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) Shares outstanding

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Darden Restaurants, Inc.'s shares outstanding at the end of fiscal 2026 was $116.3M, unchanged from fiscal 2025. At the end of the quarter to 31 August 2026 it was $114.4M. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $116.3M (fiscal 2026) to $131.8M (fiscal 2021) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. Darden Restaurants, Inc. ranks 13th of 52 Restaurants companies by shares outstanding.

Shares outstanding, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Shares outstanding Change
FY2026 $116.3M (1.77%)
FY2025 $118.4M (1.99%)
FY2024 $120.8M (1.71%)
FY2023 $122.9M (4.73%)
FY2022 $129.0M (2.12%)
FY2021 $131.8M 7.42%
FY2020 $122.7M (2.15%)
FY2019 $125.4M (0.48%)
FY2018 $126.0M 0.00%
FY2017 $126.0M (2.55%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Shares outstanding Change
Aug 2026 $114.4M (1.63%)
May 2026 $116.3M 0.43%
Feb 2026 $115.8M (0.77%)
Nov 2025 $116.7M (0.77%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $116.3M High $131.8M
Ten-year median $125.7M
Current reading's percentile 8

Shares outstanding against peers

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