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