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Darden Restaurants (DRI)

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$201.09 USD

201.09
299,344

-0.91 (-0.45%)

Updated Aug 11, 2025 01:24 PM ET

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Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1Strong Buy23.75%
2Buy17.82%
3Hold9.58%
4Sell5.28%
5Strong Sell2.61%
S&P50011.30%

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B Value B Growth F Momentum B VGM

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The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Bottom 23% (188 out of 244)

Industry: Retail - Restaurants

Zacks News

Founded in 1968 and based in Orlando, FL, Darden Restaurants is one of the largest casual dining restaurant operators worldwide. The company has operations in the United States and Canada with more than 1,700 restaurants. Beginning fourth-quarter fiscal 2015, the company began reporting its business under four segments: Olive Garden (51.6% of total revenues in fiscal first-quarter 2021), LongHorn Steakhouse (24.7%), Fine Dining (5.4%) and Other Business (18.3%).

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