Darden Restaurants, Inc. DRI

199.75 (7.49) (3.61%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$23.5B
P/E
19.1×
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Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) Operating margin

Darden Restaurants, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 31 May 2026 was 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 3.34%.

Operating margin, annual

Annual

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

Period Operating margin Change (points)
May 2026 13.9% 1.75
Feb 2026 12.2% 1.82
Nov 2025 10.3% (0.81)
Aug 2025 11.1% (0.56)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.61% High 12.1%
Ten-year median 9.63%
Current reading's percentile 92

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 19.5%
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare 14.7%
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. 12.0%
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 3.34%
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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