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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) Gross margin

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Darden Restaurants, Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 21.7%, down 0.0 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (21.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 18.0% (fiscal 2020) to 22.2% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 67% of that period. That is below the Restaurants industry median of 38.8% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 35.0%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2026 21.7% (0.21)
FY2025 21.9% 0.51
FY2024 21.4% 1.26
FY2023 20.1% (0.61)
FY2022 20.7% (0.03)
FY2021 20.8% 2.71
FY2020 18.0% (3.69)
FY2019 21.7% 0.13
FY2018 21.6% (0.29)
FY2017 21.9% (0.34)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Aug 2026 20.5% (2.79)
May 2026 23.3% 1.08
Feb 2026 22.2% 1.90
Nov 2025 20.3% (0.16)
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Against its own ten years

Low 18.0% High 22.2%
Ten-year median 21.5%
Current reading's percentile 58

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. compare 68.1%
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare 48.5%
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 40.0%
BROS Dutch Bros Inc. compare 25.1%
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare 24.1%
YUMC Yum China compare 22.0%
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. 21.7%
EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare 18.7%
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 15.7%
Restaurants industry median 38.8%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 35.0%
Market median 46.2%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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