DRI

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Darden Restaurants Inc. Common Stock
Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants · NYSE · United States
$211.31+0.97%
Market cap $23.8BNext earnings 2026-09-24Updated Sep 19, 2026
FAIR VALUE · CONSENSUS
$211.31+0.0%
confidence-weighted across 5 of 6 models
Now $211.31
$211.31
$68.11$199.20
TrimSilver60
Price vs fair value
32.5% above
-24.5% to fair value
ACCE score
67
out of 100
Analysts
58% buy
31 covering
P/E
20.0x
forward 18.6x
1-year return
+14.4%
Dividend yield
2.90%
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Overview

⚠ Investor warnings · 3 flags
  • moderate
    Insider selling only
    Last 10 disclosed transactions show $0 buys vs $3.05M in sales, signaling no insider conviction at current prices.
  • moderate
    Momentum score weak
    ACCE Momentum score is 49/100, the lowest sub-score, suggesting near-term price/trend weakness despite improving fundamentals.
  • moderate
    Elevated short interest
    Short interest at 7.6% of float is notable for a large-cap restaurant stock, implying meaningful bearish positioning.
Reports tomorrow, last quarter beat by 0.0%.

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Price

+14.1% · 1Y

Valuation

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Wall Street consensus

Mixed58% buy · 31 covering analysts
● Strong buy 14● Buy 4● Hold 11● Sell 0● Strong sell 2
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Where it sits vs peers

This stock Peer Peer median weaker → stronger
P/Ebetter than 17% of peers
low 0.3x20.0xhigh 30.7x
ROEbetter than 100% of peers
low 0%54%high 54%
Div yieldbetter than 83% of peers
low 0.0%2.9%high 3.5%

Algorithmic peers (6)

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QSR.TORestaurant Brands International$33.3B18.334.8%3.662.5%-Compare
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YUMYum! Brands Inc.$37.7B17.40.0%-1.621.1%-Compare
YUMCYum China Holdings Inc. Common Stock$13.9B15.116.8%0.012.6%-Compare
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CPG.LCompass Group$51.1B0.326.9%0.712.3%-Compare

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News and Record

Reports tomorrow, last quarter beat by 0.0%.

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Recent performance

1 week
-3.3%
1 month
-4.6%
3 months
+0.3%
6 months
+4.8%
YTD
+14.8%
1 year
+14.4%

SEC filings

40 filings
September 2026
Sep 18
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-09-17
Sep 18
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-09-17
Sep 18
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-09-17
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