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Darden Restaurants Inc (DRI) stock

DRINYSERetail-Eating PlacesFiscal year ends May 30
Financials through Q1 FY2027, quarter ended Aug 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Oct 2, 2026Score 12/304% above fair value
$227.90−1.04 (-0.45%)

Close on Nov 12, 2026Market cap $25.79BP/E 22.3Yield 2.63%

Darden Restaurants statistics

111 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.

Important dates

Next earnings
Dec 17, 2026 (estimated, before the open)
Last ex-dividend date
Oct 9, 2026
Fundamentals through
Aug 30, 2026
Share price as of
Nov 12, 2026

Valuation ratiosIndustry

Market Cap
$25.79B
$832.52M
Enterprise Value
$26.54B
$1.24B
PE Ratio
22.26
25.90
PS Ratio
1.93
0.82
PB Ratio
12.47
3.03
P/TBV Ratio
62.86
5.79
P/FCF Ratio
24.45
24.45
P/OCF Ratio
14.41
10.29

Enterprise valuationIndustry

EV / Sales
1.99
1.24
EV / EBITDA
12.44
12.22
EV / EBIT
16.98
19.11
EV / FCF
25.18
30.33

Share statisticsIndustry

Shares Outstanding
113M
35M
Shares Change (YoY)
-2.12%
0.32%
Float
113M
26M
Shares Held by Insiders
0.37%
13.9%
Shares Held by Institutions
99.6%
74.9%

Short sellingIndustry

Short Interest
7M
–
Short Interest Change
6.99%
-2.87%
Short % of Float
6.56%
8.80%
Short % of Shares Outstanding
6.54%
5.90%
Days to Cover
8.11
3.92

Stock price statisticsIndustry

52-Week High
$233.98
–
52-Week Low
$169.00
–
20-Day Moving Average
$221.13
–
50-Day Moving Average
$212.17
–
200-Day Moving Average
$206.70
–
Average True Range (14)
$5.74
–
Price Change (1 Week)
-0.34%
-3.18%
Price Change (1 Month)
9.29%
4.40%
Price Change (3 Months)
1.17%
-10.3%
Price Change (6 Months)
17.1%
9.60%
Price Change (YTD)
23.8%
1.28%
Price Change (1 Year)
32.8%
5.70%
Price Change (3 Years)
50.7%
-14.4%
Price Change (5 Years)
51.7%
-45.7%
Price Change (10 Years)
225.0%
39.2%
Average Volume (10 Days)
935,849
–
Average Volume (20 Days)
930,965
–
Average Volume (90 Days)
1M
–
Relative Volume
0.67
0.73
Relative Strength Index (14)
62.2
50.9
Volatility (1 Year)
27.8%
55.2%
Beta (5 Years)
0.63
1.03

MarginsIndustry

Gross Margin
20.3%
32.3%
Operating Margin
11.7%
4.39%
Pretax Margin
10.2%
2.61%
Profit Margin
8.85%
1.93%
EBITDA Margin
16.0%
8.92%
FCF Margin
7.89%
2.38%

Returns on capitalIndustry

Return on Equity (ROE)
55.1%
7.95%
Return on Assets (ROA)
9.10%
2.10%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
54.7%
12.4%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
15.6%
5.22%

Financial positionIndustry

Current Ratio
0.30
0.78
Quick Ratio
0.11
0.45
Debt / Equity
0.47
0.56
Debt / EBITDA
0.46
3.02
Debt / FCF
0.93
7.64
Net Debt / EBITDA
0.36
2.62

GrowthIndustry

Revenue Growth (YoY)
8.10%
6.48%
Net Income Growth (YoY)
7.47%
5.87%
EPS Growth (YoY)
9.87%
5.93%
FCF Growth (YoY)
-4.39%
12.9%
Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
8.00%
6.75%
Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
12.9%
9.96%
EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)
9.11%
9.11%
EPS Growth (5Y CAGR)
16.8%
13.0%

EfficiencyIndustry

Asset Turnover
1.03
1.03
Inventory Turnover
33.80
42.08
Revenue Per Employee
$75.52K
$98.45K
Profits Per Employee
$6.68K
$2.40K
Employee Count
177,000
6,500
WACC
7.97%
8.63%

Income statement (TTM)Industry

Revenue
$13.37B
$886.68M
Gross Profit
$2.71B
$497.43M
Operating Income
$1.56B
$28.21M
Pretax Income
$1.36B
$10.66M
Net Income
$1.18B
$17.16M
EBITDA
$2.13B
$65.94M
EPS (Diluted)
$10.24
$0.34

Balance sheetIndustry

Cash & Short-Term Investments
$220.50M
$36.54M
Total Debt
$979.70M
$337.23M
Net Cash (Debt)
-$759.20M
-$2.59M
Net Cash Per Share
-$6.71
-$0.26
Equity (Book Value)
$2.07B
$106.18M
Book Value Per Share
$18.28
$2.94
Tangible Book Value
$410.20M
$4.55M
Working Capital
-$2.25B
-$13.18M

Cash flow (TTM)Industry

Operating Cash Flow
$1.79B
$72.42M
Capital Expenditures
-$735.20M
-$66.96M
Free Cash Flow
$1.05B
$20.20M
FCF Per Share
$9.32
$0.43

Dividends and yieldsIndustry

Earnings Yield
4.59%
2.18%
FCF Yield
4.09%
3.05%
Dividend Yield
2.63%
2.47%
Buyback Yield
2.61%
1.21%
Shareholder Yield
5.25%
4.49%
Dividend Per Share
$6.00
$1.08
Dividend Growth (YoY)
7.14%
5.86%
Years of Dividend Growth
5
1
Payout Ratio
59.4%
47.0%
FCF Payout Ratio
66.6%
47.9%

Taxes and interestIndustry

Income Tax
$173.70M
$1.89M
Effective Tax Rate
12.7%
19.1%

Scores and fair valueIndustry

Graham Number
$64.90
$9.55
Graham Upside
-71.5%
-62.1%
Altman Z-Score
2.56
2.08
Piotroski F-Score
6
5
Lynch Fair Value
$172.29
–
Lynch Upside
-24.4%
-24.2%

Total return vs. the S&P 500

Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 12, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.

PeriodDRIS&P 500DifferenceDRI per yearS&P 500 per year
1 month+14.2%-2.7%+16.9 pts
3 months+0.9%-1.7%+2.7 pts
Year to date+27.8%+11.9%+15.9 pts
1 year+33.9%+12.0%+21.9 pts
3 years+67.2%+78.2%−11.0 pts+18.7%+21.2%
5 years+79.0%+73.2%+5.8 pts+12.3%+11.6%
10 years+332.2%+309.6%+22.5 pts+15.8%+15.1%

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.

7M DRI shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, up 7.0% from the previous report, or 6.56% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 8.1 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 77.9% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.

Settlement dateShares shortChangeAvg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 20267,396,896+7.0%912,0948.1
Oct 15, 20266,913,661+2.4%1,107,7706.2
Sep 30, 20266,751,776+10.4%1,521,7194.4
Sep 15, 20266,118,094-8.0%1,100,3205.6
Aug 31, 20266,652,438+2.2%919,4527.2
Aug 14, 20266,509,298+6.0%1,041,4226.3
Jul 31, 20266,143,362+5.9%1,393,5004.4
Jul 15, 20265,802,563-10.9%1,488,6283.9
Jun 30, 20266,510,814-6.7%1,934,1903.4
Jun 15, 20266,981,295+23.9%1,082,7726.5
May 29, 20265,636,336+2.8%1,015,3505.5
May 15, 20265,484,623-5.7%1,007,1465.5

Ratios use trailing-twelve-month results and the latest balance sheet. How we calculate.

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