Darden Restaurants, Inc.
General ticker "DRI" information:
- Sector: Consumer Discretionary
- Industry: Restaurants
- Capitalization: $23.3B (TTM average)
Darden Restaurants, Inc. does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -8.9%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.6%: low 195.53$, high 201.93$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-04-10, amount 1.50$ (Y3.10%)
- Total employees count: 197924 (+3.6%) as of 2025
- Top business risk factors: Inflation, Market competition, Labor/talent shortage/retention, Food safety concerns, Technology risk
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are close to our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-05-25 to 2027-05-25
- 2025-05-25 to 2026-05-25 estimated range: [167.65$, 234.78$]
- 2026-05-25 to 2027-05-25 estimated range: [179.16$, 249.49$]
Financial Metrics affecting the DRI estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 21.6 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: 6.59 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 7.02
- Positive: 7.54 < Operating profit margin, % of 11.33
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.24 <= 0.78
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.72 <= 0.73
- Positive: -14.17 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -5.26
- Positive: 5.46 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 6.79
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 7.71 > 6.06
- Positive: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 18.36 <= 19.24
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-26 | 2025-05-25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $10,487.80MM | $11,377.60MM | $12,027.50MM |
| Operating Expenses | $9,286.00MM | $10,063.40MM | $10,665.20MM |
| Operating Income | $1,201.80MM | $1,314.20MM | $1,362.30MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-81.30MM | $-138.70MM | $-175.10MM |
| Interest Expense | $85.10MM | $138.70MM | $175.10MM |
| Income(Loss) | $1,120.50MM | $1,175.50MM | $1,187.20MM |
| Taxes | $137.00MM | $145.00MM | $136.20MM |
| Other Income(Loss) | $0.00MM | $-2.90MM | $-1.40MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $981.90MM | $1,024.70MM | $1,048.20MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $2,201.50MM | $2,242.50MM | $2,311.30MM |
| Inventory | $287.90MM | $290.50MM | $311.60MM |
| Assets | $10,241.50MM | $11,323.00MM | $12,587.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $1,545.60MM | $1,611.90MM | $1,705.60MM |
| Capital expenditure | $593.80MM | $628.30MM | $671.90MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-568.40MM | $-1,324.60MM | $-1,278.30MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-1,033.10MM | $-483.40MM | $-385.80MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $8.05 | $8.55 | $8.92 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.