DRI
Darden Restaurants
Consumer Discretionary · Restaurants · US
$198.12
Data: 2025-05-31
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

NARROW MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$22.5B
Total market value of the company
Trailing P/E
20.70
Premium valuation
Forward P/E
17.30
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+5.9%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
0.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
ROE
51.5%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$225.48
+14% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 27 analysts covering this stock
About Darden Restaurants

Darden Restaurants, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates full-service restaurants in the United States and Canada. The company operates under Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, Chuy's, Yard House, Ruth's Chris Steak House, The Capital Grille, Seasons 52, Eddie V's Prime Seafood, Bahama Breeze, The Capital Burger, Darden and Darden Restaurants brand names. Darden Restaurants, Inc. was founded in 1938 and is based in Orlando, Florida.

https://www.darden.com

Country: United States Employees: 197,924 Industry: Restaurants
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
49.5% FAIL
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
2.2% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
Fair Value Est.
$227.00
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
Margin of Safety
12.7%
Slight discount to fair value
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
Percentile
47.5th
Ranks in the top 53% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
10.0
Valuation Score
67.0
Quality Score
57.0
Combined
39.4

Trading at $196 against a fair value of $227, a 14% discount. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 13% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime
ACCUMULATION
Smart money appears to be building positions quietly
Sharpe Ratio
0.830
Good returns relative to risk taken
Kelly Fraction
0.0693
Suggested allocation is meaningful — the edge justifies a position
Calmar Ratio
0.887
Acceptable balance between returns and drawdown risk
Annual Return
21.2%
Historical annualised return based on price data
Max Drawdown
-23.9%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
HMM State
BEAR
Statistical model detects bearish conditions
Days in State
336
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta
0.59
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$228.27
13% below the year high
52W Low
$169.00
17% above the year low
Avg Volume
1,331,287
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
Short Ratio
4.9
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
6.8%
Moderate short interest
Div Yield
306.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
EPS (TTM)
$9.50
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity
3.88
Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline
Current Ratio
0.39
Below 1 means short-term obligations exceed liquid assets — risk flag
Quick Ratio
0.13
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
21.5%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
13.2%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
Free Cash Flow
$678M
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$12.8B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$1.1B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
27
Target High
$272.00
Target Median
$225.48
Target Low
$156.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

45
NEUTRAL
Mixed insider activity. 0 purchases and 0 sales in the last 90 days — no clear directional signal. Political selling noted.
Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-04-17 MILANES DOUGLAS J Officer 3,620 $731,837
2026-04-07 KOREN LINDSAY L General Counsel 300 $58,295
2026-04-06 MARTIN MELVIN JOHN Officer 5,091 $998,040
2026-04-06 MARTIN MELVIN JOHN Officer 5,091 $632,506
2026-03-23 SIMON WILLIAM S. JR. Director 2,333 $468,082
2026-03-23 SIMON WILLIAM S. JR. Director 2,333 $475,839
2026-02-20 KENNINGHAM DARYL A Director 149 —
2026-01-23 SONSTEBY CHARLES M Director 3,123 $641,210
2026-01-22 KING SARAH H Officer 4,605 $951,636
2026-01-16 WILKERSON JOHN Officer 2,258 $480,954
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
Insider Intelligence
Political Trading Activity

Congressional trading disclosures involving this instrument

Date Politician Party Type Amount
9 Apr2026 Josh Gottheimer Democrat sell 15K–50K
2026-04-13 Ro Khanna Democrat Purchase 1K–15K
2026-04-09 Josh Gottheimer Democrat Sale 15K–50K
Source: Congressional disclosure filings. View all political trades at
Insider Intelligence
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2025-05-31

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