DRIDarden Restaurants
$226.34+29% 1Y
$226.34
$166.6752 weeks$230.62
The business
How DRI's business earns
Darden Restaurants earns 28% on the capital it employs against an estimated 9.0% cost of capital.
28%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 19 points above the estimated cost of capital
- Operating margin
- 12%
Operating margin · Restaurants median 7.7% · 12 months to Aug 30, 2026
- Cash conversion
- 1.31×
Cash conversion · 1.41× a year ago · operating cash flow divided by operating profit after tax
- Share count, year on year
- −2.7%
Share count, year on year · fewer shares than a year ago
Operating margin by fiscal year
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2021 | 9.0% |
| FY2022 | 12% |
| FY2023 | 11% |
| FY2024 | 12% |
| FY2025 | 11% |
| FY2026 | 12% |
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Aug 30, 2026
- 20%
- Operating margin12 months to Aug 30, 2026
- 12%
- Net margin12 months to Aug 30, 2026
- 8.8%
- Free cash flow margin
- 7.9%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $13.4B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $1.05B
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $1.18B
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 28%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.
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