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

220.17 0.31 −0.14%
Market cap
$25.0B
P/E
21.3×
Fwd P/E
19.6×
Dividend yield
2.84%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.56
Beneish M
−2.39
Dividend safety
73/100

Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) EV/FCF

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As of 30 October 2026, Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) trades at a EV/FCF of 24.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.2× (March 2020) to 72.6× (March 2021); the current reading is higher than 85% of that period.

EV/FCF, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/FCF Change
FY2026 21.7× (17.60%)
FY2025 26.4× 36.86%
FY2024 19.3× (4.43%)
FY2023 20.2× 6.88%
FY2022 18.9× (0.58%)
FY2021 19.0× (53.67%)
FY2020 41.0× 121.66%
FY2019 18.5× (3.91%)
FY2018 19.2× (0.85%)
FY2017 19.4× 96.81%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/FCF Change
Aug 2026 24.2× 11.50%
May 2026 21.7× (13.79%)
Feb 2026 25.2× 14.48%
Nov 2025 22.0× (7.63%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 6.2× High 72.6×
Ten-year median 20.3×
Current reading's percentile 86

EV/FCF against peers

What EV/FCF is

EV/Free CF shows how the value of a whole company, debt included, compares with the free cash its business produces.

((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)) ÷ (Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM))

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