profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Darden Restaurants
$228.74+0.37% today
+30.4% in 1 year
1-year low $169.211-year high $230.61
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay $21.45 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Darden Restaurants sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $10.5 billion in 2023 to $13.2 billion in 2026, with $1.21 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Darden Restaurants handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $672M$693M
Free cash flow 2026$1.1B
Bought back its own shares$672M
Paid as dividends$693M
Cash vs. debt$220M vs. $6.3B
Darden Restaurants vs. similar companies
Darden Restaurants grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darden Restaurants | 21.4× · Fair price | ||
 McDonald's | 22.4× · Fair price | ||
 Starbucks | 48.0× · Expensive | ||
 Compass Group | 30.7× · Expensive | ||
 Chipotle Mexican Grill | 29.1× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Darden Restaurants's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,196 | 9,630 | 10,488 | 11,390 | 12,077 | 13,211 | |
| – | 1,995 | 2,109 | 2,435 | 2,643 | – | |
| – | 1,160 | 1,217 | 1,351 | 1,436 | – | |
| 1,000 | 1,533 | 1,597 | 1,779 | 1,882 | 2,144 | |
| 629 | 953 | 982 | 1,028 | 1,050 | 1,207 | |
| 4.77 | 7.39 | 7.99 | 8.51 | 8.86 | 10.38 | |
| – | 20.7% | 20.1% | 21.4% | 21.9% | – | |
| – | 12.0% | 11.6% | 11.9% | 11.9% | – | |
| 8.7% | 9.9% | 9.4% | 9.0% | 8.7% | 9.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 10,656 | 10,136 | 10,242 | 11,323 | 12,587 | 12,862 |
| Cash | 1,215 | 421 | 368 | 195 | 240 | 220 |
| Total debt | 5,195 | 4,887 | 4,794 | 5,428 | 6,230 | 6,270 |
| Total liabilities | 7,843 | 7,938 | 8,040 | 9,081 | 10,276 | 10,655 |
| 2,813 | 2,198 | 2,202 | 2,243 | 2,311 | 2,208 | |
| 132 | 129 | 123 | 121 | 118 | 116 | |
| 6.4% | 13.0% | 13.7% | 13.6% | 12.6% | 14.7% | |
| 22.4% | 43.3% | 44.6% | 45.8% | 45.4% | 54.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,194 | 1,256 | 1,546 | 1,612 | 1,699 | 1,853 | |
| 255 | 403 | 594 | 628 | 672 | 734 | |
| 939 | 854 | 951 | 984 | 1,027 | 1,119 | |
| Dividends paid | 203 | 563 | 590 | 628 | 659 | 693 |
| 45 | 1,071 | 459 | 454 | 418 | 672 | |
| 72 | 61 | 68 | 69 | 79 | 79 |
Valuation
- 21.4×
- 21.5×
- 1.27
- 10.9×
- 2.0×
- 23.1×
- 14.9×
- 4.3%
- 4.7%
- 3.0%
Profitability
- 21.9%
- 11.9%
- 9.1%
- 15.5%
- 12.4%
- 12.1%
- 50.7%
- 8.6%
- 14.4%
- –
Growth
- +12.9%
- +16.8%
- +5.2%
- +37.5%
- −2.6%
Financial health
- 2.8×
- 2.94
- 48.0%
- 7.8×
- 0.39
- 0.26
- 0.99
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 25%of 981
Top 32%of 995
Bottom 43%of 858
Top 33%of 996
Bottom 46%of 982
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $225.36
- Range
- $200.00 – $265.00
- 2 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2026 | 2.95 | 2.94 | +0.3% |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2.08 | 2.10 | −1.0% |
| Sep 18, 2025 | 1.97 | 2.00 | −1.5% |
| Jun 20, 2025 | 2.98 | 2.97 | +0.3% |
| Mar 20, 2025 | 2.80 | 2.80 | +0.0% |
| Dec 19, 2024 | 2.03 | 2.02 | +0.5% |
| Sep 19, 2024 | 1.75 | 1.83 | −4.4% |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 2.65 | 2.61 | +1.5% |
3.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$30a year at today's yield, before tax
+37.5%2020 to 2025
Raised5 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$1.97 in 2015 → $5.80 in 2025
How safe it looks
57.4% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 61.9%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
47No pass
Benjamin Graham
32No pass
Philip Fisher
59No pass
Peter Lynch
55No pass
Joel Greenblatt
28No pass
Charlie Munger
43No pass
Terry Smith
42No pass
Questions about Darden Restaurants
Is Darden Restaurants a good stock to buy?
A solid business at a fair price. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Darden Restaurants AI analysis
What does Darden Restaurants do?
Darden Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates full-service restaurants in the United States and Canada. It is in Restaurants, based in Orlando, FL, United States, with 197,924 employees.
Does Darden Restaurants pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.0% a year, about 57% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out $693 million in dividends.
Is Darden Restaurants stock halal?
Yes. Darden Restaurants passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 24% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Darden Restaurants stock done over the past year?
Up 30.4% over the past twelve months, to $228.74. It traded between $169.21 and $230.61, close to its high.
Who are Darden Restaurants's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are McDonald's, Starbucks, Compass Group and Chipotle Mexican Grill. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Darden Restaurants's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.