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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.

Revenue
+5.11%
EPS
−7.24%
Free cash flow
−41.2%
Total debt
−23.4%

Quarter to August 2026, against a year earlier

228.04 2.57 −1.11%
Market cap
$25.9B
P/E
22.1×
Fwd P/E
19.6×
Dividend yield
2.74%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.56
Beneish M
−2.39
Dividend safety
73/100
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Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) Debt to equity

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Darden Restaurants, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 31 August 2026 was 0.8×, up 0.0× from fiscal 2026 (0.7×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.2× (fiscal 2016) to 0.9× (fiscal 2025); the current reading is higher than 92% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 0.2× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2026 0.7× (19.45%)
FY2025 0.9× 50.73%
FY2024 0.6× 52.01%
FY2023 0.4× (1.93%)
FY2022 0.4× 24.02%
FY2021 0.3× (17.04%)
FY2020 0.4× 2.76%
FY2019 0.4× (8.15%)
FY2018 0.4× (5.27%)
FY2017 0.4× 97.69%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Aug 2026 0.8× 6.62%
May 2026 0.7× (27.09%)
Feb 2026 1.0× (1.03%)
Nov 2025 1.0× 7.18%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.2× High 0.9×
Ten-year median 0.4×
Current reading's percentile 92

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. compare −1.9×
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare −1.2×
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare 0.0×
BROS Dutch Bros Inc. compare 0.0×
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 0.0×
YUMC Yum China compare 0.3×
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. 0.8×
EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare 1.1×
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare 2.4×
Restaurants industry median 0.2×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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