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

Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) Current ratio

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Darden Restaurants, Inc.'s current ratio at the end of the quarter to 31 August 2026 was 0.3×, down 0.0× from fiscal 2026 (0.3×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.3× (fiscal 2026) to 1.0× (fiscal 2021) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Restaurants industry median of 0.8× and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 1.5×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2026 0.3× (24.81%)
FY2025 0.4× 11.16%
FY2024 0.4× (27.13%)
FY2023 0.5× (19.33%)
FY2022 0.6× (36.94%)
FY2021 1.0× 64.79%
FY2020 0.6× 1.45%
FY2019 0.6× 51.41%
FY2018 0.4× (12.30%)
FY2017 0.5× (34.01%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Aug 2026 0.3× (5.04%)
May 2026 0.3× (18.92%)
Feb 2026 0.4× (1.73%)
Nov 2025 0.4× (0.96%)
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Against its own ten years

Low 0.3× High 1.0×
Ten-year median 0.6×
Current reading's percentile 8

Current ratio against peers

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DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. 0.3×
Restaurants industry median 0.8×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 1.5×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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