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DRI

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

Jul 26 • 04:00PM ET

142.27

Dollar change +0.37
Percentage change 0.26	%

Consumer Cyclical • Restaurants • USA • NYSE

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Index	S&P 500	P/E	16.71	EPS (ttm)	8.51	Insider Own	0.40%	Shs Outstand	118.86M	Perf Week	-0.41%
Market Cap	16.91B	Forward P/E	13.58	EPS next Y	10.48	Insider Trans	-5.19%	Shs Float	118.38M	Perf Month	-6.48%
Income	1.03B	PEG	2.07	EPS next Q	1.84	Inst Own	101.61%	Short Float	5.34%	Perf Quarter	-9.12%
Sales	11.39B	P/S	1.48	EPS this Y	6.88%	Inst Trans	-1.13%	Short Ratio	4.88	Perf Half Y	-12.24%
Book/sh	18.87	P/B	7.54	EPS next Y	10.42%	ROA	8.33%	Short Interest	6.32M	Perf Year	-15.83%
Cash/sh	1.85	P/C	76.83	EPS next 5Y	8.07%	ROE	46.38%	52W Range	133.36 - 176.84	Perf YTD	-13.41%
Dividend Est.	5.68 (3.99%)	P/FCF	17.02	EPS past 5Y	8.38%	ROI	11.85%	52W High	-19.55%	Beta	1.30
Dividend TTM	5.33 (3.75%)	Quick Ratio	0.24	Sales past 5Y	7.05%	Gross Margin	17.18%	52W Low	6.68%	ATR (14)	3.04
Dividend Ex-Date	Jul 10, 2024	Current Ratio	0.38	EPS Y/Y TTM	6.38%	Oper. Margin	12.00%	RSI (14)	44.12	Volatility	2.06% 2.07%
Employees	191105	Debt/Eq	3.00	Sales Y/Y TTM	8.60%	Profit Margin	9.02%	Recom	1.97	Target Price	170.92
Option/Short	Yes / Yes	LT Debt/Eq	2.87	EPS Q/Q	-0.59%	Payout	61.60%	Rel Volume	0.90	Prev Close	141.90
Sales Surprise	-0.51%	EPS Surprise	1.50%	Sales Q/Q	6.80%	Earnings	Jun 20 BMO	Avg Volume	1.30M	Price	142.27
SMA20	-1.25%	SMA50	-3.69%	SMA200	-8.59%	Trades		Volume	1,171,025	Change	0.26%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Jul-23-24	Downgrade	TD Cowen	Buy → Hold	$170 → $150
Jul-11-24	Downgrade	Jefferies	Hold → Underperform	$154 → $124
May-17-24	Upgrade	BTIG Research	Neutral → Buy	$175
Apr-12-24	Resumed	Stephens	Equal-Weight	$170
Oct-19-23	Initiated	Deutsche Bank	Buy	$159
Jul-18-23	Initiated	Piper Sandler	Neutral	$167
Feb-02-23	Initiated	Guggenheim	Buy	$170
Jan-24-23	Initiated	Wells Fargo	Equal Weight	$155
Dec-14-22	Upgrade	Wedbush	Neutral → Outperform	$134 → $160
Nov-29-22	Downgrade	Robert W. Baird	Outperform → Neutral	$134 → $150
Sep-23-22	Resumed	Stephens	Overweight	$140
Sep-08-22	Initiated	Bernstein	Outperform	$153
Jun-27-22	Resumed	BofA Securities	Buy	$145
Jun-22-22	Reiterated	Oppenheimer	Outperform	$175 → $155
Apr-12-22	Initiated	Citigroup	Buy	$162
Dec-22-21	Upgrade	Stifel	Hold → Buy	$165
Aug-09-21	Downgrade	Evercore ISI	Outperform → In-line
Jun-25-21	Upgrade	MKM Partners	Neutral → Buy	$155 → $168
May-06-21	Upgrade	Cowen	Market Perform → Outperform	$137 → $164
Mar-16-21	Downgrade	MKM Partners	Buy → Neutral	$125 → $160

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Darden Restaurants, Inc. is a full-service restaurant company, which engages in the provision of restaurant services. It operates through the following segments: Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Fine Dining, and Other Business. The Olive Garden segment is the largest full-service dining Italian restaurant operator. The LongHorn Steakhouse segment includes the results of the company-owned LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants. The Fine Dining segment consists of the premium brands that operate within the fine-dining sub-segment of full-service dining and includes the results of its company-owned The Capital Grille and Eddie V's restaurants. The Other Business segment aggregates the remaining brands and includes the results of its company-owned Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, Yard House, Seasons 52 and Bahama Breeze restaurants, and from franchises and consumer-packaged goods sales. The company was founded by William B. Darden in 1938 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Martin Melvin John	President, SRG	Jul 25 '24	Sale	141.09	2,500	352,727	11,691	Jul 26 04:18 PM
Broad Matthew R	SVP General Counsel	Apr 25 '24	Option Exercise	85.83	4,707	404,002	23,886	Apr 26 12:42 PM
Broad Matthew R	SVP General Counsel	Apr 25 '24	Sale	156.15	4,707	735,011	19,179	Apr 26 12:42 PM
Simon William S	Director	Apr 08 '24	Sale	158.21	1,219	192,858	6,281	Apr 09 02:34 PM
Martin Melvin John	President, SRG	Mar 28 '24	Sale	167.62	3,100	519,622	14,108	Mar 29 02:40 PM
Martin Melvin John	President, SRG	Mar 27 '24	Option Exercise	85.83	7,673	658,574	24,881	Mar 29 02:40 PM
Martin Melvin John	President, SRG	Mar 27 '24	Sale	165.52	7,673	1,270,037	17,208	Mar 29 02:40 PM
Broad Matthew R	SVP General Counsel	Jan 31 '24	Option Exercise	85.83	4,500	386,235	25,972	Feb 01 01:47 PM
Broad Matthew R	SVP General Counsel	Jan 31 '24	Sale	163.26	6,831	1,115,257	19,141	Feb 01 01:47 PM
Madonna John W.	SVP, Corporate Controller	Jan 08 '24	Option Exercise	85.83	3,836	329,244	10,807	Jan 09 11:01 AM
Madonna John W.	SVP, Corporate Controller	Jan 08 '24	Sale	163.80	3,836	628,333	6,971	Jan 09 11:01 AM
FOGARTY JAMES P	Director	Dec 31 '23	Option Exercise	0.00	1,180	0	24,215	Jan 03 12:31 PM
Martin Melvin John	President, SRG	Dec 19 '23	Option Exercise	59.68	6,967	415,791	24,126	Dec 21 10:09 AM
Martin Melvin John	President, SRG	Dec 19 '23	Sale	165.12	6,967	1,150,410	17,159	Dec 21 10:09 AM
King Sarah H.	SVP, Chief People Officer	Dec 19 '23	Sale	165.25	4,286	708,255	325	Dec 21 04:37 PM
Milanes Douglas J.	SVP, Chief Supply Chain Ofcr	Dec 19 '23	Sale	166.34	3,496	581,527	5,458	Dec 21 10:09 AM
Connelly Susan M.	SVP, Chief Comm & PA Officer	Oct 20 '23	Sale	141.43	1,070	151,331	8,253	Oct 20 02:24 PM
Martin Melvin John	President, SRG	Oct 03 '23	Option Exercise	59.68	2,966	177,011	20,109	Oct 04 04:26 PM
Martin Melvin John	President, SRG	Oct 03 '23	Sale	139.62	2,966	414,111	17,143	Oct 04 04:26 PM
MENSAH NANA	Director	Sep 29 '23	Sale	144.03	1,219	175,575	10	Oct 03 03:36 PM
LEE EUGENE I JR	Director	Sep 20 '23	Option Exercise	0.00	2,742	0	160,699	Sep 22 04:40 PM
MENSAH NANA	Director	Sep 20 '23	Option Exercise	0.00	1,219	0	1,229	Sep 22 04:39 PM
Simon William S	Director	Sep 20 '23	Option Exercise	0.00	1,219	0	7,500	Sep 22 04:39 PM
FOGARTY JAMES P	Director	Sep 20 '23	Option Exercise	0.00	1,219	0	23,035	Sep 22 04:38 PM
LEE EUGENE I JR	Chairman of the Board	Aug 01 '23	Option Exercise	78.84	33,923	2,674,489	232,698	Aug 03 10:54 AM
LEE EUGENE I JR	Chairman of the Board	Aug 01 '23	Sale	166.90	74,741	12,474,045	157,957	Aug 03 10:54 AM
Vennam Rajesh	SVP, CFO	Jul 31 '23	Option Exercise	74.78	5,314	397,394	11,690	Aug 01 05:23 PM
Vennam Rajesh	SVP, CFO	Jul 31 '23	Sale	169.08	5,314	898,473	5,958	Aug 01 05:23 PM
LEE EUGENE I JR	Chairman of the Board	Jul 29 '23	Option Exercise	0.00	67,304	0	225,261	Aug 01 05:24 PM
Madonna John W.	SVP, Corporate Controller	Jul 29 '23	Option Exercise	0.00	2,524	0	8,158	Aug 01 05:24 PM
Milanes Douglas J.	SVP, Chief Supply Chain Ofcr	Jul 29 '23	Option Exercise	0.00	5,048	0	10,895	Aug 01 05:24 PM
Martin Melvin John	President, SRG	Jul 29 '23	Option Exercise	0.00	8,945	0	20,624	Aug 01 05:24 PM
Renninger Richard L.	SVP, Chief Development Officer	Jul 29 '23	Option Exercise	0.00	4,628	0	27,519	Aug 01 05:24 PM
Vennam Rajesh	SVP, CFO	Jul 29 '23	Option Exercise	0.00	2,524	0	7,079	Aug 01 05:23 PM
Broad Matthew R	SVP General Counsel	Jul 29 '23	Option Exercise	0.00	6,730	0	24,034	Aug 01 05:23 PM
Cardenas Ricardo	President and CEO	Jul 29 '23	Option Exercise	0.00	12,620	0	60,627	Aug 01 05:24 PM
Burrowes Todd	President, LongHorn Steakhouse	Jul 29 '23	Option Exercise	0.00	8,413	0	49,322	Aug 01 05:24 PM
Connelly Susan M.	SVP, Chief Comm & PA Officer	Jul 29 '23	Option Exercise	0.00	3,365	0	10,102	Aug 01 05:24 PM
Kiernan Daniel J.	President, Olive Garden	Jul 29 '23	Option Exercise	0.00	168	0	168	Aug 01 05:24 PM
Kiernan Daniel J.	President, Olive Garden	Jul 29 '23	Option Exercise	0.00	7,571	0	24,267	Aug 01 05:24 PM
King Sarah H.	SVP, Chief People Officer	Jul 29 '23	Option Exercise	0.00	5,468	0	6,334	Aug 01 05:24 PM

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