05 / 2027 Employees N/A
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DRI Valuation

P/E Current 19.684
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 19.645
Price to Sales Ratio 1.795
Price to Book Ratio N/A
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 12.85
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 13.628
Enterprise Value to Sales 2.236
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.205

DRI Efficiency

Revenue/Employee N/A
Income Per Employee N/A
Receivables Turnover 101.701
Total Asset Turnover 0.97

DRI Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.314
Quick Ratio 0.205
Cash Ratio 0.076

DRI Profitability

Gross Margin 17.42
Operating Margin 12.161
Pretax Margin 10.511
Net Margin 9.134
Return on Assets 8.914
Return on Equity 53.718
Return on Total Capital 14.692
Return on Invested Capital 13.944

DRI Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 274.229
Total Debt to Total Capital 73.278
Total Debt to Total Assets 47.064
Long-Term Debt to Equity 242.809
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 64.882
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Annual Financials for Darden Restaurants Inc. - DRI

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All values USD millions. 2023 2024 2025 2026 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
10.49B 11.39B 12.08B 13.21B
Sales Growth
+8.91% +8.60% +6.03% +9.39%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
8.79B 9.43B 9.95B 10.91B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
387.80M 459.90M 516.10M 561.10M
Depreciation
- 367.40M 435.10M 496.10M
Amortization of Intangibles
- 20.40M 24.80M 20.00M
COGS Growth
+9.79% +7.32% +5.47% +9.66%
Gross Income
1.70B 1.96B 2.13B 2.30B
Gross Income Growth
+4.55% +15.22% +8.73% +8.14%
Gross Profit Margin
+16.20% +17.18% +17.62% +17.42%
2023 2024 2025 2026 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
521.90M 621.90M 671.30M 694.80M
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
521.90M 621.90M 671.30M 694.80M
SGA Growth
+12.58% +19.16% +7.94% +3.50%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
- (15.90M) 3.40M 19.10M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
1.19B 1.33B 1.44B 1.61B
Non Operating Income/Expense
12.90M (16.60M) (70.10M) (23.80M)
Non-Operating Interest Income
- 7.80M 4.50M 3.40M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
85.10M 139.80M 180.40M 194.20M
Interest Expense Growth
+16.26% +64.28% +29.04% +7.65%
Gross Interest Expense
90.50M 144.30M 185.50M 194.20M
Interest Capitalized
- 5.40M 4.50M 5.10M
Pretax Income
1.12B 1.18B 1.19B 1.39B
Pretax Income Growth
+2.47% +4.91% +1.00% +16.96%
Pretax Margin
+10.68% +10.32% +9.83% +10.51%
Income Tax
137.00M 145.00M 136.20M 174.90M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
- 191.50M 142.70M 135.30M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - 1.60M 3.00M
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
- (56.10M) (700.00K) 900.00K
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
983.50M 1.03B 1.05B 1.21B
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
983.50M 1.03B 1.05B 1.21B
Net Income Growth
+3.02% +4.78% +1.99% +15.48%
Net Margin Growth
+9.38% +9.05% +8.70% +9.19%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
(1.60M) (2.90M) (1.40M) (7.00M)
Discontinued Operations
(1.60M) (2.90M) (1.40M) (7.00M)
Net Income After Extraordinaries
981.90M 1.03B 1.05B 1.21B
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
981.90M 1.03B 1.05B 1.21B
EPS (Basic)
8.055 8.5705 8.9328 10.4476
EPS (Basic) Growth
+8.04% +6.40% +4.23% +16.96%
Basic Shares Outstanding
121.90M 119.90M 117.50M 115.50M
EPS (Diluted)
7.9894 8.5066 8.8649 10.38
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+8.17% +6.47% +4.21% +17.09%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
122.90M 120.80M 118.40M 116.30M
EBITDA
1.56B 1.80B 1.97B 2.17B
EBITDA Growth
+2.29% +14.74% +9.90% +9.87%
EBITDA Margin
+14.92% +15.76% +16.34% +16.41%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 231.40
Number of Ratings 29 Current Quarters Estimate 2.057
FY Report Date 08 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 11.291
Last Quarter’s Earnings 3.66 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 10.64 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 12.407
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 26 26 28 27
Mean Estimate 2.06 2.29 11.29 12.41
High Estimates 2.15 2.43 11.60 12.60
Low Estimate 1.94 2.19 11.15 12.10
Coefficient of Variance 2.28 2.85 0.81 1.07

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 15 15 17
OVERWEIGHT 1 2 3
HOLD 11 12 11
UNDERWEIGHT 2 2 1
SELL 0 0 1
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Darden Restaurants Inc. - DRI

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Apr 21, 2026 Douglas J. Milanes SVP, Chief Supply Chain Ofcr 274 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $202.16 per share 55,391.84
Apr 9, 2026 Lindsay L. Koren SVP General Counsel 1,617 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $194.32 per share 314,215.44
Mar 26, 2026 William S. Simon Director 6,281 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $203.96 per share 1,281,072.76
Jan 21, 2026 Rajesh Vennam SVP, CFO 15,814 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $124.24 per share 1,964,731.36
Jan 21, 2026 Rajesh Vennam SVP, CFO 12,632 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $214.12 per share 2,704,763.84
Jan 21, 2026 Rajesh Vennam SVP, CFO 9,040 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $214.12 per share 1,935,644.80
Jan 21, 2026 Rajesh Vennam SVP, CFO N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 26, 2025 Timothy J. Wilmott Director 5,870 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Nov 26, 2025 Daryl A. Kenningham Director 1,466 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 26, 2025 Daryl A. Kenningham Director 186 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Nov 26, 2025 Daryl A. Kenningham Director N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Oct 17, 2025 Melvin John Martin Group President 18,386 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $184.58 per share 3,393,687.88
Oct 9, 2025 Matthew R. Broad SVP General Counsel 19,577 Bona fide gift 0.00
Oct 9, 2025 Matthew R. Broad SVP General Counsel 13,916 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $193.4 per share 2,691,354.40

Darden Restaurants Inc. in the News

Olive Garden raising menu prices again

Popular Italian restaurant chain Olive Garden expects to raise prices "more in line with inflation" moving forward, parent company Darden said in its earnings call this week.