Darden Restaurants (DRI)
Consumer Discretionary · Casual dining restaurants
Leading casual dining operator managing a diverse portfolio of restaurant brands across multiple dining concepts and price points.
What Darden Restaurants does
Darden Restaurants operates a broad range of casual dining establishments across the United States and internationally. The company manages multiple restaurant brands serving different market segments and cuisines. Darden generates revenue through food and beverage sales across its restaurant portfolio, with significant operations supported by restaurant labor, food and beverage costs, and ongoing depreciation of its property and equipment assets. The company maintains an active capital investment program evidenced by pre-opening costs and capital expenditures for new locations.
Themes: ["Casual dining","Multi-unit restaurant operations","Real estate and restaurant locations","Consumer discretionary","Restaurant franchising and company-operated locations"]
Fundamentals
- Price$201.92 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$23.0B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return-6.4% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E19.05 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+9.1% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+21.7% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+56.0% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity1.06 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+9.4% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+7.8% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.59 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +3.0%; 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Labor cost inflation and restaurant labor expense management pressure, with labor costs representing approximately 30% of sales","Food and beverage cost volatility affecting gross margins and pricing power with customers","Restaurant operations profitability and performance dependent on unit-level execution, real estate economics, and consistent customer traffic"]
Competitors & peers
- Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.