DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC. vs BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DRI and EAT diverge most: on fcf yield, DRI reads -3.1% and EAT reads 5.5%; on implied growth (priced in), DRI reads +1.5% and EAT reads +16.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's DRI price has a different growth bar priced in than EAT (+1.5% implied for DRI vs +16.7% for EAT); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What DRI's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What EAT's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | DRI | EAT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $203.87 | $213.66 |
| Market cap | $23.6B | $9.2B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +1.5% | +16.7% |
| P/E | 19.6 | 20.9 |
| P/B | 10.69 | 22.57 |
| P/S | 1.79 | 1.60 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.0 | 16.1 |
| Revenue growth | +9.3% | +12.4% |
| Gross margin | 22.1% | — |
| Operating margin | 13.9% | 11.3% |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 8.1% |
| Return on equity | 54.7% | 114.0% |
| Return on assets | 9.4% | 16.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 30.5% | 54.9% |
| FCF yield | -3.1% | 5.5% |
| Dividend yield | 2.9% | 0.5% |
| Debt / equity | 1.06 | 1.11 |
| Current ratio | 0.31 | 0.40 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.28 | 8.36 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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