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Hold
Our score -0.28
Short -0.38 Medium -0.22 Long -0.22
computed 2026-09-27
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants
Market cap $22.68B Enterprise value $31.04B Trailing P/E 19.13x Forward P/E 16.11x EV / EBITDA 14.49x P / S (ttm) 1.70x Profit margin 8.8% Return on equity 55.4% Revenue growth +5.1% Earnings growth -6.7% Debt / equity 414.39
Layer Raw Contribution Fundamental +0.16 Sector -0.03 Technical +0.08 Earnings +0.00 Sentiment -0.67
macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27
Darden Restaurants, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates full-service restaurants in the United States and Canada. The company operates under Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, Chuy's, Yard House, Ruth's Chris Steak House, The Capital Grille, Seasons 52, Eddie V's Prime Seafood, Bahama Breeze, The Capital Burger, Darden and Darden Restaurants brand names. Darden Restaurants, Inc. was founded in 1938 and is based in Orlando, Florida.
United States · www.darden.com
Beta vs SPX 0.52 Corr SPX 0.29 Annual vol 28.4% Annual ret +12.0% Sharpe 0.42 Max DD -25.1%
Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)
Mean PT $225.48 High / Low $272.00 / $156.00 Median $230.00 Analysts 27
Strong Buy 3 Buy 17 Hold 10 Sell 0 Strong Sell 1
Recent rating actions
2026-03-20 Wells Fargo → Equal-Weight 2026-03-20 Stephens & Co. → Equal-Weight 2026-03-20 Keybanc → Overweight 2026-03-20 Evercore ISI Group → Outperform 2026-03-20 Deutsche Bank → Buy 2026-03-20 Citigroup → Buy
Date Event 8-K 2026-06-25 Earnings Release, Bylaws Amendment… read 2026-03-19 Earnings Release, Exhibits read 2025-12-18 Earnings Release, Exhibits read 2025-09-19 Officer / Director Change, Shareholder Vote… read 2025-09-18 Earnings Release, Exhibits read 2025-06-20 Earnings Release, Officer / Director Change… read 2025-03-20 Earnings Release, Exhibits read 2025-01-28 Officer / Director Change read 2024-12-19 Earnings Release, Exhibits read 2024-12-09 Officer / Director Change, Exhibits read 2024-10-11 Other Material Event, Exhibits read 2024-10-03 Termination of Agreement, Other Material Event… read
Insider 180d net $0 Insider buys / sells 0 / 0 Insider bias Neutral 13F holders 8 Top-5 share 98.9% HHI 4,640 (concentrated)
Holder Value Shares State Street Corp $1.03B 5.00M Capital Research / Capital World $246.41M 1.20M AQR Capital Management $153.00M 745.23K Citadel Advisors $66.36M 322.13K Fidelity / FMR LLC $63.74M 309.42K Millennium Management $16.13M 78.28K Bridgewater Associates $1.39M 6.76K T. Rowe Price Group $113.76K 552.19K
As of 2026-06-30
Yield (TTM) 2.25% $ / share (TTM) $4.50 5y CAGR +37.5%
Annual dividend per share
2021 $3.45 2022 $4.62 2023 $5.04 2024 $5.42 2025 $5.80 2026 $3.00
FY 2010–2025 · 16 years
Line Latest CAGR Trend Revenue $10.49B +2.5% Gross profit $2.29B +8.2% Operating income $1.31B +15.6% Net income $1.03B +6.9%
Date Open High Low Close Vol Sep 25 $204.91 $207.17 $198.06 $199.75 1.91M Sep 24 $208.88 $212.99 $206.22 $207.24 1.95M Sep 23 $215.10 $216.17 $212.32 $213.69 1.87M Sep 22 $213.13 $215.62 $212.57 $213.54 1.31M Sep 21 $210.26 $213.26 $209.75 $211.31 1.72M
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