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Darden RestaurantsDRI

Restaurants · Orlando, Florida · In the S&P 500
Solid business
$220.17−0.14%After hours: $220.17 (0.00%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▲ 20.7% over 1 year
Darden Restaurants over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$180$200Nov2026MarMayJulSep$220.17$175$200NovMarJul$220.17
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$24.91B
Price to earnings21.4x
Forward P/E19.2x
Dividend yield2.94%
Year to date+19.6%
One year+20.7%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorConsumer Discretionary
52-week range (closes)
$169.21$227.68

Quality and valuation

How Darden Restaurants compares with other consumer discretionary stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Darden Restaurants and 6 restaurants peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: about averageValuation: in line with its sector

An average business among consumer discretionary companies, priced about in line with them.

Darden Restaurants trades at 19.2 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 19.5x for the 66 consumer discretionary stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew slower than the sector median: +8.1% vs +8.1%
  • Keeps less of each sale (gross margin): 20.3% vs 40.5%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): 11.7% vs 13.8%
  • Turns less of its sales into cash: 7.9% vs 10.1%
DRI trades at 19.2x forward earnings, below the sector medianForward p/e, Restaurants peers
DPZ15.7xDRI19.2xMCD19.6xYUM23.9xCMG25.8xSBUX34.9xCAVA90.1xSector median 19.5xDPZ15.7xDRI19.2xMCD19.6xYUM23.9xCMG25.8xSBUX34.9xCAVA90.1xSector median 19.5x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets
At 21.5x earnings, DRI is pricier than its average since Sep 2024Price over the last 12 months of reported (GAAP) diluted EPS
P/EUsual range (±1 s.d.)
18x20x24xAverage 21.3x2025202621.5x20x25xAverage 21.3x2025202621.5x
Source: Nasdaq prices; SEC filings

Financials

From Darden Restaurants's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 30 Aug 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 5.1% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q1 ’27
$0bn$1bn$2bn$3bnQ2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’26$3.2bnQ1 ’27$0bn$2bnQ2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’26$3.2bnQ1 ’27
Source: SEC filings
Growth slowed to +5.1% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%5%10%Q2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’265.1%Q1 ’270%5%10%Q2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’265.1%Q1 ’27
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 10.0% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
0%5%10%Q2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’2610.0%Q1 ’270%5%10%Q2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’2610.0%Q1 ’27
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $1.1 billion over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $m
$0m$200m$400mQ2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’26$104mQ1 ’27$0m$200m$400mQ2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’26$104mQ1 ’27
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsDRISector median
Revenue growth+8.1%+8.1%
Gross margin20.3%40.5%
Operating margin11.7%13.8%
Free cash flow margin7.9%10.1%
Price to earnings21.4x21.0x

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