Darden Restaurants, Inc. DRI

199.75 (7.49) (3.61%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$23.5B
P/E
19.1×
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Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) EV/EBITDA

As of 25 September 2026, Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 11.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.0× (March 2020) to 219× (March 2021); the current reading is higher than 34% of that period. That is in line with the Restaurants industry median of 11.5× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 9.4×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

Annual

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2026 11.8× (20.63%)
FY2025 14.9× 33.44%
FY2024 11.1× (11.60%)
FY2023 12.6× 15.82%
FY2022 10.9× (38.90%)
FY2021 17.8× (29.55%)
FY2020 25.3× 99.16%
FY2019 12.7× 17.92%
FY2018 10.8× (13.03%)
FY2017 12.4× 28.64%

Quarterly

Period EV/EBITDA Change
May 2026 11.8× (11.32%)
Feb 2026 13.3× 17.61%
Nov 2025 11.3× (17.06%)
Aug 2025 13.6× (8.25%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 4.0× High 219×
Ten-year median 12.5×
Current reading's percentile 34

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
YUMC Yum China compare 6.9×
EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare 11.3×
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. 11.7×
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare 12.7×
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 13.2×
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 14.7×
BROS Dutch Bros Inc. compare 16.0×
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. compare 16.9×
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare 17.9×
Restaurants industry median 11.5×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 9.4×
Market median 11.0×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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