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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) Operating margin

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Darden Restaurants, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 11.7%, down 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (12.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.61% (fiscal 2020) to 12.1% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 92% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 4.30% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.57%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2026 12.0% 0.70
FY2025 11.3% (0.26)
FY2024 11.5% 0.08
FY2023 11.5% (0.61)
FY2022 12.1% 3.06
FY2021 9.01% 8.40
FY2020 0.61% (9.17)
FY2019 9.78% 0.29
FY2018 9.49% 0.04
FY2017 9.45% 0.48

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Aug 2026 9.98% (3.92)
May 2026 13.9% 1.75
Feb 2026 12.2% 1.82
Nov 2025 10.3% (0.81)
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Against its own ten years

Low 0.61% High 12.1%
Ten-year median 9.63%
Current reading's percentile 93

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. compare 31.0%
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare 26.9%
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 19.7%
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare 14.7%
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. 11.7%
YUMC Yum China compare 11.1%
EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare 10.7%
BROS Dutch Bros Inc. compare 9.57%
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 7.75%
Restaurants industry median 4.30%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.57%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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