At the time of writing, Darden Restaurants, Inc [DRI] stock is trading at $209.42, up 3.49%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The DRI shares have gain 8.70% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 16.92%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Darden Restaurants, Inc [NYSE: DRI] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 08, 2026, when Truist downgraded its rating to a Hold but kept the price target unchanged to $207 for it. Previously, Mizuho started tracking the stock with Neutral rating on October 28, 2025, and set its price target to $190. On October 20, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy but maintained its price target of $225 on the stock. Melius started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and suggested a price target of $240 on July 14, 2025. Oppenheimer reiterated its recommendation of an Outperform and raised its price target to $250 on June 18, 2025. Jefferies upgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on June 13, 2025, but kept the price target unchanged to $210. In a note dated January 22, 2025, Bernstein upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $180 to $215.
For the past year, the stock price of Darden Restaurants, Inc fluctuated between $169.00 and $228.27. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $216.75 within the next 12 months. Darden Restaurants, Inc [NYSE: DRI] shares were valued at $209.42 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 3.5% based on the average DRI price forecast.
Analyzing the DRI fundamentals
According to Darden Restaurants, Inc [NYSE:DRI], the company’s sales were 12.58B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 7.34% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.45% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.12%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.1%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.09%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.09, Equity is 0.51 and Total Capital is 0.14. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of3.08.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Darden Restaurants, Inc [NYSE:DRI] has a current ratio of 0.39. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.26, while the Cash Ratio is 0.08. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.92, the price to book ratio is 11.61 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 21.95.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Martin Melvin John, Group President, that happened on Jan 06 ’26 when 1200.0 shares were sold. Officer, M JOHN MARTIN completed a deal on Jan 06 ’26 to buy 1200.0 shares. Meanwhile, Group President Martin Melvin John sold 1700.0 shares on Oct 14 ’25.
