Darden Restaurants Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

DB:DDN Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
04 Oct 24	Sell€446,882	John Martin	Individual	3,000	€148.96
01 Oct 24	Sell€490,163	Susan Connelly	Individual	3,320	€147.64
27 Sep 24	Sell€299,569	John Martin	Individual	2,000	€149.78
24 Sep 24	Sell€225,551	Laura Williamson	Individual	1,453	€155.23
23 Sep 24	Sell€881,579	Douglas Milanes	Individual	5,705	€154.53
23 Sep 24	Sell€180,801	Nana Mensah	Individual	1,171	€154.40
23 Sep 24	Sell€445,000	Ricardo Cardenas	Individual	2,890	€153.98
23 Sep 24	Sell€673,492	Matthew Broad	Individual	4,360	€154.47
23 Sep 24	Sell€89,625	Laura Williamson	Individual	580	€154.53
30 Jul 24	Sell€603,520	Sarah King	Individual	4,432	€136.17
29 Jul 24	Sell€414,964	Matthew Broad	Individual	3,066	€135.34
25 Jul 24	Sell€324,826	John Martin	Individual	2,500	€129.93
08 Apr 24	Sell€177,661	William Simon	Individual	1,219	€145.74
28 Mar 24	Sell€481,066	John Martin	Individual	3,100	€155.18
31 Jan 24	Sell€350,458	Matthew Broad	Individual	2,331	€150.35

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: DDN insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of DDN?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
State or Government	106,268	0.0904%
Individual Insiders	539,012	0.459%
General Public	2,970,331	2.53%
Institutions	113,884,865	96.9%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 70.86% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
21.6%	Capital Research and Management Company	25,370,104	€4.6b	5.92%	0.22%
11.7%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	13,749,136	€2.5b	-0.21%	0.04%
7.37%	BlackRock, Inc.	8,664,061	€1.6b	-0.88%	0.03%
4.01%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	4,707,456	€844.8m	0.57%	0.03%
3.05%	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	3,580,322	€642.5m	3.58%	0.11%
2.39%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	2,806,113	€503.6m	0.63%	0.04%
2%	Raymond James Financial Inc., Asset Management Arm	2,352,608	€422.2m	1.93%	0.26%
1.66%	Newport Trust Company, Asset Management Arm	1,953,125	€350.5m	-2.85%	1.31%
1.48%	Invesco Capital Management LLC	1,742,518	€312.7m	26.1%	0.12%
1.42%	Wellington Management Group LLP	1,666,195	€299.0m	-3.4%	0.05%
1.37%	EARNEST Partners, LLC	1,604,875	€288.0m	0.84%	1.29%
1.28%	JP Morgan Asset Management	1,500,870	€269.4m	7.11%	0.03%
1.25%	Massachusetts Financial Services Company	1,469,083	€263.6m	111%	0.06%
1.12%	Victory Capital Management Inc.	1,315,223	€236.0m	-56.4%	0.22%
1.09%	Northern Trust Global Investments	1,283,350	€230.3m	-4.71%	0.04%
0.99%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	1,166,619	€209.4m	2.16%	0.03%
0.91%	UBS Asset Management AG	1,074,519	€192.8m	-6.83%	0.02%
0.9%	Managed Account Advisors LLC	1,062,572	€190.7m	-0.01%	0.04%
0.84%	Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.	985,101	€176.8m	-1.97%	0.24%
0.81%	Eaton Vance Management	949,099	€170.3m	1.24%	0.04%
0.79%	BNY Asset Management	930,066	€166.9m	0.69%	0.03%
0.74%	Legal & General Investment Management Limited	872,784	€156.6m	0.25%	0.03%
0.72%	Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership	844,447	€151.5m	-1.94%	0.12%
0.69%	Amundi Asset Management SAS	815,570	€146.4m	7.91%	0.03%
0.67%	Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments	790,674	€141.9m	-5.99%	0.02%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/26 13:52
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings	2024/11/24
Annual Earnings	2024/05/26

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Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Darden Restaurants, Inc. is covered by 62 analysts. 26 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
John Staszak	Argus Research Company
David Tarantino	Baird
Ishan Majumdar	Baptista Research