darden restaurants inc. - DRI

DRI

Close Chg Chg %
219.33 0.64 0.29%

Closed Market

219.97

+0.64 (0.29%)

Volume: 604.93K

Last Updated:

Jul 3, 2025, 12:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: darden restaurants inc. - DRI

DRI Key Data

Open

$219.36

Day Range

218.82 - 220.85

52 Week Range

136.39 - 228.27

Market Cap

$25.78B

Shares Outstanding

117.03M

Public Float

116.73M

Beta

0.74

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

24.86

EPS

$8.93

Yield

254.23%

Dividend

$1.50

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Jul 10, 2025

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

1.63M

 

DRI Performance

1 Week
 
1.92%
 
1 Month
 
1.26%
 
3 Months
 
14.50%
 
1 Year
 
51.68%
 
5 Years
 
194.56%
 

DRI Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 30
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 12.08B
Industry Restaurants Net Income 1.05B
Sector Consumer Services 2025 Sales Growth 6.029%
Fiscal Year-end 05 / 2026 Employees N/A
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DRI Valuation

P/E Current 24.861
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 23.027
Price to Sales Ratio 2.00
Price to Book Ratio N/A
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 14.163
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 15.287
Enterprise Value to Sales 2.471
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.199

DRI Efficiency

Revenue/Employee N/A
Income Per Employee N/A
Receivables Turnover 128.749
Total Asset Turnover 0.945

DRI Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.417
Quick Ratio 0.279
Cash Ratio 0.113

DRI Profitability

Gross Margin 17.608
Operating Margin 11.893
Pretax Margin 9.831
Net Margin 8.691
Return on Assets 8.226
Return on Equity 46.159
Return on Total Capital 12.728
Return on Invested Capital 12.415

DRI Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 257.249
Total Debt to Total Capital 72.008
Total Debt to Total Assets 47.238
Long-Term Debt to Equity 257.249
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 72.008
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Annual Financials for Darden Restaurants Inc. - DRI

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
9.63B 10.49B 11.39B 12.08B
Sales Growth
+33.82% +8.91% +8.60% +6.03%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
8.01B 8.79B 9.43B 9.95B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
368.40M 387.80M 459.90M 516.10M
Depreciation
- 346.70M 367.40M 435.10M
Amortization of Intangibles
- 21.70M 20.40M 24.80M
COGS Growth
+32.26% +9.79% +7.32% +5.49%
Gross Income
1.62B 1.70B 1.96B 2.13B
Gross Income Growth
+42.12% +4.55% +15.22% +8.65%
Gross Profit Margin
+16.87% +16.20% +17.18% +17.61%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
463.60M 521.90M 621.90M 690.20M
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
463.60M 521.90M 621.90M 690.20M
SGA Growth
-11.12% +12.58% +19.16% +10.98%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
- 6.40M (15.90M) 3.40M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
1.15B 1.19B 1.33B 1.44B
Non Operating Income/Expense
12.00M 12.90M (16.60M) (74.00M)
Non-Operating Interest Income
- 1.90M 7.80M 4.50M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
73.20M 85.10M 139.80M 175.10M
Interest Expense Growth
+10.91% +16.26% +64.28% +25.25%
Gross Interest Expense
75.80M 90.50M 144.30M 175.10M
Interest Capitalized
- 2.60M 5.40M 4.50M
Pretax Income
1.09B 1.12B 1.18B 1.19B
Pretax Income Growth
+89.68% +2.47% +4.91% +1.00%
Pretax Margin
+11.36% +10.68% +10.32% +9.83%
Income Tax
138.80M 137.00M 145.00M 136.20M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
- 163.40M 191.50M 142.70M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- 1.40M 1.60M 3.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
- (26.00M) (56.10M) (700.00K)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
954.70M 983.50M 1.03B 1.05B
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
954.70M 983.50M 1.03B 1.05B
Net Income Growth
+50.96% +3.02% +4.78% +1.99%
Net Margin Growth
+9.91% +9.38% +9.05% +8.70%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
(1.90M) (1.60M) (2.90M) (1.40M)
Discontinued Operations
(1.90M) (1.60M) (2.90M) (1.40M)
Net Income After Extraordinaries
952.80M 981.90M 1.03B 1.05B
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
952.80M 981.90M 1.03B 1.05B
EPS (Basic)
7.4554 8.055 8.5705 8.9328
EPS (Basic) Growth
+54.49% +8.04% +6.40% +4.23%
Basic Shares Outstanding
127.80M 121.90M 119.90M 117.50M
EPS (Diluted)
7.386 7.9894 8.5066 8.86
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+54.69% +8.17% +6.47% +4.15%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
129.00M 122.90M 120.80M 118.40M
EBITDA
1.53B 1.56B 1.80B 1.95B
EBITDA Growth
+57.28% +2.29% +14.74% +8.76%
EBITDA Margin
+15.88% +14.92% +15.76% +16.17%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 235.577
Number of Ratings 30 Current Quarters Estimate 1.985
FY Report Date 08 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 10.684
Last Quarter’s Earnings 2.98 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 9.55 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 11.464
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 1.99 2.21 10.68 11.46
High Estimates 2.20 2.39 11.04 12.10
Low Estimate 1.80 2.08 10.46 11.14
Coefficient of Variance 3.62 3.05 1.10 1.72

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 14 14 15
OVERWEIGHT 3 3 3
HOLD 11 12 11
UNDERWEIGHT 1 1 0
SELL 1 1 2
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Darden Restaurants Inc. - DRI

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Apr 2, 2025 Charles M. Sonsteby Director 21,943 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $204.56 per share 4,488,660.08
Mar 28, 2025 Daniel J. Kiernan President, Olive Garden 6,212 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 28, 2025 Melvin John Martin President, SRG 12,655 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $208.69 per share 2,640,971.95
Mar 28, 2025 Melvin John Martin President, SRG 17,746 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $124.24 per share 2,204,763.04
Mar 28, 2025 Sarah H. King SVP, Chief People Officer N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 28, 2025 Sarah H. King SVP, Chief People Officer 535 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $207.09 per share 110,793.15
Mar 28, 2025 Sarah H. King SVP, Chief People Officer 6,849 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $207.76 per share 1,422,948.24
Mar 28, 2025 Sarah H. King SVP, Chief People Officer 9,216 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $107.05 per share 986,572.80
Mar 28, 2025 John W. Madonna SVP, Corporate Controller 7,192 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $207.88 per share 1,495,072.96
Mar 28, 2025 Melvin John Martin President, SRG 5,091 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 28, 2025 Daniel J. Kiernan President, Olive Garden N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 28, 2025 Daniel J. Kiernan President, Olive Garden 27,355 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $206.32 per share 5,643,883.60
Mar 28, 2025 Daniel J. Kiernan President, Olive Garden 39,853 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $207.04 per share 8,251,165.12
Mar 28, 2025 Daniel J. Kiernan President, Olive Garden 44,403 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $78.84 per share 3,500,732.52
Mar 28, 2025 Daniel J. Kiernan President, Olive Garden 38,403 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $107.05 per share 4,111,041.15
Feb 26, 2025 Daryl A. Kenningham Director N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Feb 26, 2025 Daryl A. Kenningham Director 143 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 26, 2025 Daryl A. Kenningham Director 143 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Feb 26, 2025 Timothy J. Wilmott Director 5,361 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 4, 2025 Douglas J. Milanes SVP, Chief Supply Chain Ofcr 11,806 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $107.05 per share 1,263,832.30

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.