DRI
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
NYSEUSDEQUITY
Consumer Cyclical
DELAYED
Last price
222.01
▲ 4.06 (1.86%)
MARKET · —
Price
Open
217.95
Prev close
217.95
Day high
222.08
Day low
217.94
Volume
759.94K
Market cap
$25.16B
P/E (TTM)
21.23
52W range
169.00 – 229.76
Trailing performance
Returnvs SPY
1W
-1.62%
-0.3%
1M
+14.16%
+10.4%
3M
+12.45%
+9.4%
6M
+1.99%
-9.1%
YTD
+20.42%
+8.1%
1Y
+6.80%
-13.2%
3Y
+38.22%
-35.9%
5Y
—
—
Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.
Fundamentals
Market cap$25.16B
Enterprise value$33.11B
Revenue (TTM)$13.21B
Gross profit$2.86B
EBITDA$2.12B
Net income$1.21B
EPS (TTM)$10.44
Free cash flow$790.97M
Total cash$219.50M
Total debt$8.05B
Book value / share$19.35
Shares outstanding113.54M
Float113.56M
Short % of float7.26%
Dividend yield2.92%
Beta (5Y)0.59
Valuation & profitability ratios
Trailing P/E21.23
Forward P/E17.89
PEG ratio1.98
Price / sales—
Price / book11.45
EV / revenue2.51
EV / EBITDA15.65
Gross margin21.67%
Operating margin14.14%
Profit margin9.13%
Return on equity53.72%
Return on assets7.72%
Debt / equity364.51
Current ratio0.31
Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.
Financial statements
| Line item | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | $13.21B | $12.08B | $11.39B | $10.49B |
| Cost of revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Gross profit | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| R&D | — | — | — | — |
| SG&A | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | — | — | — | — |
| Pre-tax income | — | — | — | — |
| Tax provision | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net income | $1.21B | $1.05B | $1.03B | $981.90M |
| EBIT | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Line item | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | — | — | — | — |
| Short-term investments | — | — | — | — |
| Net receivables | — | — | — | — |
| Inventory | — | — | — | — |
| Total current assets | — | — | — | — |
| Total assets | — | — | — | — |
| Total current liabilities | — | — | — | — |
| Long-term debt | — | — | — | — |
| Total liabilities | — | — | — | — |
| Retained earnings | — | — | — | — |
| Shareholder equity | — | — | — | — |
| Line item | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income | $1.21B | $1.05B | $1.03B | $981.90M |
| Depreciation | — | — | — | — |
| Change in working capital | — | — | — | — |
| Operating cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Capital expenditure | — | — | — | — |
| Investing cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | — |
| Buybacks | — | — | — | — |
| Financing cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Net change in cash | — | — | — | — |
Earnings
Reported vs expected · EPS
| Quarter | Est. | Actual | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | 3.64 | 3.66 | +0.6% |
| Feb 2026 | 2.94 | 2.95 | +0.3% |
| Nov 2025 | 2.10 | 2.08 | -0.8% |
| Aug 2025 | 2.01 | 1.97 | -2.0% |
Forward consensus
| Period | EPS | Analysts | Revenue | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current quarter | 2.05 | 25 | $3.21B | +5.3% |
| Next quarter | 2.29 | 25 | $3.27B | +5.3% |
| Current year | 11.27 | 27 | $13.69B | +3.6% |
| Next year | 12.39 | 26 | $14.52B | +6.1% |
Analyst targets & ownership
Mean target$228.54
High target$276.00
Low target$156.00
Implied upside2.94%
Analyst count24
ConsensusBUY
Strong buy / Buy2 / 14
Hold11
Sell / Strong sell1 / 0
Held by insiders0.30%
Held by institutions101.23%
Institutions holding1.45K
Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.
Insider net activity
Net shares
+58.40K
Net buying
Buy transactions
17
146.63K shares
Sell transactions
12
88.23K shares
Net transactions
+29
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
0.6 : 1
Mixed
Insider-held shares
341.09K
Total on file
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Action | Shares | Value | Held |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 26 | WILKERSON JOHN W Officer |
SELL | 8.86K | $1.85M | Direct |
| Aug 5, 26 | WILKERSON JOHN W Officer |
CONVERSION | 6.36K | $790.66K | Direct |
| Jul 31, 26 | WILLIAMSON LAURA B Officer |
SELL | 1.55K | $317.56K | |
| Jul 29, 26 | VENNAM RAJESH Chief Financial Officer |
SELL | 8.48K | $1.78M | Direct |
| Jul 29, 26 | KING SARAH H Officer |
SELL | 4.37K | $920.16K | Direct |
| Jul 29, 26 | CONNELLY SUSAN M. Officer |
SELL | 2.23K | $463.39K | Direct |
| Jul 28, 26 | CARDENAS RICARDO Chief Executive Officer |
SELL | 39.13K | $8.18M | Direct |
| Jul 28, 26 | CARDENAS RICARDO Chief Executive Officer |
CONVERSION | 19.09K | $2.37M | Direct |
| Jul 27, 26 | CONNELLY SUSAN M. Officer |
— | 3.67K | — | Direct |
| Jul 27, 26 | MARTIN MELVIN JOHN Officer |
— | 10.58K | — | Direct |
| Jul 27, 26 | VENNAM RAJESH Chief Financial Officer |
— | 13.09K | — | Direct |
| Jul 27, 26 | KOREN LINDSAY L General Counsel |
— | 1.10K | — | Direct |
| Jul 27, 26 | WILLIAMSON LAURA B Officer |
— | 2.06K | — | |
| Jul 27, 26 | WILKERSON JOHN W Officer |
— | 5.50K | — | Direct |
What this is, and what it is not
These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.
A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.
This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.
Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.
Insider holders
| Name | Relation | Shares held | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
BROAD MATTHEW R |
General Counsel | 13.91K | Stock Gift |
BURROWES TODD |
Officer | 50.74K | Conversion of Exercise of derivative security |
CARDENAS RICARDO |
Chief Executive Officer | 86.15K | Sale |
FOGARTY JAMES PATRICK |
Director | 26.55K | Conversion of Exercise of derivative security |
KIERNAN DANIEL J |
Officer | — | Sale |
MADONNA JOHN W. |
Officer | 11.39K | Conversion of Exercise of derivative security |
MARTIN MELVIN JOHN |
Officer | 23.73K | Conversion of Exercise of derivative security |
SONSTEBY CHARLES M |
Director | 19.35K | Sale |
WILKERSON JOHN W |
Officer | 19.41K | Sale |
WILLIAMSON LAURA B |
Officer | — | Sale |
Moving averages & technicals
SMA 10
221.91
+0.04% from price
SMA 20
214.87
+3.13% from price
SMA 50
208.37
+6.35% from price
SMA 100
202.98
+9.38% from price
SMA 200
199.18
+11.26% from price
EMA 12
218.79
+1.47% from price
EMA 26
213.76
+3.86% from price
EMA 50
209.44
+6.00% from price
RSI (14)
59.3
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
5.03
Hist 0.30
ATR (14)
5.59
2.52% of price
Realised vol 30D
30.2%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
230.45
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
199.28
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
208.37 vs 199.18
Trend bias
Above 200
+11.26%
Risk profile
Beta vs SPY
0.25
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.12
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
30.2%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
12.9%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-20.7%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-30.0%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
5.59
2.52% of price
Beta (reported)
0.59
5Y monthly, from filing
Unusual options activity
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.
Options analytics
Put / call volume
1.14
Put-heavy session
Put / call open interest
0.51
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
200.00
-9.7% from spot
ATM implied vol
32.3%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
+9.1%
Puts bid over calls
Call volume
229
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
261
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
270.00
792 contracts
Heaviest put OI
190.00
330 contracts
Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.
Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.
Options chain
Calls
| Strike | Last | Bid | Ask | Vol | OI | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Puts
| Strike | Last | Bid | Ask | Vol | OI | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.
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