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Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI)

Consumer Cyclical · end-of-day data as of Oct 16, 2026

Darden Restaurants, Inc.
DRI · $24.48B
$216.35+11.1%last 60 sessions · close Oct 16, 2026
$164.00$225.8452 weeks
Buy · 28 analystsPT $229.82 +6.2%
  • P/E vs own+3.1%
  • P/E vs sector+8.5%
  • Target upside+6.2%
  • Off 52w high-4.2%
  • Insiders-$13.96M
  • FCF yield+4.3%
  • Earnings in62d
  • Trendsideways
  • Sector▼ -2.7%
  • RSI64
  • MA20×50—
  • Volume0.9x
  • Support-2.3%
  • Resistance+0.5%

The average 12-month analyst price target for DRI is $229.82, 6.2% above the last close of $216.35 on Oct 16, 2026; targets range from $193.98 to $263.48. Rating consensus: Buy.

Snapshot

  • P/E21.1x
  • P/E vs sector+8.5%
  • P/E vs own+3.1%
  • Target upside+6.2%
  • ConsensusBuy
  • Market cap$24.48B
  • FCF yield+4.3%
  • Insiders-$13.96M
  • Earnings in62d
  • News0.00

Why it moved

Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) rose 1.0% on Oct 16, 2026.

The market (SPY) fell 1.1%; Consumer Cyclical stocks fell 0.4%. Most of the move is specific to DRI.

Market (SPY)-1.1%
Consumer Cyclical sector+0.7%
DRI specific+1.4%

0 stories on the day (30-day average 1.3).

Market = SPY. Sector = equal-weight average of the tracked companies in the same sector, net of the market.

Price and events

⇔⇕$168$186$204$222Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26AEADAAEDAEDAEDE

Last close $216.35 · +19.1% over 1y · E earnings · D dividend · S split · A analyst rating change

Technicals

  • Trendsideways
  • Sector▼ -2.7%
  • MAs20▲ 50▲ 100▲ 200▲
  • Above MAs4 of 4 above
  • MA20×50—
  • RSI64
  • Support-2.3%
  • Resistance+0.5%
  • Off 52w high-4.2%
  • Off ATH-4.2%
  • 52w range$216.35
  • Bollingerupper half
  • MACD2.33
  • ATR+2.4%
  • Volume0.9x

Analyst price targets

Low$193.98
Average$229.82
Median$230.00
High$263.48
Upside+6.2%

20 firms with a target in the last 12 months · last close $216.35 · as of Oct 16, 2026

⇔⇕$159$186$214$241$268Oct 25Feb 26Jun 26Oct 26Feb 27Jun 27-4%+20%-3%+5%+9%
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Strong buy 2 · Buy 16 · Hold 9 · Sell 0 · Strong sell 1

Revenue and free cash flow

Q1 FY2027: Revenue +5.1% year over year, free cash flow 3.1% of revenue, operating margin 10.0%.

RevenueFree cash flow
Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2026Q4 FY2026Q1 FY2027
Q1 FY2027Aug 30, 2026$3.2B2.04$101M69.2%10.0%7.3%
Q4 FY2026May 31, 2026$3.72B3.52-$162M116.1%13.0%10.9%
Q3 FY2026Feb 22, 2026$3.35B2.65$623M18.0%13.2%9.2%
Q2 FY2026Nov 23, 2025$3.1B2.03$495M68.9%10.3%7.6%
Q1 FY2026Aug 24, 2025$3.04B2.19$163M69.5%11.1%8.5%
Q4 FY2025May 25, 2025$3.27B2.58$284M23.4%11.7%9.3%
Q3 FY2025Feb 23, 2025$3.16B2.74$417M22.2%13.2%10.2%
Q2 FY2025Nov 24, 2024$2.89B1.82$213M21.2%10.1%7.4%

Peers

20D
1MCDMcDonald's Corporation$242.97+0.2%-27.4%+22.0%19.7$172B
2SBUXStarbucks Corporation$97.52+0.7%-10.1%+14.1%56.0$111B
3YUMYum! Brands, Inc.$150.51-0.2%-9.7%+13.6%18.9$41.07B
4CMGChipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.$29.89-2.3%-29.4%+45.3%27.4$37.81B
5LVSLas Vegas Sands Corp.$38.01-0.8%-44.3%+58.5%14.8$24.62B
6DRIDarden Restaurants, Inc.$216.35+1.0%-4.2%+6.2%21.1$24.48B
7TPRTapestry, Inc.$120.18+0.4%-26.8%+40.2%16.5$24.01B
8DPZDomino's Pizza, Inc.$308.64+1.8%-28.4%+24.6%17.0$10.21B

Data as of Oct 16, 2026 close.

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