Darden Restaurants, Inc.

DRI Consumer Cyclical Restaurants

Darden Restaurants, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended May 2026) was $13.2 billion, up 9.39% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to August 2026, revenue grew 5.11%, EPS fell 7.24%, free cash flow fell 41.2% and total debt fell 23.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for five consecutive years, revenue growth for five, operating cash flow growth for five.

216.35 2.04 +0.95%
Market cap
$24.3B
P/E
21.0×
Fwd P/E
17.4×
Dividend yield
2.88%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.56
Beneish M
−2.39
Dividend safety
73/100
May '17 May '18 May '19 May '20 May '21 May '22 May '23 May '24 May '25 May '26
Piotroski F-Score
6 7 8 5 7 7 6 6 6 7
P/E ratio
23.10 18.17 20.16 0.00 28.43 16.73 19.64 17.53 24.28 19.28
Altman Z-Score
3.85 3.91 4.45 1.48 2.38 2.45 2.74 2.43 2.66 2.56
P/S ratio
1.54 1.34 1.69 1.23 2.49 1.66 1.84 1.58 2.11 1.77
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
1.03 1.04 1.47 (0.06) 0.96 0.62 0.46 0.24 0.28 (0.03)
P/FCF ratio
18.23 17.94 17.89 40.25 19.28 18.32 19.64 18.09 24.56 20.49
P/Operating CF
51.41 40.32 41.33 (46.87) 40.02 45.89 46.87 42.33 55.75 40.76
Beneish M-Score
(2.64) (2.74) (2.89) (2.86) (2.41) (2.47) (2.63) (2.82) (2.62) (2.39)
Dividend Safety Score
— — — — — — — — — 73
P/B ratio
5.26 4.94 6.00 4.12 6.37 7.27 8.78 8.04 11.02 10.56
EV/Sales
1.64 1.44 1.74 1.25 2.45 1.71 1.89 1.69 2.27 1.87
EV/EBITDA
12.38 10.77 12.70 24.23 17.64 10.76 12.49 10.83 14.57 11.54
EV/FCF
19.41 19.24 18.49 40.98 18.99 18.88 20.17 19.28 26.38 21.74
Current Ratio
0.46 0.40 0.61 0.61 1.01 0.64 0.52 0.38 0.42 0.31
Net Debt/EBITDA
0.74 0.72 0.40 0.41 (0.28) 0.31 0.33 0.66 1.01 0.66
Debt/Equity
0.45 0.42 0.39 0.40 0.33 0.41 0.40 0.61 0.92 0.74
ROE
23.64% 27.74% 31.10% (2.22%) 24.47% 38.03% 44.63% 46.25% 46.10% 53.41%
ROA
9.70% 11.08% 12.56% (0.66%) 6.11% 9.17% 9.64% 9.53% 8.78% 9.48%
ROIC
15.09% 16.11% 18.17% 1.20% 16.04% 27.12% 27.63% 24.03% 20.27% 27.28%
Return on Tangible Assets
30.50% 37.28% 36.19% (2.54%) 21.76% 35.45% 35.25% 36.51% 30.81% 40.41%
Average Days of Receivables
3.86 3.78 3.79 2.33 3.46 2.73 2.79 2.53 2.84 3.59
Earnings Yield
4.33% 5.50% 4.96% (0.45%) 3.52% 5.98% 5.09% 5.71% 4.12% 5.19%
Free Cash Flow Yield
5.48% 5.58% 5.59% 2.48% 5.19% 5.46% 5.09% 5.53% 4.07% 4.88%
Free Cash Flow per Share
4.88 4.87 6.50 1.95 7.12 6.82 8.07 8.31 8.83 9.85
Book value per Share
16.91 17.70 19.37 19.00 21.57 17.20 18.06 18.70 19.67 19.11
Free Cash Flow
606.30 604.30 802.90 238.70 928.60 872.20 983.90 996.70 1,037.60 1,138.20
EV/EBIT
17.37 15.16 17.83 204.22 27.18 14.17 16.52 14.62 20.10 15.63
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Columns are period end dates · fundamentals updated 9 Oct 2026