DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC.
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $215.63, DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC. (DRI) is priced for +1.5% growth. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed July 25, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
• LongHorn Steakhouse is now the engine of a company still known for Olive Garden, lifting same-restaurant sales 7.2% in fiscal 2026 and segment profit to 635.1 million dollars from 582.7 million [Source: Q4 and full-year fiscal 2026 results, 8-K furnished June 25, 2026]. • Olive Garden, at 43% of revenue, is leaning on menu price rather than volume: in the quarter ended February 22, 2026 its US same-restaurant sales came from a 3.6% higher average check set against a 0.4% decline in guest count
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996 institutional managers reported holding DRI in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 94% of the company; the top 10 hold 57%. 114 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Capital Group (American Funds), Vanguard Group, BlackRock, among others. On the short side, 7.0M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 6% of shares outstanding (6.5 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
DRI has cut its share count 11.7% over the past five years, spending $4.92B on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (18 and counting), raised 5 years straight; the current rate is $5.60 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $2.78B in dividends and $2.13B in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
No open-market insider buys on file at DRI over the trailing three years. Absence is a fact about the company, not a signal. 22 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
DRI's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-22 | -3.1% | -15.8% |
| 2023-09-30 | -4.0% | +11.7% |
| 2024-01-04 | -0.4% | +7.6% |
| 2024-04-03 | -5.4% | -7.6% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
DRI's latest 8-K filings: 2026-06-25 (items 2.02, 5.03, 9.01); 2026-03-19 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2025-12-18 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2025-09-19 (items 5.02, 5.07, 9.01); 2025-09-18 (items 2.02, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 25, 2026
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