XNYS · Restaurants
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$209.28+1.23%
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TickerWhale Score
55/100
Positive
Score components
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Darden Restaurants scores 55 out of 100 overall, which we rate positive. Valuation is its strongest area and Risk its weakest.
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- Technical
- Valuation
- Sentiment Signal
What to watch
- Quality & growth
- Risk
Quality & growth
30%48Moderate
- Revenue growth 9.4%
- EPS growth 17.1%
Valuation
25%76Strong
- P/E 20.0
- EV/Sales 2.0
Darden Restaurants is the largest global full-service dining operator, with over $12 billion in system sales across 2,159 company-owned stores at the end of fiscal 2025, spanning the US and Canada. The firm operates 10 banners in four segments, including Olive Garden (43% of sales), LongHorn Steakhouse (25%), and fine dining (21%), which includes The Capital Grille, Ruth's Chris, and Eddie V's. The other 11% of sales comes from smaller concepts such as Yard House and Cheddar's. Darden primarily generates revenue through sales of food and beverage items at its company-owned restaurants. It also earns royalties on sales from 154 franchised locations in US and international markets, which sit within the other segment but are immaterial to consolidated results.
#408 by market cap in our coverage · ~209,931 employees · Listed 1995-05-15 · www.darden.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#24 / 115sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 55 vs sector average 45.6 (+9.4)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 38%
Gross margin (industry)Top 75%
Return on equity (industry)Top 33%
P/E (industry)Cheaper than 69%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
53/100Moderate vs universe
Ranks 53rd of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 49/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Sell
1 buy · 3 sell · 4 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates DRI's technical setup middling — 53rd percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell — they read this stock on its own over days, where our score ranks it against every covered name over months, so the two often part company.
Moving averages
3 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+3.2%
- vs 50-day-0.6%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)46 · neutral
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rneutral
Trend
Mixed
- ADX (14) trend strength12· weak trend
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -1.154)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on sell — 3 buy vs 6 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 1 buy · 2 sell · 4 neutral.
Result — 1 buy vs 3 sell of 8 votes = Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)20.0
- P/S (TTM)1.8
- P/B10.9
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales2.0
- PEG1.16
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin53.3%
- Net margin9.1%
- ROE56.0%
- Debt/Equity1.06
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)9.4%
- EPS growth (YoY)17.1%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $24.1B
Fundamentals history
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRICurrentDarden Restaurants | 55 | 49 | 20.0 | — | 10.9 | 2.0 | $209.28 | +1.23% | +9.4% | ||
| CROXCrocs | 75 | 60 | 10.2 | — | 4.4 | 1.8 | $122.24 | -0.62% | -2.0% | ||
| EATBrinker International | 75 | 60 | 17.8 | — | 19.5 | 1.5 | $196.71 | -1.43% | +7.9% | ||
| FIVEFive Below | 69 | 63 | 21.0 | — | 5.2 | 2.3 | $234.14 | -1.12% | +25.6% | ||
| HRBH&R Block | 69 | 51 | 7.9 | — | 48.8 | 1.6 | $44.25 | -1.25% | +4.9% | ||
| ANFAbercrombie & Fitch Co. - | 67 | 69 | 11.2 | — | 4.4 | 1.0 | $135.76 | -2.05% | +4.7% |
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