Darden Restaurants, Inc (NYSE: DRI) is 6.06% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $135.87 and a high of $211.00 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 $198.50 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.5%.
Currently trading at $198.00, the stock is -0.59% and 0.21% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.75 million and changing -0.25% at the moment leaves the stock 12.63% off its SMA200. DRI registered 32.66% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 24.02%.
The stock witnessed a 4.77% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -1.21%, and is -1.32% 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 1.52% over the week and 2.75% over the month.
Darden Restaurants, Inc (DRI) has around 191105 employees, a market worth around $23.17B and $11.76B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 22.34 and Fwd P/E is 18.44. Profit margin for the company is 8.96%. Distance from 52-week low is 45.73% and -6.16% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (10.80%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 6.92% this year
The shares outstanding are 117.10M, and float is at 116.72M with Short Float at 5.09%.
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 12.7162 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 11.4908 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 8.74 million shares representing 7.2903 and valued at over $1.32 billion, while CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS holds 7.1342 of the shares totaling 8.55 million with a market value of $1.29 billion.
Darden Restaurants, Inc (DRI) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by SONSTEBY CHARLES M, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that SONSTEBY CHARLES M sold 8,005 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 28 ’25 at a price of $204.56 per share for a total of $1.64 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 21943.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 26 ’25, Williamson Laura B (President, LongHorn Steakhouse) disposed off 2,289 shares at an average price of $207.26 for $0.47 million. The insider now directly holds 10,056 shares of Darden Restaurants, Inc (DRI).
