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Darden Restaurants, Inc.

Consumer Cyclical
198.27 -3.64 -1.80% Market Closed
2026-06-02 • USD

Key Metrics

Market Cap 22.71B
EV —
Shares Out 114.54M
Revenue (ttm) 12.76B
Net Income 1.11B
Beta —
P/E 20.62
Forward P/E —
EPS (ttm) $9.43
P/S 1.79
P/B 10.84
P/FCF —
P/C —
EV/Sales —
EV/EBITDA —
ROA 8.58%
ROE 51.34%
ROIC 15.01%
Gross Margin 20.11%
Oper. Margin 11.35%
Profit Margin 8.66%
Debt/Eq 3.04
LT Debt/Eq 50.44%
Quick Ratio —
Current Ratio 0.39
Book/sh 18.3
Cash/sh 2.09
Div Yield 3.03%
Div TTM $6.00
Payout Ratio 63.63%
SMA20 0.05%
SMA50 0.41%
SMA200 1.17%
Volume 990,405
Avg Volume 1.29M
Rel Volume —
Perf Week -2.77%
Perf Month 1.94%
Perf Quarter -3.85%
Perf Half Y 11.56%
Perf YTD 7.74%
Perf Year -7.81%
Perf 3Y 23.12%
Perf 5Y 47.80%

Factor Lens

Seasonal Performance

Dividends

Per-share amounts adjusted for stock splits.

Last Dividend $1.5000
TTM Yield 3.03%
TTM Amount $6.00
Payout Ratio 63.63%
3-Yr Growth (CAGR) -0.83%
5-Yr Growth (CAGR) 81.45%

Last 12 Payouts

Period Ex-Date Amount / Share
Q3 2026 ~2026-05-01 $1.5000
Q2 2025 ~2026-02-02 $1.5000
Q1 2025 ~2025-11-03 $1.5000
Q1 2025 ~2025-08-01 $1.5000
Q3 2025 ~2025-05-01 $1.4000
Q4 2024 ~2025-02-23 $1.4900
Q2 2024 ~2025-02-03 $1.4000
Q1 2024 ~2024-11-01 $1.4000
Q1 2024 ~2024-08-01 $1.4000
Q3 2024 ~2024-05-01 $1.3100
Q4 2023 ~2024-02-25 $1.4100
Q2 2023 ~2024-02-01 $1.3100

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income

Earnings Per Share

Margins

Cash Flow

Company Overview

Darden Restaurants, Inc. is a full-service restaurant company that owns and operates a diverse portfolio of restaurant brands. As of May 25, 2025, the Company owned and operated 2,159 restaurants through subsidiaries in the United States and Canada. The brands include Olive Garden (the largest full-service Italian restaurant operator in the U.S.), LongHorn Steakhouse (a full-service steakhouse), Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen (casual dining featuring American favorites cooked from scratch), Chuy's (authentic Mexican and Tex-Mex), Yard House (American menu with craft beers), Ruth's Chris Steak House (fine dining steakhouse), The Capital Grille (fine dining steakhouse in major metropolitan cities), Seasons 52 (casually sophisticated grill and wine bar with seasonal menu), Eddie V's Prime Seafood (fine dining seafood and steaks), Bahama Breeze (Caribbean-inspired casual dining), and The Capital Burger (development-stage luxe burger concept). The Company also had 154 restaurants operated by independent third parties under area development and franchise agreements and 4 restaurants operating under contractual agreements. Darden operates primarily in the full-service dining segment and manages its business around four reportable segments: Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Fine Dining (Ruth's Chris, The Capital Grille, Eddie V's), and Other Business (Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, Chuy's, Yard House, Bahama Breeze, Seasons 52, The Capital Burger, and franchise operations). The Company's operating philosophy focuses on providing outstanding guest experiences rooted in culinary innovation, attentive service, and engaging atmosphere enabled by quality people. In fiscal 2025, Darden generated total sales of $12.1 billion from continuing operations, with net earnings from continuing operations of $1.05 billion.

Name
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
Industry
Restaurants
CEO
Ricardo Cardenas · President and Chief Executive Officer
Employees
202,000 as of 2025-05-25
IPO Date
2017-11-21
Phone
(407) 245-4000
Address
1000 Darden Center Drive, Orlando, FL 32837
Website
www.darden.com

Key Executives

Name Title FY Pay
Daniel J. Kiernan Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer —
Susan M. Connelly Senior Vice President, Chief Communications and Public Affairs Officer —
Todd A. Burrowes Group President —
Matthew R. Broad Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary —
Ricardo Cardenas President and Chief Executive Officer —

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