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DRI·Darden Restaurants, Inc.

$226.34
-2.33 (-1.02%)
High
$230.30
Open
$223.82
Market Cap
26.09B
52W High
$233.98
Low
$223.32
P. Close
$226.34
P/E
22.07
52W Low
$169.00
Fwd P/E
18.45
DailyIQ Est.
$241.30
Inst. Own.
81.4%
Short Interest
5.98%
Days to Cover
6.2
Div. Yield
2.73%
Next Ex-Div
~Jan 8
NewEarnings release, scored · filed Sep 24, 2026Guidance reaffirmed · tone +3.3 vs prior release · 25 lines scoredSee the breakdown
Technical Score (1D)
62
BULLISH
News Sentiment
51
MIXED
On Nov 3, Zacks Equity Research named Comfort Systems USA the Bull of the Day and PulteGroup the Bear of the Day while also providing commentary on Darden Restaurants (DRI). The report noted Comfort Systems’ strong revenue growth and earnings streak, contrasted with PulteGroup’s declining earnings and housing‑market challenges. DRI was mentioned in the context of the broader market review, but no specific performance or outlook was provided for the company.
LOW TARGET
$163 -28.0%
2 analysts
MEAN TARGET
$233 +3.1%
18 analysts
HIGH TARGET
$276 +21.9%
14 analysts
PRICE RANGE
$163.00 - $276.00
SB / B / H / S / SS
10/11/11/1/1
DAILYIQ EST.
$241.30 (+6.6%)
Sector
Consumer Cyclical
Industry
Restaurants
Exchange
NYQ
Country
United States
Website
darden.com
Symbol
DRI
Description
Darden Restaurants, Inc. is a leading operator of full-service dining establishments across the United States and Canada. The company's portfolio features a diverse collection of well-known brands, including Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, and Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, among others. Darden's value proposition centers on providing a variety of dining experiences, from casual to upscale, catering to a broad consumer base. Established in 1938, the company has built a strong competitive position in the restaurant industry, offering a wide array of choices under different brands. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Darden Restaurants, Inc. continues to maintain a significant presence in the North American dining market.
Bought (1Y)
0 shares
$0
Sold (1Y)
116,350 shares
$23.8M
Connelly Susan M.SVP, Chief Comm & PA Officer
Gift705 shares2026-10-16
Martin Melvin JohnGroup President
Sell2,209 shares2026-10-06
Madonna John W.SVP, Corporate Controller
Gift75 shares2026-09-29
Madonna John W.SVP, Corporate Controller
Gift510 shares2026-09-28
ATKINS M SHAN-
Award/Grant936 shares2026-09-23
View full insider trading history →
65/ 100
Bullish
Overall: Bullish
✓Revenue growing year over year
✓Positive net margin
✓Positive operating cash flow
Gross Margin
20.3%
Net Margin
9.1%
Revenue CAGR
3.9%
Current Ratio
0.31x
Debt / Equity
1.06x
Return on Equity
54.7%
View full financials →

EPS

EstBeatMiss
$1.82$2.14$2.46$2.78$3.10Q3'25Q4'25Q2'26Q3'26Q1'27Q2'27
QtrEstActual+/−
Q2'27$2.28 - -
Q1'27$2.05$2.05-0.2%
Q3'26$2.94$2.95+0.3%
Q2'26$2.12$2.08-2.0%
Q4'25$2.10$2.08-0.8%
Q3'25$2.01$1.97-2.0%

Revenue

EstBeatMiss
$3.0B$3.1B$3.2B$3.3B$3.4BQ3'25Q4'25Q2'26Q3'26Q1'27Q2'27
QtrEstActual+/−
Q2'27$3.3B - -
Q1'27$3.2B$3.2B-1.2%
Q3'26$3.3B$3.3B+0.4%
Q2'26$3.1B$3.1B+0.0%
Q4'25 - $3.1B -
Q3'25 - $3.0B -
Full Earnings BreakdownEstimates, actuals, guidance, and historical context
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Market Data

DRI Stock Snapshot

NEUTRAL62/100
$226.34−$2.33 (1.0%)
Market cap
26.09B
P/E ratio
22.1
Day range
$223.32 – $230.30
News sentiment
51/100 · Neutral
Analyst target
$233.44 (+3.1%)
Consensus
Buy · 34 analysts
52-week range+33.9% off low · -3.3% from high
$169.00$233.98
Price $226.34 DailyIQ Est. $241.30

Darden Restaurants, Inc. is consolidating: price is near its 52-week high without a decisive push either way. Earnings and guidance carry more weight than macro data at this capitalisation.

Reverse DCF

What growth is priced into DRI?

CHEAP

At today's price, Darden Restaurants, Inc. needs to grow free cash flow about 4.8% a year for 3 years, slowing to a long-run rate by year 10, to justify its valuation at a 7.22% cost of capital. Over the last five years its revenue has trended at 8.0% a year, so the market is asking for 3.2 percentage points below its own delivered rate. On that basis DRI looks priced below what its own growth record supports.

Implied FCF growth
4.8%
Growth trend
8.0%
Growth gap
-3.2 pts
Verdict
CHEAP
Discount rate (WACC)
7.22%
Beta
0.60

Behaviour On Record

What DRI's own history says about today's numbers

Realized volatility (21d)
26.5% 64th pct
Below its peak
0.0%
vs 200-day average
+12.1%
Up days (1y)
53%

Darden Restaurants, Inc. is currently running 26.5% annualised volatility over the last 21 sessions. Measured against DRI's own 13 years of daily returns rather than a market-wide average, that is the 64th percentile — a little above its own norm, against a typical reading of 23.1%.

DRI is at its running peak. Across 13 full years on file its median worst-drawdown-in-a-year was -19.0%, with the deepest at -69.9% in 2020.

Price sits +12.1% from its 200-day moving average. Against every other day in its history, that gap ranks at the 73rd percentile — a somewhat wider gap than its own norm. Over the past year DRI closed higher on 53% of sessions, and it is currently 1 session into a rising streak.

On November specifically: over 13 years of records, DRI finished the month higher 12 of 13 times, with a median return of +4.7% and an average of +5.4%. Its strongest month historically has been November at +5.4% on average, its weakest March at -1.3%.

Overnight risk is measurable too: DRI has opened more than 2% away from the prior close in 126 of 3,267 sessions (3.9% of the time), with the largest gaps running +10.4% and -11.9%.

Across the last 3 dated reports on file, DRI moved an average of 2.8% in the session after earnings, closing higher 1 of those 3 times, with a median move of -2.5% and a largest of -5.3%.

All figures computed from 3,268 daily closes between 2013-11-06 and 2026-11-04, split-adjusted, recomputed daily. Percentiles are against DRI's own 13-year history, not a peer group or index.

Sector Rotation

Is money rotating into or out of DRI's sector?

Darden Restaurants, Inc. sits in the Consumer Discretionary sector, currently ranked 5th of 12 GICS sectors by relative-strength rotation score (leading).

Sector rank
#5 of 12
Sector state
Leading
Sector rotation score
82

Options Market

What is the options market pricing for DRI?

CallsPuts

For Darden Restaurants, Inc.'s nearest expiry (2026-11-20, 14 days out), open interest is call-heavy, a bullish tilt (put/call ratio of 0.51), with at-the-money implied volatility around 43.8%. The options market is pricing roughly a ±7.5% move by that expiry — a range of about $210.76–$245.18.

Put/call ratio (2026-11-20)
0.51
ATM implied volatility
43.8%
Total open interest
4,076
Expected move by 2026-11-20
±7.5% ($210.76–$245.18)

Analyst Consensus Estimates

What do analysts expect DRI to earn?

Analysts expect Darden Restaurants, Inc. to earn $11.27 per share in the fiscal year ending May 2027 and $13.33 in the fiscal year ending May 2029, from 5 estimates. These are analyst forecasts, not company guidance, and later years rest on fewer analysts.

Quarter endingEPS estimateEPS rangeEPS analystsRevenue estimateRevenue analysts
Nov 2026$2.25$2.07 to $2.3427$3.27B24
Feb 2027$3.27$3.16 to $3.4127$3.55B24
Aug 2027$2.27$2.22 to $2.407--
Nov 2027$2.54$2.41 to $2.807~$2.97B-
Fiscal year endingEPS estimateEPS rangeEPS analystsRevenue estimateRevenue analysts
May 2027$11.27$11.12 to $11.6028$13.70B27
May 2028$12.40$12.02 to $12.7128$14.54B26
May 2029$13.33$13.05 to $13.675~$15.59B-

Revenue marked ~ is our calculation from the EPS estimate, not analyst consensus.

Analyst Rating Changes

Are analysts turning bullish or bearish on DRI?

Citigroup most recently reiterated its rating on Darden Restaurants, Inc. to Buy on Sep 25, 2026 with a price target of $247 (from $248). Over the last 90 days, coverage has run 1 upgrade against 0 downgrades, a net bullish lean.

Latest action
Citigroup: Buy
90-day upgrades
1
90-day downgrades
0
Net rating momentum
+1
DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
Sep 25, 2026CitigroupMaintainedBuy$248 → $247
Sep 25, 2026GuggenheimReiteratedBuy$235
Sep 25, 2026MizuhoMaintainedOutperform$235 → $245
Sep 25, 2026Freedom Capital MarketsMaintainedBuy$255 → $260
Sep 25, 2026BMO CapitalMaintainedMarket Perform$225 → $220
Sep 25, 2026BTIGReiteratedBuy$235
Sep 25, 2026Stephens & Co.ReiteratedEqual-Weight$220
Sep 24, 2026TD CowenReiteratedHold$215
Sep 21, 2026Freedom Capital MarketsMaintainedBuy$255
Sep 16, 2026Seaport GlobalInitiatedBuy$240
Sep 15, 2026OppenheimerMaintainedOutperform$235 → $245
Sep 14, 2026Morgan StanleyMaintainedOverweight$236 → $255

Earnings Release, Scored

What did Darden Restaurants, Inc.'s latest earnings release say?

Filed Sep 24, 2026 · SEC Form 8-K, Exhibit 99

Guidance reaffirmed
Tone62.4/ 100+3.3 vs prior release
Hedging words0.34per 100 words-0.56 vs prior release
Tone, last 2 releasesScale 50–70

Most important lines

  1. 1

    Blended same-restaurant sales 1 for the quarter increased 3.1% on a fiscal calendar basis and increased 3.2% on a comparable calendar basis.

    New this quarter
  2. 2

    Reported diluted net earnings per share from continuing operations were $2.05, an increase of 4.1% from last year's adjusted diluted net earnings per share from continuing operations 2

  3. 3

    Total sales increased 5.1% to $3.2 billion.

Scores describe the release's wording. They are not a forecast.

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Peers & ETF holders

DRI peers & ETF holders

RestaurantsMarket cap · today

Top ETF holdersWeight

News & sentiment

What is the news saying about DRI?

DRI rose 11.5% over the month to Nov 6. News tone held between 42 and 92 from Oct 7 to Oct 9, then jumped to 92 on Oct 13.

Daily close and news tone, Oct 6 to Nov 6
$200$220Oct 6Oct 7: tone 92Oct 8: tone 79Oct 9: tone 43Oct 12Oct 13: tone 92Oct 14: tone 79Oct 15Oct 16Oct 19: tone 100Oct 20Oct 21: tone 92Oct 22Oct 23: tone 60Oct 26Oct 27Oct 28Oct 29: tone 31Oct 30: tone 48Nov 2: tone 50Nov 3: tone 51Nov 4Nov 5Nov 6Oct 6News toneNov 6123
  1. Oct 13 +3.0%
  2. Oct 15 +2.8%
  3. Nov 4 +5.1%
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Technical analysis

How strong is DRI's momentum right now?

On the daily chart DRI ranks at the 62nd percentile for momentum against 1,060 stocks and ETFs, a neutral reading.

Momentum rank by timeframe0 = weakest, 100 = strongest
See what drives the rankThe inputs behind each timeframe's momentum rank, plus RSI, stochastics, Bollinger Bands and moving averages. Free with an account.

Institutional ownership

Are big funds buying or selling DRI?

98 of the 197 tracked managers added to DRI in their latest 13F and 92 trimmed. Together they own 81.4% of the company, worth $19.3B. Capital World Investors and BlackRock alone hold 21.6%.

98adding92trimming7unchanged
Largest holders by stake, latest 13FBar = share of DRI
  1. 1Capital World Investors13.12%
    $3.1B positionAdded 1.6% last quarter
  2. 2BlackRock, Inc.8.46%
    $2.0B positionAdded 1.4% last quarter
  3. 3Vanguard Capital Management LLC6.46%
    $1.5B positionTrimmed 0.0% last quarter
  4. 4Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC4.65%
    $1.1B positionAdded 0.4% last quarter
  5. 5State Street Corp4.33%
    $1.0B positionAdded 2.9% last quarter
  6. 6Wellington Management Group LLP3.36%
    $800.2M positionTrimmed 43.3% last quarter
  7. 7Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc3.21%
    $764.5M positionAdded 10.2% last quarter
  8. 8Geode Capital Management, LLC2.99%
    $711.4M positionAdded 0.5% last quarter
  9. 9Bank of America Corp2.74%
    $651.8M positionTrimmed 1.5% last quarter
  10. 10JPMorgan Chase & Co1.74%
    $412.8M positionAdded 5.0% last quarter
Full holdings history

Congressional trading

Is Congress trading DRI?

5 members of Congress disclosed 11 DRI trades between Jan 13, 2025 and Apr 9, 2026: 6 buys and 5 sells, about $112.5K in estimated value.

BuysSellsJan ’25AprJulOctJan ’26Apr
BuySell$1K–$15K$15K–$50K$50K–$100K$100K–$250K

What stands out

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How has DRI done against its peers?

Over the six months to Nov 6, DRI returned +15.6%. Of the 15 related stocks and ETFs, 2 did better, led by MAR at +16.1%.

Change since May 6, through Nov 6
−40%−20%0%+20%+40%May 6JunJulAugSepOctNov 6MAR +16.1%DRI +15.6%MELI −17.8%