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Darden Restaurants, Inc. DRI

19 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY5 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
Revenue · FY2025
$13.2B
▲ 9.4% vs FY2024
Dividend streak
5 yrs
Raised every year since 2021
EPS · FY25
$10.38
Dividend / sh · FY25
$6.00
Payout · FY25
57%
ROE · FY25
53.4%
Net margin · FY25
9.1%
Dividend coverage
1.7×
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Result
USD 13.2B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 19-year series below
Revenue Net income
48121613.21.22007201020132016201920222025
48121613.21.22016201920222025

9 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
USD 10.38
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
48126.0010.382007201020132016201920222025
48126.0010.382016201920222025

Earnings covered the dividend 1.7 times — the rest stayed in the company.

Profitability
53.4%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
20406053.4%2007201020132016201920222025
20406053.4%2016201920222025
Operating margin12.0%
Net margin9.1%
Return on assets9.5%

Each USD of equity produced 53 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 1.3B
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 693.0M
Net buybacksUSD 646.7M
Share of profit111.0%
Consecutive raises5 years

USD 693.0M in dividends and USD 646.7M in buybacks — 111% of the year's profit, so the payout drew on cash built up earlier.

Growth
+12.9% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+8.0%
+12.9%
+6.7%
+3.8%
Net income
+7.1%
+13.9%
+12.4%
+6.4%
EPS, diluted
+9.1%
+16.8%
+13.6%
+7.7%
Dividend / share
+7.4%
+31.1%
+11.1%
+10.8%
Returned to shareholders
+9.8%
+45.9%
+14.2%
+6.8%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
0.11B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
0.140.112007201020132016201920222025
0.130.112016201920222025
Change, 5 years−12.8%
Change, 10 years−9.6%

The share count shrank 13% in five years — the same company, cut into fewer, larger slices.

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Balance sheet
USD 12.9B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 12.9B
EquityUSD 2.2B
CashUSD 219.5M
Gross debtUSD 2.3B
Net debtUSD 2.1B
Current ratio0.31×

Net debt stands at 96% of equity.

History
19 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
Revenue $B
13.2
12.1
11.4
10.5
9.6
7.2
7.8
8.5
8.1
7.2
6.9
6.8
6.3
5.9
5.3
7.5
7.1
7.2
6.6
Operating income $B
1.6
1.4
1.3
1.2
1.2
0.6
0.0
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.4
0.3
0.4
·
·
·
·
·
EBITDA $B
2.1
1.9
1.8
1.6
1.5
1.0
0.4
1.2
1.1
1.0
0.9
0.7
0.6
0.7
·
·
·
·
·
Income tax $B
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
−0.1
−0.1
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.1
−0.0
−0.0
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
Net income $B
1.2
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
0.6
−0.1
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.7
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
EPS, diluted $
10.38
8.86
8.51
7.99
7.39
4.77
−0.43
5.69
4.73
3.80
2.90
5.47
2.15
3.13
3.57
3.39
2.84
2.65
2.60
Dividend / sh $
6.00
5.60
5.24
4.84
4.40
1.55
2.64
3.00
2.52
2.24
2.10
2.20
2.20
2.00
1.72
1.28
1.00
0.80
0.72
Payout %
57
63
61
60
59
32
−615
52
53
58
72
39
101
63
47
37
35
30
27
ROE %
53.4
46.1
46.2
44.6
38.0
24.5
−2.2
31.1
27.7
23.6
17.5
31.6
13.6
21.1
25.2
24.9
23.1
24.7
26.8
Shares out B
0.11
0.12
0.12
0.12
0.12
0.13
0.13
0.12
0.12
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.14
0.14
·

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