Darden Restaurants, Inc.
General ticker "DRI" information:
- Sector: Consumer Discretionary
- Industry: Restaurants
- Capitalization: $22.7B (TTM average)
Darden Restaurants, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 30.4%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.4%: low 210.03$, high 216.08$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-10-09, amount 1.62$ (Y3.00%)
- Total employees count: 209931 (+6.1%) as of 2026
- Top business risk factors: Inflationary pressures, Market competition, Labor/talent shortage/retention, Food safety issues, Technology risk
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 15 months up through Q1 (+1 year) 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: [167.79$, 235.01$]
- 2026-05-25 to 2027-05-25 estimated range: [179.22$, 249.65$]
Financial Metrics affecting the DRI estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 21.6 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: 11.29 < Operating profit margin, % of 11.33
- Positive: 6.77 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 7.02
- Positive: 5.56 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 6.11
- Positive: 12.78 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 18.36 <= 25.20
- Positive: 7.19 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 7.71
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.24 <= 0.41
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.72 <= 0.75
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -0.07 <= 0
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-05-28 | 2024-05-26 | 2025-05-25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $10,498.40MM | $11,377.60MM | $12,027.50MM |
| Operating Expenses | $9,296.60MM | $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 | $81.30MM | $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) | $-1.60MM | $-2.90MM | $-1.40MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $981.90MM | $1,027.60MM | $1,049.60MM |
| 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 | $8.57 | $8.93 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.