Darden Restaurants, Inc (NYSE: DRI) is 44.57% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $138.21 and a high of $228.27 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 $208.25 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.12%.
Currently trading at $207.13, the stock is -4.12% and -2.81% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.27 million and changing -0.54% at the moment leaves the stock 8.80% off its SMA200. DRI registered 10.95% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 13.78%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $212.7946 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $189.79745.
The stock witnessed a -7.84% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 3.79%, and is -2.70% 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 1.66% over the week and 2.11% over the month.
Darden Restaurants, Inc (DRI) has around 191105 employees, a market worth around $24.24B and $12.08B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 23.33 and Fwd P/E is 18.07. Profit margin for the company is 8.69%. Distance from 52-week low is 49.87% and -9.26% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (12.71%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 11.87% this year
1355.0 institutions hold shares in Darden Restaurants, Inc (DRI), with institutional investors hold 88.80% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 117.03M, and float is at 116.71M with Short Float at 3.85%. Institutions hold 88.59% 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 12.7162 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 ATKINS M SHAN, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that ATKINS M SHAN sold 1,014 shares of the company’s common stock on Jul 01 ’25 at a price of $220.33 per share for a total of $0.22 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.0 shares.
Darden Restaurants, Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jun 30 ’25 that Broad Matthew R (SVP General Counsel) sold a total of 6,949 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jun 30 ’25 and was made at $218.00 per share for $1.51 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 14367.0 shares of the DRI stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jul 01 ’25, Broad Matthew R (SVP General Counsel) disposed off 733 shares at an average price of $218.50 for $0.16 million. The insider now directly holds 14,367 shares of Darden Restaurants, Inc (DRI).
