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) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) trades at a price to free cash flow of 20.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.4× (March 2020) to 72.8× (March 2021); the current reading is higher than 60% of that period. That is in line with the Restaurants industry median of 19.4× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 12.8×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2026 20.5× (16.56%)
FY2025 24.6× 35.74%
FY2024 18.1× (7.88%)
FY2023 19.6× 7.23%
FY2022 18.3× (5.02%)
FY2021 19.3× (52.09%)
FY2020 40.3× 124.98%
FY2019 17.9× (0.25%)
FY2018 17.9× (1.62%)
FY2017 18.2× 88.61%

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
May 2026 20.5× (12.33%)
Feb 2026 23.4× 16.21%
Nov 2025 20.1× (8.96%)
Aug 2025 22.1× (10.04%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 5.4× High 72.8×
Ten-year median 19.4×
Current reading's percentile 60

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 14.5×
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare 14.7×
YUMC Yum China compare 15.0×
EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare 16.2×
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. 20.3×
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. compare 22.7×
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 24.0×
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare 25.5×
BROS Dutch Bros Inc. compare 53.8×
Restaurants industry median 19.4×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 12.8×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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