NYSE · DRI

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

$204.10 +$7.79 (+3.97%) 1D After hours

Key Metrics

$22.48B
Market cap
20.33×
P/E · TTM
$12.76B
Revenue · TTM
$1.11B
Net income
EPS · TTM $9.47
Dividend yield 3.0%
Free cash flow $1.03B
Beta · 1Y 0.28
EBITDA · TTM $1.97B
Gross margin 20.2%

The Story So Far

LAST 6 MONTHS PRIMARY SOURCES ONLY
  • Jul 28
    Money has been moving out of its sector (Consumer Discretionary).

    Consumer Discretionary has run -4.6 points vs SPY over four weeks, ranking 5→10→11→2 of 11 sectors — this stock trades inside that current.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION MAP, LIVE ↗
  • Jul 16
    Money rotated out of high-beta cohorts market-wide.

    High-beta names lagged the blue-chips by 18.6 points over ten sessions around this date. Stocks in that cohort weren't falling alone — they fell together.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION GAUGE, LIVE

The story updates itself as events post · The wolf reports; you decide

Snapshot

Market cap$22.48B
Enterprise value$24.38B
Shares outstanding114.5M
52-wk range$169.00 – $220.65
Avg volume · 20D1.3M
Net cash −$1.90B
Book value / share$18.03
IndustryRetail-Eating Places
ExchangeNYSE
About Darden Restaurants, Inc.
IPO dateMay 15, 1995
Employees197924

Darden Restaurants is the largest global full-service dining operator, with over $12 billion in system sales across 2,159 company-owned stores at the end of fiscal 2025, spanning the US and Canada.

Wolf Grade COMING SOON

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Valuation

P/E20.33
P/S1.76
P/FCF21.93
EV/EBITDA12.35
EV/Sales1.91
Graham №$62.00

Profitability

Gross 20.2%
Operating 11.4%
Net 8.7%
FCF 8.0%
ROE / ROIC 50.9% · 31.9%

Financial Health

Current ratio0.39
Quick ratio0.25
Debt / equity1.02
Debt / EBITDA 1.08
Net cash −$1.90B
Working capital−$1.60B

Cash Flow · TTM

Operating CF $1.74B
Capex −$712.90M
Free cash flow $1.03B
Buybacks $585.40M
Dividends paid $685.40M
Shareholder yield 5.7%

Piotroski F-Score

5 / 9
Middling fundamentals · 5 of 9 signals passing

Altman Z-Score

2.4
Grey zone (1.81–2.99) · monitor

Graham Number vs Price

$62.00 vs $204.10
Trades 3.3× above classic defensive value — priced for growth
Fundamentals through 2026-02-22 · computed by TickerWolf from SEC filings