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Darden Restaurants, Inc.

Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants

$209.28

Up+$2.58 (+1.25%)

Updated Sep 21, 2026, 2:04 AM

SID Score

6.6/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

47/100

Neutral

Market cap
21.46B
P/E ratio
19.45
Dividend yield
2.77%
52-week range
$183.00 – $229.76
Volume
1.71M
Avg. volume
1.37M

Price performance

DRI price history

1M range · 19 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

DRI closed at $209.28 after 19 trading sessions, down 7.22% for the selected period.

Last close
$209.28
Period change
-7.22%
Period low
$206.74
Period high
$225.56
Daily close
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DRI OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Sep 18, 2026$206.59$210.40$205.70$209.281.71M
Sep 17, 2026$208.91$208.96$205.70$206.74893.24K
Sep 16, 2026$211.79$211.79$208.05$208.081.1M
Sep 15, 2026$216.58$216.69$208.22$209.121.61M
Sep 14, 2026$212.83$219.69$212.0905$218.571.29M
Sep 11, 2026$208.96$210.2259$207.39$209.891.18M
Sep 10, 2026$208.27$209.58$206.83$207.531.02M
Sep 9, 2026$211.06$213.105$209.02$209.421.21M
Sep 8, 2026$216.46$217.00$212.73$212.92948.43K
Sep 4, 2026$216.95$219.44$216.46$216.88620.3K
Sep 3, 2026$221.07$223.1698$216.59$218.04853.88K
Sep 2, 2026$215.44$221.61$215.44$220.031.26M
Sep 1, 2026$214.11$217.1319$213.77$215.561.02M
Aug 31, 2026$217.90$220.345$213.68$214.261.19M
Aug 28, 2026$212.11$215.98$210.88$215.63779.46K
Aug 27, 2026$216.25$218.78$210.86$211.13881.68K
Aug 26, 2026$219.71$222.52$216.80$218.81653.12K
Aug 25, 2026$224.56$224.88$220.24$220.41700.22K
Aug 24, 2026$226.50$227.275$224.28$225.56888.58K

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Overview

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Company profile

Darden Restaurants is the largest restaurant operator in the US full-service space, with consolidated revenue of $12.1 billion in fiscal 2025. The company maintains a portfolio of 11 restaurant brands: Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, Ruth's Chris, Yard House, The Capital Grille, Seasons 52, Eddie V's, Bahama Breeze, The Capital Burger, and most recently, Chuy's. Darden generates revenue almost exclusively from company-owned restaurants, though a small network of franchised restaurants and consumer-packaged goods sales contribute modestly through the traditional grocery channel. As of the end of its fiscal 2025, the company operated 2,159 restaurants in the US.

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Consensus
Buy
Average target
$218.08
Implied upside
Analysts
37
DRI recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Sep 16, 2026Seaport GlobalBuy
Sep 15, 2026OppenheimerOutperform
Sep 14, 2026Morgan StanleyOverweight
Sep 11, 2026Stephens & Co.Equal-Weight
Sep 11, 2026CitigroupBuy
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Yahoo · Sep 17, 2026

Darden Restaurants (DRI) Just Gave Investors Something To Think About

Darden Restaurants (DRI) heads into its upcoming quarterly report with investors watching its plan to reiterate fiscal 2027 guidance and early signs of improving Olive Garden traffic and sales trends. Recent trading has been softer, with the share price slipping 7.73% over the past month even as the year-to-date share price return sits at 11.15%, while longer term total shareholder return of 53.49% over three years and 63.17% over five years shows Darden Restaurants has still rewarded patient...

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