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Darden Restaurants, Inc.

DRI

NYSE·Consumer Cyclical·Restaurants·Mkt cap $23.1B

$204.32

+1.17%

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52-Week Range

$169.00 - $220.85

P/E

19.63

Fwd P/E

17.93

Beta

0.59

Div Yield

2.97%

Avg Vol

1.2M

Shares Out

114.5M

Mkt Cap

$23.1B

Price action

Price chart

Down 7.9% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Diverse multi-brand restaurant portfolio
  • Strong brand recognition
  • Economies of scale in purchasing and operations
  • Proven restaurant management expertise

Bear Case

1 risk

  • Low volatility (beta 0.6).

Growth

Stable outlook

Digital ordering and delivery expansion

Value

Attractively priced below Restaurants & Food Service peer average

Momentum

Stable

+2.9% over 3m

Quality

Excellent

Excellent business quality

Dividend

Solid

2.97% yield

Earnings track record

Recent earnings results

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Sep 17, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

JUN 25, 2026

Reported EPS of $3.66 vs $3.63 consensus (+0.8% surprise). Revenue of $3.7B vs $3.7B expected (-0.3%).

EPS beat +0.8%
Revenue miss

EPS surprise · last 4Q

1 of 1 beats

Q2 26

+0.8%

Next: Sep 17, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

+6%

+11%

+10%

+7%

+6%

+14%

Q1 24

Q2 24

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 26

Q4 26

$2.8B

$2.9B

$3.2B

$3.3B

$3.0B

$3.1B

$3.3B

$3.7B

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

Operating

13.0%

Profit

10.9%

Wall Street consensus

17 analysts · 59% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

10

59%

Hold

7

41%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

$228.00

+11.6% vs $204.32

Low $228.00
Median $228.00
High $228.00

Latest: Deutsche Bank · Jun 26, 2026

1 analyst covering

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How DRI stacks vs Restaurants

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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