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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. 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
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Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) EV/EBITDA

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As of 16 October 2026, Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 12.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.9× (March 2020) to 217× (March 2021); the current reading is higher than 46% of that period. That is in line with the Restaurants industry median of 11.8× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 9.3×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2026 11.5× (20.80%)
FY2025 14.6× 34.56%
FY2024 10.8× (13.26%)
FY2023 12.5× 16.09%
FY2022 10.8× (39.02%)
FY2021 17.6× (27.19%)
FY2020 24.2× 90.81%
FY2019 12.7× 17.92%
FY2018 10.8× (13.03%)
FY2017 12.4× 28.64%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Aug 2026 12.1× 4.64%
May 2026 11.5× (11.42%)
Feb 2026 13.0× 18.05%
Nov 2025 11.0× (17.38%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 3.9× High 217×
Ten-year median 12.3×
Current reading's percentile 46

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
YUMC Yum China compare 7.8×
EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare 11.0×
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. 12.2×
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare 13.1×
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 13.4×
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 15.5×
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare 17.1×
BROS Dutch Bros Inc. compare 17.3×
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. compare 18.0×
Restaurants industry median 11.8×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 9.3×
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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