Key facts
- 52-week range (closes)
- $169.21 – $227.68 Lowest close Nov 20, 2025, highest Aug 12, 2026; 251 daily closes to Oct 13, 2026 from Dalsna Finance's price archive
- Fiscal year ends
- May Fiscal 2026 ended May 31, 2026, from SEC filings
- In the S&P 500 since
- May 31, 1995 · All S&P 500 changes
- Analyst coverage
- 1 open price target from 1 firm: BMO Capital Markets Approved targets tracked here; see the analyst section below
Darden Restaurants (DRI) is trading up at $217.53 (+0.60%) on NYSE/NASDAQ, as of the latest quote. It is a S&P 500 constituent in the Consumer Discretionary sector.
Analyst price targets on DRI
One firm's current price target on Darden Restaurants: $220 — 1% above the current $218. Each is tracked to its date and scored the same way a member's call is.
- BMO Capital Markets $200 → $220 by Sep 2027 Sep 25, 2026 via Investing.com · BMO Capital Markets's track record
Targets published by research firms, extracted from the news, checked against independent reporting, and linked to their source. Where a firm did not state a horizon the target is tracked as 12 months, the industry convention; the rows where the firm set its own horizon are marked. Reported here as facts about what was published — not recommendations from Dalsna Finance, and no firm listed is affiliated with this site.
Darden Restaurants revenue & net income history (FY2017–FY2026)
| FY2017May 2017 | FY2018May 2018 | FY2019May 2019 | FY2020May 2020 | FY2021May 2021 | FY2022May 2022 | FY2023May 2023 | FY2024May 2024 | FY2025May 2025 | FY2026May 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $7.17B | $8.08B | $8.51B | $7.81B | $7.20B | $9.63B | $10.5B | $11.4B | $12.1B | $13.2B |
| Growth (year over year) | +3.4% | +12.7% | +5.3% | −8.3% | −7.8% | +33.8% | +8.9% | +8.6% | +6.0% | +9.4% |
| Gross profit | $1.33B | $1.49B | $1.59B | $1.17B | $1.40B | $1.90B | $1.99B | $2.29B | $2.47B | $2.68B |
| Gross margin | 18.5% | 18.5% | 18.7% | 15.0% | 19.5% | 19.7% | 19.0% | 20.1% | 20.5% | 20.3% |
| Operating income | $677.5M | $766.8M | $832.5M | $47.9M | $648.7M | $1.16B | $1.20B | $1.31B | $1.36B | $1.58B |
| Operating margin | 9.4% | 9.5% | 9.8% | 0.6% | 9.0% | 12.1% | 11.5% | 11.5% | 11.3% | 12.0% |
| Net income | $479.1M | $596.0M | $713.4M | −$52.4M | $629.3M | $952.8M | $981.9M | $1.03B | $1.05B | $1.21B |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 7.4% | 8.4% | −0.7% | 8.7% | 9.9% | 9.4% | 9.0% | 8.7% | 9.1% |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.80 | $4.73 | $5.69 | −$0.43 | $4.77 | $7.39 | $7.99 | $8.51 | $8.86 | $10.38 |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and equivalents | $233.1M | $146.9M | $457.3M | $763.3M | $1.21B | $420.6M | $367.8M | $194.8M | $240.0M | $219.5M |
| Total assets | $5.29B | $5.47B | $5.89B | $9.95B | $10.7B | $10.1B | $10.2B | $11.3B | $12.6B | $12.9B |
| Total liabilities | $3.19B | $3.27B | $3.50B | $7.61B | $7.84B | $7.94B | $8.04B | $9.08B | $10.3B | $10.7B |
| Long-term debt | $936.6M | $926.5M | $927.7M | $928.8M | $929.8M | $901.0M | $884.9M | $1.37B | $2.13B | $1.64B |
| Shareholders' equity | $2.10B | $2.19B | $2.39B | $2.33B | $2.81B | $2.20B | $2.20B | $2.24B | $2.31B | $2.21B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Operating cash flow | $916.3M | $1.02B | $1.27B | $717.4M | $1.19B | $1.26B | $1.55B | $1.62B | $1.71B | $1.85B |
| Capital expenditure | $293.0M | $396.0M | $452.0M | $459.9M | $254.9M | $376.9M | $564.9M | $601.2M | $644.6M | $734.0M |
| Free cash flow | $623.3M | $623.8M | $815.6M | $257.5M | $938.6M | $887.7M | $987.9M | $1.02B | $1.06B | $1.12B |
| Dividends paid | $279.1M | $313.5M | $370.8M | $322.3M | $202.6M | $563.0M | $589.8M | $628.4M | $658.5M | $693.0M |
| Share buybacks | $230.2M | $234.8M | $207.5M | $330.3M | $45.4M | $1.07B | $458.7M | $453.9M | $418.2M | $671.7M |
| Q2 FY25Nov 2024 | Q3 FY25Feb 2025 | Q4 FY25†May 2025 | Q1 FY26Aug 2025 | Q2 FY26Nov 2025 | Q3 FY26Feb 2026 | Q4 FY26†May 2026 | Q1 FY27Aug 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||
| Revenue | $2.89B | $3.16B | $3.27B | $3.04B | $3.10B | $3.35B | $3.72B | $3.20B |
| Growth (year over year) | +6.0% | +6.2% | +10.6% | +10.4% | +7.3% | +5.9% | +13.7% | +5.1% |
| Gross profit | $569.4M | $673.0M | $707.7M | $574.3M | $581.3M | $703.6M | $822.9M | $602.9M |
| Gross margin | 19.7% | 21.3% | 21.6% | 18.9% | 18.7% | 21.0% | 22.1% | 18.8% |
| Operating income | $292.1M | $418.2M | $382.8M | $339.2M | $320.4M | $406.4M | $516.8M | $319.3M |
| Operating margin | 10.1% | 13.2% | 11.7% | 11.1% | 10.3% | 12.1% | 13.9% | 10.0% |
| Net income | $215.1M | $323.4M | $303.9M | $257.8M | $237.2M | $306.8M | $404.9M | $233.4M |
| Net margin | 7.4% | 10.2% | 9.3% | 8.5% | 7.6% | 9.2% | 10.9% | 7.3% |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.82 | $2.74 | $2.56 | $2.19 | $2.03 | $2.65 | $3.51 | $2.04 |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||
| Cash and equivalents | $217.3M | $224.2M | $240.0M | $211.0M | $224.1M | $240.4M | $219.5M | $220.5M |
| Total assets | $12.9B | $12.6B | $12.6B | $12.8B | $12.9B | $12.9B | $12.9B | $13.2B |
| Total liabilities | $10.4B | $10.4B | $10.3B | $10.5B | $10.9B | $10.8B | $10.7B | $11.2B |
| Long-term debt | $2.12B | $2.12B | $2.13B | $2.14B | $2.14B | $2.14B | $1.64B | $1.64B |
| Shareholders' equity | $2.07B | $2.20B | $2.31B | $2.23B | $2.08B | $2.10B | $2.21B | $2.07B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||
| Operating cash flow | $388.6M | $588.2M | $457.0M | $342.5M | $320.7M | $617.8M | $572.1M | $279.0M |
| Capital expenditure | $169.3M | $158.1M | $172.0M | $174.1M | $200.9M | $165.9M | $193.1M | $175.3M |
| Free cash flow | $219.3M | $430.1M | $285.0M | $168.4M | $119.8M | $451.9M | $379.0M | $103.7M |
| Dividends paid | $164.5M | $164.1M | $163.9M | $175.1M | $173.9M | $172.5M | $171.5M | $184.2M |
| Share buybacks | $141.8M | $53.0M | $51.0M | $182.7M | $224.4M | $127.3M | $137.3M | $220.8M |
From Darden Restaurants's 10-K and 10-Q filings with the SEC; its fiscal year ends in May. Each period shows the latest figure the company has reported for it, including restatements. Net margin is our own calculation from those reported figures (net income ÷ revenue); it is left blank where revenue is zero or missing. † Quarter derived from the company's year-to-date or full-year totals. Filings on SEC EDGAR →
Darden Restaurants vs the Consumer Discretionary sector and the S&P 500
Darden Restaurants's latest reported figures next to the median of the other 46 S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary companies and of the other 502 S&P 500 companies; each median is taken over the companies with a comparable figure (counts in the footnote). A median is the middle value, not an average, so one very large company does not move it.
| Measure | Darden Restaurants | Consumer Discretionary (46 other S&P 500 companies) | S&P 500 (502 other companies) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, latest fiscal year | +9.4% | +4.9% | +7.0% |
| Net margin, latest fiscal year | 9.1% | 10.2% | 13.0% |
| Dividend per share, latest fiscal year | $6.00 | $2.08 | $2.40 |
| Share price change, 1 year | +15.1% | −10.4% | +5.6% |
Darden Restaurants: fiscal year ended May 2026, from its 10-K and 10-Q filings with the SEC. Medians computed October 20, 2026 from each company's latest annual filing (fiscal years ending between July 2025 and September 2026) and our price archive. Prices for every company, Darden Restaurants included, are the last regular-session prices of October 19, 2026; the 1-year change compares that price with each company's last close on or before October 20, 2025. Net margin and price change are our calculations from reported figures. Each median counts only the companies with a comparable figure (sector / S&P 500): revenue growth 46/496, net margin 46/496, dividend per share 26/349, 1-year price change 46/490; the reasons below can overlap. 12 are left out of the price figure because our archive holds no comparable close for them; dividend medians are among the 26 sector and 349 S&P 500 companies reporting a per-share dividend. The S&P 500 price figure is the middle company's change, not the index's return.
About Darden Restaurants
Darden Restaurants, Inc. is an American multi-brand restaurant operator headquartered in Orlando, Florida. Darden has more than 2,100 restaurant locations and more than 200,000 employees, making it the world's largest full-service restaurant company. The company began as an extension of Red Lobster, founded by William Darden and soon after was purchased by General Mills. Red Lobster was later sold in July 2014.
Source: Wikipedia — Darden Restaurants
- Headquarters
- Orlando, Florida From SEC filings, Oct 2026
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