Darden Restaurants (DRI)$203.51

Market Cap: 23.72 BCurrency: USD

Research Snapshot

Static fundamentals, valuation context, and investor signals for Darden Restaurants (DRI).

CONSUMER CYCLICAL

RESTAURANTS

DCF ready

Valuation

24.1x

EV/FCF, 4.1% FCF yield

Quality

23.6%

ROIC, 8.8% FCF margin

Growth

9.1%

5Y sales (revenue) CAGR

Balance sheet

0.9x

Debt/equity, 0.4x current ratio

Superinvestors

Top: Lee Ainslie (0.0%)

Strengths to research

Revenue compounded at 9.1% over five years.
Free cash flow compounded at 32.8% over five years.
Return on equity is strong at 45.4%.
Debt/equity looks manageable at 0.9x.

Watchouts

Current ratio is below 1 at 0.4x.

Annual data: 10 periods

Quarterly data: 24 periods

Stock snapshot: May 25, 2026

Static dataset: May 25, 2026

Quality Scorecard

Build-time composite score for DRI.

Grade B

/ 100

Peer Comparison

Target stock against 8 market-cap comparable peers.

Heat map: red worst to green best


DRI Target	Darden Restaurants	$23.7B	23.0x	24.1x	23.6%	9.1%	8.8%	20.5%	1.0x	N/A
QSR	Restaurant Brands International	$30.3B	32.1x	29.2x	6.4%	13.7%	15.4%	N/A	5.0x	N/A
DPZ	Dominos Pizza Inc.	$16.4B	18.0x	24.2x	N/A	3.7%	13.6%	40.0%	-0.1x	N/A
BROS	Dutch Bros Inc Class A	$9.8B	81.4x	179.7x	9.0%	38.0%	3.3%	N/A	-0.2x	N/A
CMG	Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.	$67.4B	28.9x	46.3x	54.3%	14.8%	12.1%	N/A	-0.2x	N/A
SBUX	Starbucks Corp.	$92.8B	63.3x	43.3x	23.3%	9.6%	6.6%	N/A	2.7x	N/A
EAT	Brinker International	$5.7B	16.5x	13.8x	103.3%	11.8%	7.7%	N/A	0.0x	N/A
SHAK	Shake Shack Inc.	$4.1B	57.5x	70.8x	6.4%	22.6%	3.9%	N/A	-0.7x	N/A
CAKE	Cheesecake Factory	$2.5B	20.0x	14.7x	33.9%	N/A	4.1%	N/A	-0.7x	N/A

Financial Charts

No financial data available for DRI (annual).

1 superinvestors own DRI

Current quarter ownership and quarter-over-quarter share changes.

Superinvestor ownership

Fund	Shares	Value	% Portfolio	QoQ Change
Lee Ainslie Maverick Capital	3,442	$675,000	0.01%	0.0%