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) EBITDA

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Darden Restaurants, Inc.'s EBITDA for fiscal 2026 was $2.1B, up 14.1% from $1.9B in fiscal 2025. Over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 it was $2.1B. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $403.8M (fiscal 2020) to $2.1B (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. EBITDA has risen for 6 consecutive fiscal years. Darden Restaurants, Inc. ranks 6th of 53 Restaurants companies by EBITDA.

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Annual newest first

Period EBITDA Change
FY2026 $2.1B 14.13%
FY2025 $1.9B 5.88%
FY2024 $1.8B 11.61%
FY2023 $1.6B 3.85%
FY2022 $1.5B 53.12%
FY2021 $999.6M 147.55%
FY2020 $403.8M (65.46%)
FY2019 $1.2B 8.27%
FY2018 $1.1B 13.63%
FY2017 $950.4M 3.76%

Quarterly newest first

Period EBITDA Change
Aug 2026 $463.5M (30.10%)
May 2026 $663.1M 20.96%
Feb 2026 $548.2M 19.62%
Nov 2025 $458.3M (3.37%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $403.8M High $2.1B
Ten-year median $1.1B
Current reading's percentile 100

EBITDA against peers

What EBITDA is

EBITDA shows what a company earns from its operations before interest, taxes and the non-cash charges for depreciation and amortization.

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