Darden Restaurants Inc. (NYSE: DRI) stock closed at 159.5 per share at the end of the most recent trading day (a 6.45% change compared to the prior day closing price) with a volume of 3.74M shares and market capitalization of 20.85B. Is a component of S&P 500, Russell 1000 indices and it is traded on NYSE exchange. The company belongs in the Restaurants industry, Consumer Cyclical sector and employs 177000 people. Darden Restaurants Inc. CEO is Eugene I. Lee.

The one-year performance of Darden Restaurants Inc. stock is 77.79%, while year-to-date (YTD) performance is 34.33%. DRI stock has a five-year performance of 153.78%. Its 52-week range is between 89.34 and 164.28, which gives DRI stock a 52-week price range ratio of 94.30%

Darden Restaurants Inc. currently has a PE ratio of 31.30, a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 6.92, a price-to-sale (PS) ratio of 3.42, a price to cashflow ratio of 16.50, a PEG ratio of 2.32, a ROA of 5.82%, a ROC of 8.35% and a ROE of 23.39%. The company’s profit margin is 10.52%, its EBITDA margin is 13.80%, and its revenue ttm is $5.67 Billion , which makes it $43.50 revenue per share.

Of the last four earnings reports from Darden Restaurants Inc., there were 4 positive earnings surprise and 0 negative earnings surprise. The company has EPS estimate of $1.63 for the next earnings report. Darden Restaurants Inc.’s next earnings report date is -.

The consensus rating of Wall Street analysts for Darden Restaurants Inc. is Moderate Buy (1.76), with a target price of $160.2, which is +0.12% compared to the current price. The earnings rating for Darden Restaurants Inc. stock is Strong Buy (calculated from actual period earnings estimates revision (80% weight) and previous period earnings surprise (20% weight)).

Darden Restaurants Inc. has a dividend yield of 2.96% with a dividend per share of $4.40 and a payout ratio of 65.00%.

Darden Restaurants Inc. has a Buy technical analysis rating based on Technical Indicators (ADX : 18.64, ATR14 : 4.22, CCI20 : 433.48, Chaikin Money Flow : 0.09, MACD : 1.86, Money Flow Index : 44.88, ROC : 8.10, RSI : 69.72, STOCH (14,3) : 74.49, STOCH RSI : 1.00, UO : 62.88, Williams %R : -25.51), Simple Moving Averages and Exponential Moving Averages.

Aggregated Insider Trades of Darden Restaurants Inc. in the last 12-months were: Daniel J. Kiernan (Option Excercise at a value of $698 829), Daniel J. Kiernan (Sold 16 198 shares of value $2 149 539 ), Douglas J. Milanes (Option Excercise at a value of $1 292 491), Douglas J. Milanes (Sold 35 704 shares of value $4 967 739 ), Eugene I. Lee (Option Excercise at a value of $12 525 271), Eugene I. Lee (Sold 202 809 shares of value $28 526 020 ), John W. Madonna (Option Excercise at a value of $0), John W. Madonna (Sold 2 500 shares of value $299 078 ), Matthew R. Broad (Option Excercise at a value of $354 060), Matthew R. Broad (Sold 10 700 shares of value $1 551 500 ), Melvin John Martin (Option Excercise at a value of $0), Melvin John Martin (Sold 2 800 shares of value $332 752 ), Nana Mensah (Sold 2 170 shares of value $214 781 ), Rajesh Vennam (Option Excercise at a value of $0), Ricardo Cardenas (Option Excercise at a value of $3 375 056), Ricardo Cardenas (Sold 72 361 shares of value $10 662 836 ), Richard L. Renninger (Option Excercise at a value of $537 120), Richard L. Renninger (Sold 9 000 shares of value $1 345 023 ), Sarah H. King (Option Excercise at a value of $0), Sarah H. King (Sold 8 004 shares of value $1 170 600 ), Susan M. Connelly (Option Excercise at a value of $478 769), Susan M. Connelly (Sold 7 783 shares of value $1 127 179 ), Todd A. Burrowes (Option Excercise at a value of $2 803 056), Todd A. Burrowes (Sold 45 145 shares of value $6 773 911 )