DRI vs MCD
Darden Restaurants, Inc. and McDONALD’S Corporation, side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | DRI | MCD |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $13.2B | $26.9B |
| Net income | $1.2B | $8.6B |
| Gross margin | 20.3% | — |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 31.9% |
| Return on equity | 53.4% | 191.9% |
| Diluted EPS | $10.38 | $11.95 |
| Dividend / share | $6.00 | $7.17 |
| Payout ratio | 57.4% | 59.7% |
| Free cash flow | $1.1B | $7.2B |
| Equity | $2.2B | $-1.8B |
| Net debt / equity | 0.96× | 2.32× |
| Current ratio | 0.31× | 0.95× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | 12.9% | 7.0% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | 13.9% | 12.6% |
MCD bills 2.0× the revenue of DRI, and keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (31.9% against 9.1%).
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner.
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Revenue by year
10 years side by side
| Fiscal year | DRI | MCD |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $13.2B | $26.9B |
| FY2024 | $12.1B | $25.9B |
| FY2023 | $11.4B | $25.5B |
| FY2022 | $10.5B | $23.2B |
| FY2021 | $9.6B | $23.2B |
| FY2020 | $7.2B | $19.2B |
| FY2019 | $7.8B | $21.4B |
| FY2018 | $8.5B | $21.3B |
| FY2017 | $8.1B | $22.8B |
| FY2016 | $7.2B | $24.6B |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | DRI | MCD |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $1.2B | $8.6B |
| FY2024 | $1.0B | $8.2B |
| FY2023 | $1.0B | $8.5B |
| FY2022 | $981.9M | $6.2B |
| FY2021 | $952.8M | $7.5B |
| FY2020 | $629.3M | $4.7B |
| FY2019 | $-52.4M | $6.0B |
| FY2018 | $713.4M | $5.9B |
| FY2017 | $596.0M | $5.2B |
| FY2016 | $479.1M | $4.7B |
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