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Darden Restaurants, Inc.
1W: -1.9% 1M: +9.4% 3M: +0.8% YTD: +15.1% 1Y: +15.7% 3Y: +62.3% 5Y: +67.0%
$213.96
+0.71 (+0.33%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±3.4%
$198 $205 $212 $220 $227
NYSE · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants · Tech Score Strong Buy · Power 71 · $24.2B mcap · 113M float · 1.15% daily turnover · Short 79% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 82% of companies Debt: 21.5% of company value Bonds: $84.9M held by 133 funds, 72 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $1.96 (down 99.1%), Darden Restaurants, Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $6.63B against a stock market value of $24.21B.
Distance to default 10.31 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-08-30, debt counted $1.80B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 27.8%; Altman Z'' -0.20. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$1.9B +8.6% ▲
5Y CAGR: +9.2%
Capital Expenditures
$734M -9.2% ▼
5Y CAGR: +22.2%
Free Cash Flow
$1.1B +8.1% ▲
5Y CAGR: +3.9%
Dividends Paid
$693M -5.2% ▼
Buybacks
$672M -60.6% ▼
Net Change in Cash
-$27M -178.2% ▼

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$955M$984M$1.0B$1.0B$1.2B
Depreciation & Amort.$368M$388M$460M$516M$561M
Stock-Based Comp.$60M$68M$68M$79M$79M
Change in Working Capital-$117M$185M$72M$7M-$25M
Other Non-Cash Items$13M$56M-$16M$49M$31M
Operating Cash Flow$1.3B$1.5B$1.6B$1.7B$1.9B
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$399M-$594M-$601M-$667M-$734M
Acquisitions (Net)$10M$25M-$701M-$614M$0
Investment Purchases$0$0$0$0-$23M
Investment Sales$0$0$0$0$46M
Other Investing$0$0-$22M$2M$0
Investing Cash Flow-$389M-$568M-$1.3B-$1.3B-$711M
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance-$13M-$20M$567M$635M$176M
Stock Repurchased-$1.1B-$459M-$454M-$418M-$672M
Dividends Paid-$563M-$590M-$628M-$658M-$693M
Other Financing-$3M-$200K-$12M$0$0
Financing Cash Flow-$1.6B-$1.0B-$483M-$386M-$1.2B
Net Change in Cash-$743M-$56M-$196M$34M-$27M
Cash End of Period$472M$416M$220M$254M$228M
Free Cash Flow$857M$952M$984M$1.0B$1.1B

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