Darden Restaurants vs Brinker International
DRI and EAT side by side, both in eating and drinking places. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How DRI and EAT compare
Darden Restaurants is the larger company, worth 2.8 times as much as Brinker International ($25.1B against $8.9B).
On earnings, Brinker International is cheaper: it trades at 19.5× trailing earnings, against 21.5× for Darden Restaurants.
Darden Restaurants grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (8.1% versus 7.9% for Brinker International).
Darden Restaurants keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 8.8% compared with 8.4% at Brinker International.
Darden Restaurants pays a dividend yielding 2.8%; Brinker International does not pay one.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | DRI | EAT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $25.1B | $8.9B |
| Share price | $220.17 | $212.18 |
| Change, 1 year | 20.7% | 84.5% |
| Change, 5 years | 42.5% | 375% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.65 | 1.21 |
| Employees | 177K | 85K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 | 13 |
| Valuation score | 2 | 2 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 5 | 5 |
| Health score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 21.5× | 19.5× (better) |
| P/S | 1.9× | 1.5× (better) |
| P/B | 12.1× (better) | 20.0× |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.1× (better) | 14.8× |
| P/FCF | 23.8× | 15.9× (better) |
| PEG | 2.36 | 0.29 (better) |
| FCF yield | 4.2% | 6.3% (better) |
| Fair value | $227.71 | $207.26 |
| Margin of safety | 3.3% (better) | −2.4% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 8.1% (better) | 7.9% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 12.9% (better) | 11.7% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 7.5% | 27.1% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 9.9% | 30.6% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 16.8% | 30.9% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 20.3% | 74.4% (better) |
| Operating margin | 11.7% (better) | 10.7% |
| Net margin | 8.8% (better) | 8.4% |
| FCF margin | 7.9% | 9.6% (better) |
| Return on equity | 55.1% | 120% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 54.7% | 62.2% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.47 (better) | 1.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.36 (better) | 0.54 |
| Interest coverage | – | 15.3× |
| Current ratio | 0.30 | 0.45 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.52 | 5.21 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.8% | – |
| Payout ratio | 59.4% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 5 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 31.1% | – |
| Buyback yield | 2.7% | 5.0% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 5.5% (better) | 5.0% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 98.8% | 113% |
| Held by insiders | 0.37% | 1.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$24.1M (better) | −$59.2M |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.9% | 12.6% |
Go deeper
- DRI stock overview
- DRI income statement
- DRI valuation and score
- EAT stock overview
- EAT income statement
- EAT valuation and score
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