Darden Restaurants, Inc.

NYSE:DRI Stock Report

Market Cap: US$21.6b

Darden Restaurants Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

NYSE:DRI Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
14 Oct 25SellUS$313,786John MartinIndividual1,700US$184.58
06 Oct 25SellUS$1,094,865Matthew BroadIndividual5,661US$193.40
30 Jul 25SellUS$343,868Laura WilliamsonIndividual1,680US$204.70
01 Jul 25SellUS$223,411Margaret AtkinsIndividual1,014US$220.33
24 Jun 25SellUS$1,284,403Rajesh VennamIndividual5,780US$222.22
24 Jun 25SellUS$845,219Douglas MilanesIndividual3,806US$222.08
28 Mar 25SellUS$1,637,467Charles SonstebyIndividual8,005US$204.56
24 Mar 25SellUS$375,434John MadonnaIndividual1,806US$207.88
15 Jan 25SellUS$199,217Margaret AtkinsIndividual1,100US$181.11
14 Jan 25SellUS$457,372Todd BurrowesIndividual2,500US$182.95

Insider Trading Volume

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

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of DRI?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
State or Government147,4840.128%
Individual Insiders426,6330.371%
General Public4,671,2624.06%
Institutions109,893,87095.4%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 70.03% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
14.7%
Capital Research and Management Company
16,928,329US$3.2b1.46%0.13%
12.2%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
14,019,390US$2.6b-0.25%0.03%
8.61%
BlackRock, Inc.
9,915,914US$1.9b5.81%0.02%
4.26%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
4,900,005US$917.3m-0.34%0.03%
3.88%
Wellington Management Group LLP
4,463,786US$835.7m32.8%0.13%
3.58%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
4,121,623US$771.6m1.17%0.1%
3.05%
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
3,506,083US$656.4m-2.21%0.21%
2.94%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
3,386,355US$634.0m8.04%0.03%
1.88%
JP Morgan Asset Management
2,159,379US$404.3m74.3%0.04%
1.62%
Newport Trust Company
1,860,895US$348.4m-0.18%1.2%
1.29%
UBS Asset Management AG
1,486,019US$278.2m-9.79%0.02%
1.29%
EARNEST Partners, LLC
1,481,084US$277.3m-1.05%1.11%
1.21%
Northern Trust Global Investments
1,387,876US$259.8m-0.2%0.03%
1.04%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
1,199,900US$224.6m-3.74%0.03%
1.01%
Morgan Stanley
1,166,300US$218.3m-6.79%0.02%
0.96%
Invesco Capital Management LLC
1,104,605US$206.8m5.3%0.06%
0.93%
Squarepoint OPS LLC
1,067,288US$199.8m23.5%0.43%
0.83%
Managed Account Advisors LLC
952,677US$178.4m-3.88%0.03%
0.82%
BNY Asset Management
941,278US$176.2m-1.78%0.03%
0.78%
Hamlin Capital Management, LLC
903,722US$169.2m-1.6%3.84%
0.77%
Eaton Vance Management
882,579US$165.2m-0.5%0.03%
0.76%
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership
870,179US$162.9m-1.2%0.1%
0.57%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
655,579US$122.7m2.04%0.02%
0.56%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
640,730US$120.0m49.2%0.01%
0.55%
Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC
629,091US$117.8m0.83%0.33%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/01/04 23:44
End of Day Share Price 2026/01/02 00:00
Earnings2025/11/23
Annual Earnings2025/05/25

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Darden Restaurants, Inc. is covered by 47 analysts. 29 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John StaszakArgus Research Company
David TarantinoBaird
Jeffrey BernsteinBarclays