Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) is 0.33% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $133.36 and a high of $176.84 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The DRI stock was last observed hovering at around $161.84 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 3.0%.
Currently trading at $164.84, the stock is 0.86% and 6.47% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.04 million and changing 1.85% at the moment leaves the stock 5.12% off its SMA200. DRI registered 16.74% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 5.43%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $155.278 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $156.8048.
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The stock witnessed a 4.37% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 13.85%, and is -1.12% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.55% over the week and 1.82% over the month.
Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) has around 191105 employees, a market worth around $19.37B and $11.42B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 19.04 and Fwd P/E is 15.63. Profit margin for the company is 9.11%. Distance from 52-week low is 23.61% and -6.78% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (12.11%).
with sales reaching $2.84B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 6.41% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 3.60% year-over-year.
Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) Top Institutional Holders
1212.0 institutions hold shares in Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI), with institutional investors hold 99.61% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 118.86M, and float is at 116.99M with Short Float at 4.85%. Institutions hold 99.19% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS with over 15.25 million shares valued at $2.31 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.7909% of the DRI Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 13.78 million shares valued at $2.08 billion to account for 11.5583 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 8.74 million shares representing 7.3331% and valued at over $1.32 billion, while CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS holds 7.1761 of the shares totaling 8.55 million with a market value of $1.29 billion.
Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) Insider Activity
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Darden Restaurants, Inc. disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Oct 01 ’24 that Connelly Susan M. (SVP, Chief Comm & PA Officer) sold a total of 3,320 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Oct 01 ’24 and was made at $163.43 per share for $0.54 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 6155.0 shares of the DRI stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Sep 30 ’24, Susan M. Connelly (Officer) Proposed Sale 3,320 shares at an average price of $163.83 for $0.54 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI).
