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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 16 October 2026, Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) trades at a price to free cash flow of 23.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.4× (March 2020) to 72.8× (March 2021); the current reading is higher than 85% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 20.5× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 13.0×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

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 newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Aug 2026 22.9× 11.79%
May 2026 20.5× (12.33%)
Feb 2026 23.4× 16.21%
Nov 2025 20.1× (8.96%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 5.4× High 72.8×
Ten-year median 19.4×
Current reading's percentile 85

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 15.4×
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare 15.4×
EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare 16.0×
YUMC Yum China compare 16.7×
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. 23.1×
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare 24.3×
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. compare 24.6×
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 25.2×
BROS Dutch Bros Inc. compare 58.1×
Restaurants industry median 20.5×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 13.0×
Market median 14.2×

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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