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) EV/Sales

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As of 16 October 2026, Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) trades at a EV/Sales of 1.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.5× (March 2020) to 3.1× (March 2021); the current reading is higher than 77% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 1.2× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 1.0×.

EV/Sales, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
FY2026 1.9× (17.37%)
FY2025 2.3× 34.37%
FY2024 1.7× (10.86%)
FY2023 1.9× 10.70%
FY2022 1.7× (30.22%)
FY2021 2.5× 95.54%
FY2020 1.3× (28.16%)
FY2019 1.7× 21.22%
FY2018 1.4× (12.31%)
FY2017 1.6× 29.07%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
Aug 2026 1.9× 2.90%
May 2026 1.9× (8.19%)
Feb 2026 2.0× 16.20%
Nov 2025 1.8× (17.17%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.5× High 3.1×
Ten-year median 1.8×
Current reading's percentile 75

EV/Sales against peers

Company EV/Sales
YUMC Yum China compare 1.2×
EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare 1.6×
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 1.8×
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. 1.9×
BROS Dutch Bros Inc. compare 2.9×
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 2.9×
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare 3.0×
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare 4.0×
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. compare 6.1×
Restaurants industry median 1.2×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 1.0×
Market median 2.1×

What EV/Sales is

EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.

((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)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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